Panali magalimoto ambiri omwe adadutsa Monterey Car Week ndikusiya chizindikiro chawo ndi izi Ford Shelby Cobra Concept , wodziwika bwino kuti "Daisy", mosakayikira anali mmodzi wa iwo.
Inali imodzi mwa "nyenyezi zamakampani" zogulitsira za Mecum Auctions pamwambowu ndipo, pokhala chitsanzo chapadera padziko lonse lapansi (ngakhale panali zofananira), inali ndi mtengo wake pakati pa 1.5 ndi 2 miliyoni madola .
Osati kokha kuti sizinakhumudwitse, izo ngakhale chidwi, monga anaposa ichi chochititsa chidwi ndi American yobetcherana nyumba ndipo anamaliza "kusintha manja" mtengo pang'ono kuposa kuyembekezera: 2.4 miliyoni madola, chinachake ngati mayuro mamiliyoni awiri .
Choyambitsidwa mu 2004 ku Detroit Motor Show (USA), Ford Shelby Cobra Concept iyi idapangidwa moyang'aniridwa ndi Carroll Shelby ndi Chris Theodore (mwini wake mpaka pano…), yemwe anali wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa chitukuko cha malonda a mtunduwo. blue oval panthawiyo.
Cholinga chake chinali chakuti mchaka cha 2007 chikadapereka njira yopangira zinthu, cholinga chomwe mavuto azachuma omwe adakumana nawo panthawiyo adasokoneza, ngakhale kulamula kuti ntchitoyi ithe.
Pakuti mbiri anali chitsanzo wapadera, ndi zonse aluminiyamu chassis, ndi thupi makamaka fiberglass ndi ofanana kukula kwa "yaing'ono" Mazda MX-5.
Chosangalatsa ndi injini ya 6.4 lita DOHC V10 - komanso aluminiyamu - yomwe imapanga 613 hp ndipo imagwirizanitsidwa ndi gearbox yamanja - Ricardo - yokhala ndi magawo asanu ndi limodzi.
Maulumikizidwe apansi amapangidwa kudzera pakuyimitsidwa kodziyimira pawokha, monga momwe tawonera m'badwo woyamba Ford GT, ngakhale ndikusintha kwapadera.
Kuseri kwa mawilo asanu ndi awiri a BBS omwe analankhulapo panali mabuleki "obisika" a Brembo amphamvu kwambiri, okhala ndi ma disc otulutsa mpweya komanso ma pistoni anayi.
Ndikofunika kukumbukira kuti, ngakhale kuti ndi chitsanzo, Ford Shelby Cobra Concept iyi ndi homologized kuti azizungulira pamsewu, "chilolezo" chomwe chinapezedwa posachedwapa, pamene Shelby uyu anali "m'manja" a Chris Theodore.