And there aren’t many sports cars that sound like the new AC Cobra 378 Superblower MkIV either ... to its 6.2-litre GM-sourced ‘LSA’ V8 engine, so it goes like the proverbial you-know ...

Donington-based AC Cars has revealed a coupé ... The range-topping version of the new Cobra GT Coupé, called the Clubsport Edition, will pack a supercharged V8 that puts out 799bhp.

And in 1982, British Cobra specialist Autokraft sought to capitalise on this by getting permission from AC to restart production with the MkIV, and Brian Angliss’s team did such a fine job that in ...