New British Cobra Venom V8
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The Cobra Venom V8 is the new British sports car invention with the simple formula: small British roadster and American V8 drive train. Early Cobras sought balance by utilizing Ford’s modest 260 cubic-inch small block V8, but everything went out of control when a hairy-chested 427 cubic inch FE big block was installed. The perennial practice of plucking a significant car from the 1960s and rehashing it, rather than coming up with something entirely new, has struck again, and now it looks like a new spin on the Cobra might be coming. The Cobra Venom V8 will undoubtedly be more refined than the visceral glory of the original Shelby vehicles, and while the concept images show a derivative car, it’s still good looking; classic proportions never go out of style. (more…)