Vehicles - 1962 AC Cobra 427

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The AC Cobra was a British built and designed sports car that was produced during the 1960s. AC Cobras had an extensive racing career. Shelby wanted it to be a 'Corvette-Beater' and at nearly 500 lb (227 kg) less than the Chevrolet Corvette, the lightweight car did just that. The Cobra was perhaps too successful as a performance car and reputedly contributed to the implementation of national speed limits in the United Kingdom. An AC Cobra Coupe was calculated to have done 185 mph (298 km/h) on the M1 motorway in 1964 during shakedown tests prior to that year's Le Mans 24h race.