Superformance


Quick Spin: Superformance GT40 MkI is vehicular sashimi, raw and delicious

As much as we enjoy piloting modern machinery, there's something special about vintage vehicles, and that something is the pure, unvarnished connection between man and machine. But it's not always good. Things get dicey when the driving experience is a little too vintage. Despite our supreme adoration of the racing greats of yesteryear, clawing at the wheel, pulverizing the brake pedal, dumping buckets of sweat onto the leather seat and having our sphincter perform kegels isn't always our preferred flavor of fun. Some days, we're just not ... Read more →

Shelby on Steroids: The Daytona Coupe Le Mans Edition Drew Phillips

The Shelby Daytona Coupe is without a doubt one of the greatest cars in American motorsports history. With an aerodynamic body designed by Peter Brock good for 196 mph, Carroll's Ferrari-slayer ...

SEMA 2008: Yokohama tire dealers compete in blackjack tournament to win Superformance MkIII Cobra Drew Phillips

While many tire manufacturers are cutting back at SEMA this year (come on Michelin, where's our supercar display?), others are pushing forward with new products and generating lots of excitement. ...

Superformance teams up with Roush for special edition MKIII-R roadster Drew Phillips

Sometimes good things come in small packages. Other times, they come with a Roush 427 IR crate motor pumping out 576 horsepower. Superformance, the only Shelby-licensed producer of Cobra kit cars, ...

Shelby Distribution to offer aluminum-bodied Daytona Coupe Drew Phillips

The Shelby Daytona Coupe is the embodiment of classic American motorsports. The only problem is that putting a genuine Daytona Coupe in the garage is nearly impossible. There are only a handful in ...

Caroll Shelby takes delivery of paddle-shifter-equipped Superformance Daytona Coupe 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for a high resolution gallery You might expect that Carroll Shelby has quite a collection of cars. He's even put up a few for sale recently, including his personal 1969 GT500 Convertible that he's owned since new at Barrett-Jackson this year and the unique Cobra Supersnake ...

New trio of Superformance MkII GT40s celebrates Shelby and 1966 Le Mans victory 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Superformance MkII GT40 Perhaps the greatest achievement of Americans in motorsports is winning the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ford and Shelby brought home not only the overall victory, but the Ford GT40 captured the top three spots. It was a resounding ...

Shelby Heaven: Superformance opens new showroom 1 year ago on Autoblog

We are big fans of Superformance, makers of the Cobra, Daytona Coupe, and GT40 replicas that have the blessing (and licensing agreement) of Carroll Shelby. When we heard they were opening up a new showroom in Irvine, CA, we had to go check it out ourselves. Superformance has actually been in the ...

Superformance rebuilds the original GT40 to spec 3 years ago on Autoblog

Most kit cars we come across are near faithful representations of their muse. Unfortunately, there's always something a little off about the design that doesn't quite match up with the way we remember the original, and nearly always they're only skin deep, offering up merely the appearance of ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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