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V6 convertibles. The epic performance for a beer budget price does come with a price. Hand assembled engines, fancy heavy duty transmissions, brakes that can make you lose your lunch when fully applied and tick suspensions are expensive. The Mustang which the Cobra is based on was already an old platform when the car was rolled out.
In Mustang form the Fox platform dates all the way back to These were the days before air bags, ABS brakes, five start crash ratings, and well you get the idea. Sophistication is not a strong suit of this ride. This is a car that can be driven day in and day out to the office or grocery store as I did every summer for the first couple of years of ownership.
And it was reasonably comfortable in doing so. On the flip side the car could out perform vehicles that cost many thousands more with a prod of the throttle and flick of the steering wheel. The Cobra is also a great grand touring coupe that will take you to a weekend getaway up in the mountains both quickly and comfortably.
However the archaic engineering shows. The seating position along with the relationship of the driver to the steering wheel, shifter, controls and pedals is all completely wrong. The cabin is cramped.
The bulky shifter can be a pain if you are not precise and lack finesse, its way too easy to miss a second to third shift on hard acceleration. Aside from the gorgeous Nudo leather and suede seats, fit and finish inside and out is abysmal compared to everything else made in You may think that with all these flaws that this car is good only for a scarp pile. Well you could not be more mistaken.
This car is filled with personality and charm. The flaws are part of the appeal, once you get the hang of things you become more and more comfortable and you start to appreciate all the great things that have gone into this machine. The way everything works together on the road is a symphony of sensory overload.
The power, grip and brakes really all come together in this package making this car one of the best all round performance machines to come out of a Ford factory.
The Cobra is amazingly satisfying to drive on an open road or closed course. Very quickly you forgive the sins of using an ancient platform; in fact you become thankful because the imperfections allow you to be able to attain the other wise unattainable.
Plus eccentricities of the Cobra makes it that much more rewarding to drive once you start to master it. And this is why I would not trade it for anything else. Over the years the Terminator Cobra has developed a legendary reputation of being a fearsome performer that commands respect, a reputation well deserved in my opinion. Honestly this car is as good as you think it is and if not respected or in the wrong hands it will bite hard if not fatally.
It decimates its immediate competition and can humble drivers of Corvettes and Porsches. While the Cobra was special in its own right, SVT decided that a special edition Cobra should be made available for each year with a distinct style all their own. For ten years SVT had been engineering and marketing some of the best vehicles to ever be sold by the Ford Motor Company. SVT decided to celebrate with a special edition of its spectacular Cobra.
Available in either coupe or convertible, the 10th Anniversary Package consisted of unique dark argent painted split seven spoke anniversary wheels in front of red powder coated calipers. At the rear was a subtle 10th Anniversary SVT badge on the decklid. Inside the changes were less subtle.
The suede seat inserts were replaced with red leather, front and rear. Red trim inserts also adorned both door panels as well. The standard Cobra steering wheel was replaced with a new unit that featured palm grips and carbon fiber look leather trim. The carbon fiber look also continued onto the shift and hand brake knob along with shift lever and hand brake boots as well.
Topping it all off was a set of floor mats with 10th anniversary emblems fastened to them. These changes made the interior of the 10th Anniversary Edition Cobra one of the most vibrant ever offered in a Cobra. Production of the 10th Anniversary Cobra was limited to a total of 2, vehicles produced, split between 1, coupes and 1, convertibles. However if you want the ultimate attention grabbing Cobra you better find yourself a Mystichrome Cobra, with it colour shifting paint you are guaranteed to draw a crowd wherever you go.
There is no argument that the Cobra is a terrific looking car that gathers the attention of onlookers where ever it goes, but for those who wanted even more flash and attention SVT offered the limited edition Mystichrome Appearance Package. The Mystichrome Cobra is a feast for the eyes with its colour shifting paint that was simply stunning.
In the Mystic Cobra pioneered the use of colour shifting paint on a production car however the Mystichrome takes the technology a step further with expanded hues. The original formula used on the Mystic Cobra changed colours from black to purple to root-beer brown as light and viewing angles changed. For the Mystichrome Cobra the shifting hues expanded and now changed from topaz green to cobalt blue to royal purple and finally to onyx black.
This shift in colour is made possible by the use of ChromaFlair light interference pigments, produced by Flex Products Inc. When the ChromaFlair pigments are mixed with paint the tiny particles of pigment act like a tiny prism causing light to reflect and then split.
As white light is reflected off of the paint and view angle changes, so does the visible colour. These pigments shift from bright green to a range of blues and then to purple. This formula was then blended with traditional black and green pigments and aluminum flakes were added to give the paint a metallic sparkle. The results were spectacular; the paint had deep, rich, vibrant colours with a very bright metallic sparkle. When painted with the Mystichrome finish the Cobra transforms from a beautiful performance car with restrained aggression to an absolute show stopper.
To further enhance the appearance a set of the optional chrome wheels were standard equipment.
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