Kwakunezimoto eziningi ezidlule eMonterey Car Week futhi zashiya uphawu lwazo nalokhu Ford Shelby Cobra Concept , owaziwa kangcono ngokuthi “uDaisy”, ngokungangabazeki wayengomunye wabo.
Kwakungenye "yezinkanyezi zenkampani" endalini ye-Mecum Auctions yalo mcimbi futhi, njengoba iyisibonelo esiyingqayizivele emhlabeni (yize kwakukhona ama-replicas), yayinenani elilinganiselwe phakathi kwe-1.5 ne-2 million yamadola .
Akukhona nje ukuthi akuzange kudumaze, kwaze kwahlaba umxhwele, njengoba kudlule lesi senzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando esilindelwe yindlu yendali yaseMelika futhi kwagcina "ukushintsha izandla" ngenani eliphakeme kancane kunalokho obekulindelwe: 2.4 million dollar, into efana nama-euro ayizigidi ezimbili .
Yethulwe ngo-2004 embukisweni wezimoto iDetroit (USA), le Ford Shelby Cobra Concept yathuthukiswa ngaphansi kwamehlo kaCarroll Shelby kanye noChris Theodore (umnikazi wayo kuze kube manje…), owayeyiphini likamongameli wezokuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo womkhiqizo. Oval blue ngaleso sikhathi.
Inhloso yayiwukuthi ngo-2007 yayizoveza imodeli yokukhiqiza, isifiso sokuhlehla kwezomnotho esabhekana naso ngaleso sikhathi sanqamula, saze sasho nokuhoxiswa komsebenzi.
Okomlando kwakuyi-prototype eyingqayizivele, ene-all-aluminium chassis, enomzimba ikakhulukazi ku-fiberglass futhi efana ngosayizi we-Mazda MX-5 "encane".
Okujabulisayo yinjini engu-6.4 litre DOHC V10 — nayo eyi-aluminium — ekhiqiza amandla angu-613 hp futhi ihambisana no-gearbox oshintshwayo — Ricardo — onezilinganiso eziyisithupha.
Ukuxhumana okuphansi kwenziwa ngokumiswa okuzimele, okufana nalokhu esikuthole esizukulwaneni sokuqala i-Ford GT, nakuba ilungiswa okuthile.
Emuva kwamasondo e-BBS anezimbobo eziyisikhombisa bekunamabhuleki e-Brembo “afihliwe” asebenza kahle kakhulu, anamadiski angena umoya kanye nama-piston calliper amane.
Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi, naphezu kokuba i-prototype, le Ford Shelby Cobra Concept ihlanganiswe ukuze ijikeleze emgwaqeni, "imvume" etholwe muva nje, ngenkathi lo Shelby "esezandleni" zikaChris Theodore.