Carroll Shelby

Luxist Drives the Superformance Shelby Daytona Coupe

The Corvette, especially the Stingray models, has often been accused of being the vehicular embodiment of a man's unmentionables. While there might be something to that, the Corvette is a prude and an amateur when compared to the Superformance Daytona Coupe. If the Stingray is the middle-aged guy who's always thinking about sex, the Daytona Coupe is the guy who's always having sex. Stingray guy will talk about what's he's packing. Daytona Coupe guy will show you, and show you what he can do with it. The Stingray is Bob in sales. The Daytona Coupe is Ron Jeremy. All it needs: a moustache...

Gallery: Superformance Shelby Daytona Coupe

Tags: carroll shelby, CarrollShelby, daytona coupe, DaytonaCoupe, superformance, Superformance Daytona Coupe, Superformance Shelby Daytona Coupe, SuperformanceDaytonaCoupe, SuperformanceShelbyDaytonaCoupe

Continue reading “Luxist Drives the Superformance Shelby Daytona Coupe”

MkVI AC Cobra Unveiled at Top Marques Monaco

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, The Classicist

The more things change, the more they stay the same. That's what they say, but the inverse might as well be true when it comes to the latest AC Cobra. The iconic roadster that originally went into production in 1961 and immortalized by the legendary Carroll Shelby is still around, its latest version scheduled to be unveiled shortly at the prestigious Top Marques show in Monte Carlo. Only instead of being built in England with a big-block Ford engine, it's now being built in Germany with a Chevy small-block.

The AC Cobra MkVI is available in two versions: the GT with an enormous 437 horsepower, or the GTS with an unfathomable 647. Keeping all that power in check are a set of Porsche brakes (vented discs with four-piston calipers), which is good because the GTS will hit 60 in a heartbeat over three seconds. Since it's being built now by Gullwing GmbH, the latest Cobra comes with a removable hard-top with gull-wing doors to ease access. Click on the thumbnail images below to view in high resolution.

Source

Tags: 289 Cobra, 289Cobra, 427 Cobra, 427Cobra, ac, ac cars, ac cobra, AcCars, AcCobra, Carroll Shelby, CarrollShelby, cobra, gull wing, gull-wing, gullwing, gullwing gmbh, GullwingGmbh, monaco, Shelby Cobra, ShelbyCobra

The Classicist: Hackett & Aston Martin Race to Le Mans

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel, Luxury Cars & Autos, Sports, Men's Style, The Classicist

This is a big year for both famed British auto marque Aston Martin and one of our favorite brands, classic London-based men's clothing company Hackett, official partner of the GT1 works Aston Martin Racing team. In June Aston Martin aims to win this year's Le Mans race outright, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of racing legend Carroll Shelby's stunning overall victory at Le Mans in an Aston Martin DBR1, with its incredible new LMP1 racecars. Hackett provides official Aston Martin Racing Team clothing and sells a range of licensed apparel and accessories, including the super-stylish Hackett Aston Martin Racing Moto Plan biker style jacket (above) for £300.00, bearing the number 59 for Shelby's 1959 victory.

Hackett, founded in 1979, is a classic British clothing and accessories brand which "caters for the head to toe needs of men of all ages who wish to dress stylishly and to whom quality is more important than the vagaries of fashion." The brand takes its inspiration from the traditions of British dress without being old fashioned and as such its products are "evolutionary rather than revolutionary." As founder Jeremy Hackett says, "our clothes wear in not out". In addition to a total of 29 shops across the UK, Spain and France, Hackett is now represented in 15 European countries, Hong Kong and Dubai.

The Le Mans race "epitomizes the true values of racing; endurance mixed with the thrill of speed and a certain savoir faire," Hackett notes. The two Aston Martin Racing LMP1 cars vying for victory this year will sport the iconic Gulf colors of light blue and orange, colors with a fine tradition at Le Mans as well as being immortalized by Steve McQueen in the famous film Le Mans. In addition to Aston Martin, Hackett also sponsors the London Rowing Club and the British Army Polo Team.

Gallery: Hackett & Aston Martin Style

Jeremy Hackett is also known as "Mr. Classic," the title of his regular column for the London Independent on Sunday, which airs his witty, incisive views and observations on fashion and style. In 2007 he published a compilation of his columns accompanied by lavishly photographed style tableaux. Mr. Classic the book is a must-have for any man who takes sartorial matters seriously. As the publishers describe it, Hackett "takes us on a Grand Tour of an appealing world of Bentleys and polo, bicycles and picnics, bow ties and Sussex Spaniels, top hats and bespoke luggage." That's the world The Classicist wants to get lost in, no doubt.

Tags: Aston Martin, AstonMartin, British style, BritishStyle, Carroll Shelby, CarrollShelby, Hackett, Jeremy Hackett, JeremyHackett, Le Mans, LeMans, London, racecar, racing, Steve McQueen, SteveMcqueen, UK