There were many cars that went through Monterey Car Week and left their mark and this Ford Shelby Cobra Concept , better known as “Daisy”, was undoubtedly one of them.
It was one of the "company stars" of the Mecum Auctions auction for this event and, being a unique prototype in the world (although there were replicas), it had an estimated value between 1.5 and 2 million dollars .
Not only did it not disappoint, it even impressed, as it surpassed this milestone anticipated by the American auction house and ended up "changing hands" for a value slightly higher than expected: 2.4 million dollars, something like two million euros .
Introduced in 2004 at the Detroit Motor Show (USA), this Ford Shelby Cobra Concept was developed under the watchful eyes of Carroll Shelby and Chris Theodore (its owner until now…), who was vice president of product development for the brand. of the blue oval at that time.
The objective was that in 2007 it would have given rise to a production model, an ambition that the economic crisis experienced at that time put a brake on, even dictating the project's cancellation.
For history was a unique prototype, with an all-aluminum chassis, with a body mostly in fiberglass and which is similar in size to a “small” Mazda MX-5.
Cheering it up is a 6.4 liter DOHC V10 engine — also in aluminum — that produces 613 hp and is associated with a manual gearbox — Ricardo — with six ratios.
Ground connections are made through an independent suspension, the same as we found on the first generation Ford GT, albeit with a specific tuning.
Behind the seven-spoke BBS wheels, “hidden” were high-performance Brembo brakes, with ventilated discs and four-piston callipers.
It is important to remember that, despite being a prototype, this Ford Shelby Cobra Concept is homologated to circulate on the road, a “authorization” that was obtained recently, when this Shelby was in the “hands” of Chris Theodore.