Shelby Series 1

Shelby Series 1 was a high-performance roadster designed by automobile legend, Carroll Shelby and produced by Shelby American. It was powered by Oldsmobile's 4.0 L L47 Aurora V8 engine. It has 320 horsepower and will do 0-60 mph in better than 4.5 seconds and records 12.8 in the quarter mile at 112 mph. Top speed is 185 mph—some 15 mph faster than the 427 Shelby Cobra. The 1998 car weighed 1202 kg/2650 lb. Production ceased, but a Series 2 was expected to debut in August of 2006.