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Love this retro review. My dad still has his black 96 cobra convertible. Even crazier is that he rarely drives it and it only has 13,000km! It's practically brand new 27 years later
@V8AmericanMuscleCar
Жыл бұрын
That awesome man! A friend of mine got an SN95 GT from his dad (one owner), but it had about 50,000 miles on it. It is still like new.
@goodears100
Жыл бұрын
Hey so ur dad can turn around and sale it for about 25k if he wants to that's pretty cool.
@gerardharings9963
Жыл бұрын
Hi i live in belgium and own a 1997 cobra convetrtible.....28 261 miles on it....have to wait until the car is 30 years old to drive it on a regular basisi
@mtjm
Жыл бұрын
MotorWeek always goes extra hard on that gearbox 😅
@anibalbabilonia1867
Жыл бұрын
👋😂👍I’m surprised the shifter didn’t come loose!
@quad5186
Жыл бұрын
Always laugh when you not only see it , you really HEAR it! It was brutal to me as a kid back in the 80’s.
@rmp5s
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@LMacNeill
Жыл бұрын
0-60 in 5.5 seconds in 1996?! I had forgotten how fast these cars were from the factory. And that's the *convertible!* The coupe would probably be a couple tenths faster! Extremely impressive for a mid-90s car.
@ErwinSchrodinger64
Жыл бұрын
I never cared for Mustangs but when the Cobra came out, all I heard was a 32-valve DOHC V8. I didn't know what that meant as a kid but I knew that was the same architecture of Ferrari's, Lambo's, BMW's, and anything else that was "high-tech." Always respected Cobra's.
@allentoyokawa9068
Жыл бұрын
Or anything from Japan
@ErwinSchrodinger64
Жыл бұрын
@@allentoyokawa9068 Yes, of course, while the US had 32 valve DOHC V8, the Japanese had 24valve DOHC V6 (or I6) with twin turbos that were equal or superior to their world counterparts.
@That90sShow
Жыл бұрын
@@allentoyokawa9068 lmao.. Not hard to reverse engineer. How do you think every japanese company started?? lmao
@tonythetiga4697
5 ай бұрын
found the "not a Mustang fan" guy. congratulations.
@jameswillard1
Жыл бұрын
The truth is this was this generations Mustang’s best engine. It’s high revving nature was totally different from anything in a pony car prior and it had a very distinctive high RPM snarl combined with the classic typical V8 sound at lower RPM. I owned a Laser Red 96’ Cobra Convertible like the one here and then bought a Terminator 03’ Cobra Convertible and although it was more powerful the supercharger turned it from naturally aspirated high end screamer back into a torquey, low revving engine with virtually no engine note …..just (to me) annoying supercharger whine.
@gavinvalentino6002
Жыл бұрын
Your desperation is hilarious.
@angelgjr1999
Жыл бұрын
Annoying supercharger whine? I’ll buy it from you. 😂
@GameOver321
Жыл бұрын
I've owned a bunch of mustang cobras, several terminators, several sn95 cobras. Currently a 13 gt500. Imo the 96-98 cobras sounded the best. With a low boost centrifugal blower it was the perfect street cruiser!
@fernandochaves9665
Жыл бұрын
Fast and beautiful. Underrated design.
@mikefordguy3364
Жыл бұрын
I bought a 1996 Cobra hardtop brand new in spring if 1996. Lazer Red with black leather. It was a very balanced fast car. Miss it as I traded it on a new 2003 t bird. Held onto the t bird until last year and traded it on a 2016 GT premium convertible. I also have a 2010 GT 500. To me my 1996 Cobra was the best. Plenty fast but not to much power, nice ride, nimble handling, and great gas mileage. I also owned 4 Mark VIII's. The 32 valve motors are awesome!
@joshthemediocre7824
Жыл бұрын
I had a 95 cobra for a long time, different engine but great car. Wasn't the fastest car in the world but was fast enough and could pull my Jet Ski to the lake without an issue.
@HAL-dm1eh
Жыл бұрын
LOL I forgot to turn 2x's speed off from a previous video and first thing saw that Mustang go around that curve and was like WOW my Mustang doesn't handle like that.
@upeedinalamb5297
Жыл бұрын
This lamb finds that hilarious.
@ScottParisi
Жыл бұрын
I had a 94 Cobra coupe. Not super fast but sounded the part and had sweet brakes up front.
@cdldriver2348
Жыл бұрын
I always admired one thing about the 1996 Cobra, the special MYSTIC Paint aka (Chameleon) that was on selected Cobra. For 1996 & even today, that was a badass paint combo.
@Youcallthesebagels_
Жыл бұрын
These were faster than I thought 105 trap speed is impressive for 96
@PhillyDee215
Жыл бұрын
One of the most reliable V8s ever.....Make America 🇺🇸 V8 AGAIN
@linkthegunner
Жыл бұрын
EVs will always be faster, more reliable and drive further. My Tesla is the greatest American car to ever exist
@PhillyDee215
Жыл бұрын
@@linkthegunner enjoy your ride.....💪
@anibalbabilonia1867
Жыл бұрын
@@linkthegunner 😂reliable maybe now! But wait till you have to replace them motors and battery packs! You gonna be crying all the way to the bank!💸💸💸💸💰lol 😂
@TWOxTONE_773
Жыл бұрын
We still are v8. 🤷♂️
@revelare_xvii6269
Жыл бұрын
@@linkthegunner I mean if that’s what ur looking for then all the power to you. Although I would recommend checking out Hyundai and the Koreans.
@CPAJayhawk
Жыл бұрын
Finally caught up to the Camaro with this car, then the 98 Fbody was on top with the LS1 debut… rained supreme until the last year of 2002
@JerroldSullivan-nt7qj
Жыл бұрын
2003-04 cobra smokes any LS
@gavinvalentino6002
Жыл бұрын
* REIGNED
@Lucille69caddy
Жыл бұрын
@@JerroldSullivan-nt7qjNO😂
@chuckystang
Жыл бұрын
I miss these days when the special Mustangs were affordable
@Newgrassrock
Жыл бұрын
With inflation - the base price is almost 55k.
@chuckystang
Жыл бұрын
@@Newgrassrock my point exactly. A cobra today, excuse me gt500 is over 100k.
@ericfitzgerald9139
Жыл бұрын
With inflation, that’d be $54k in 2023. That’s way more than what 450 hp Mustang GT droptops go for today (they’re $49k)
@That90sShow
Жыл бұрын
@@ericfitzgerald9139 Comparing a gt to an svt cobra?? Youre a genius. 😂😂
@IceFoxTrainSpotting
Жыл бұрын
*ah yes the SVT Cobra an ancestor to the GT500 And GT350 the SVT Cobra is definitely a collectible car today since it was made from 1993 all the way up to 2004 it is the legendary ancestor that will live on in car heaven that we will never forget*
@dohc1067
Жыл бұрын
I remember one of my sergeants had the coupe version of this Cobra Mustang in black. We went for a ride...love that exhaust sound and the intake manifold 😮.
@350TPI
Жыл бұрын
I have had 2 Mark Viiis (93 and 98 LSC) with this engine and i loved them. While i currently own 2 of this cars biggest competitors (99 Camaro SS 6 speed and 2000 SS convertible auto) i have always liked these and came close to buying one a few times.
@alex_p90
Жыл бұрын
Genuinely curious, what drove you to buy two 4th gens vs getting something different?
@350TPI
Жыл бұрын
@@alex_p90 well I had the 6 speed first and I absolutely loved that car. Last April I hit a stupid deer and really messed the car up. At this same time I saw the vert on marketplace for sale and went and looked at it. While the cars look nearly identical they are so much different when it comes to driving them.
@MarkMeadows90
Жыл бұрын
I love this generation Cobra Mustang. My cousin had a black 97 Cobra coupe back in the early 2000s. Put a Flowmaster exhaust on it and gave it a tune. It was peppy for its time. He sold it in 2006 for a new Mustang GT that he still has to this day. White with red leather interior.
@tedschmitt178
Жыл бұрын
The only negative about this car is the black leather seats, which when parked top-down in the sun, turn into a stove running full-blast.
@gavinvalentino6002
Жыл бұрын
AMAZINGLY, the majority of intelligent owners of convertibles with black leather interiors learn to PUT THE TOP UP WHEN THEY LEAVE THE CAR or KEEP A TOWEL TO COVER THE SEAT WITH for a quick trip inside 7-11 or something. Then there's the unintelligent ones who never understood why automotive engineers would destroy the potential of a fun car by burdening it with an interior that caused burns. Those people just never quite got it. They're like the ones who never grasped how to get on a moving escalator, or used entire bottles of shampoo every time because the instructions said "lather, rinse, repeat" but didn't instruct when to stop.
@upeedinalamb5297
Жыл бұрын
@@gavinvalentino6002 this lamb concurs and LOL’ed at the shampoo comment. Hopefully this lamb’s brethren were not used for the leather seats.
@jasontomica8938
Жыл бұрын
And it's a rally car with absolutely ridiculous high suspension
@User-gs1dk
3 ай бұрын
@@gavinvalentino6002 Intelligent owners wouldn't make excuses for a car that is meant to be enjoyed on bright sunny days that requires you to have to fidget with something or putting the top up entirely every time you want to step away from the car for a few minutes. Intelligent people would say "yeah it sucks, I had to just use a towel to cover up the seats".
@lorenaorestivok3789
3 ай бұрын
I love my ‘97 Cobra convertible … favorite out of all the cars I’ve owned.
@GalenlevyPhoto
Жыл бұрын
We test drove a early 2000s GT with 5 speed manual and a convertible. Pretty nice and quick.
@lashss
Жыл бұрын
105mph 1/4 mile trap speed in an SN95 convertible is excellent!
@dougsmith9571
Жыл бұрын
I'm not a big fan of Fords..BUT, this Cobra was and is, a great overall design and well engineered car. I eventually chose a 1996 TTop Pontiac Trans Am 5.7L V8 (that's in storage parttime now), because the Trans Ams styling ,braking, and handling appealed to me slightly more than that era Mustang Cobra . But they were very close competitors imho after driving both. Best time a stock 96 TA with 285hp could do is 14secs flat at 100 mph . So the 96 Cobra was a tick faster , but those 4th gen TAs were more fun to drive on twisty roads at the limit .
@JohnMachado24
Жыл бұрын
I just remember 305 hp being so much during that era! Now it's like a new eco boos would beat this guy?
@Jeeptruck86
Жыл бұрын
Anybody else see Chip Foose testing out the power seats??😮
@upeedinalamb5297
Жыл бұрын
This lamb noticed the seats were manual.
@daneedwards2644
Жыл бұрын
Still a nice car after all these years.
@cigarsgunsanddiesel8032
Жыл бұрын
Sad, now we have 4 bangers dishing out that horsepower numbers... but that V8 sound tho!
@Lucille69caddy
Жыл бұрын
No torque tho! And why is it “sad?” 25 year old tech.
@CheesusSVT
Жыл бұрын
Convertibles are so much fun! 😁
@comicrandomness3289
Жыл бұрын
Whenever i give people a ride in my convertible they enjoy it. I enjoy it too.
@jhonsmith2150
Жыл бұрын
This brings back memories! I had a crystal white vert, with the peanut 🥜 butter interior an top! She was clean and fast too. 💪🚗💨💨💨👏👌😎
@gavinvalentino6002
Жыл бұрын
Let's all stop to pause at the fact that Jhon is SO KEWL because he chooses the adolescent term "vert" instead of that obscenely difficult to spell "convertible" (oh wait, that was ridiculously easy). What's even more cringey is the use of 10 emojis. Good luck with the whole puberty thing when it arrives in a few years.
@MetikalMan
Жыл бұрын
Dream car. Throw in subframe connectors and a chassis bracing roll bar and these are incredible bases. Sure wish Ford never approved tan top and interior for Cobras, terrible decision.
@fernandorocha8459
Жыл бұрын
I love this Retro Reviews, my favorite
@petulantfrenzy5532
Жыл бұрын
Vague brake pedal feel has haunted me on every damn Ford I've ever had.
@upeedinalamb5297
Жыл бұрын
This lamb concurs.
@Lucille69caddy
Жыл бұрын
That’s funny. My 2000 E-350 SD has brakes that will send you thru the windshield if you’re not careful.
@jasontomica8938
Жыл бұрын
OUCH SO THE COBRA IS A RALLY CAR NOW, WOW HIGHER SUSPENSION THAN MY TRUCK HAHAHAHAHA
@leonlawrencez28
Жыл бұрын
Love this car and engine.
@Snake-ms7sj
Жыл бұрын
4.6 was a good engine.
@CalvinHikes
Жыл бұрын
13 second Mustang was bonkers at that time.
@taurussho86
Жыл бұрын
Didn't know those were that quick
@Welcometofacsistube
Жыл бұрын
And now a dodge caravan has a 300 hp v6
@icyhotmike
Жыл бұрын
But the new Cobra has 760hp so it still the 👑. The Z28 was still under 300hp in 96. The Corvette was just over 320hp in 96 so this Cobra was by no means slow for its time.
@giancarlolugo9586
Жыл бұрын
@@icyhotmike not to mention the caravan weights a lot, and the handling is not good at all and still a lot slower than this 26 year old cobra.
@Welcometofacsistube
Жыл бұрын
@@giancarlolugo9586 it had better be
@giancarlolugo9586
Жыл бұрын
@@Welcometofacsistube I don't get why some people compare performance CUV/SUV, with sport cars like the cobra, all they do it's the 1/4 mile but the difference here is that you can race the cobra on a twisty circuit, aswell while the SUV is not suitable for that.
@Welcometofacsistube
Жыл бұрын
@@giancarlolugo9586 I only compared hp. Not the vehicles. Calm down, son
@palebeachbum
Жыл бұрын
I vividly remember borrowing a coworker's 1995 Mustang GT 5-spd convertible and finding it unwieldy. It had a hard time putting the power to the pavement. I can't imagine having even more power in a Cobra. I get how these things end up in ditches. It's possible for an engine to overpower the capabilities of the chassis.
@gavinvalentino6002
Жыл бұрын
You had problems managing 215hp and under 300lb/ft of torque? That's embarassing to admit publicly.
@palebeachbum
Жыл бұрын
@@gavinvalentino6002 you're right. Mustangs are slow as hell apparently. 🤔
@palebeachbum
Жыл бұрын
@@Cool07R6SRider you're trying to argue it's slow and it's fast. Lol
@Kingsoupturbo
Жыл бұрын
I've read many similar things, I drove a 4cylinder fox body a bunch when in school, it would rotate on slick surfaces very easily, you could tell it was pretty antiquated in design compared to my Supras of the same vintage, I can imagine lots of torque could get it loose easy without the capability to bring it back.
@palebeachbum
Жыл бұрын
@@Kingsoupturbo yes exactly!
@carlosanderson4479
Жыл бұрын
I LOVE the New Edge Cobras
@billschlafly4107
Жыл бұрын
That shifter is crazy old time goodness in a bad way.
@andersonfirmino8925
Жыл бұрын
Como sempre é um carro lindo eu amo esse Mustang é na minha marca valeu pela postagem amigão
@jonmcclane7433
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t be Motorweek without some dude just raping the Gearbox.
@emeyer6963
Жыл бұрын
Lol!Could almost see sparks coming from the shift boot.
@jordancheyne7939
Жыл бұрын
1:47, what did that gearshift ever do to you?
@doctorlawrence4676
Жыл бұрын
Love this car
@h2omonsta619
Жыл бұрын
Owned several mustangs. Too hard to get in and out of in my mid 50’s. C63 amg s now
@the_jarmel
Жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️YOU MOTOR WEEK ❤️❤️❤️
@CheesusSVT
Жыл бұрын
@ChannelMasCiput
Жыл бұрын
Very simple design in this model...
@truckercowboyed2638
Жыл бұрын
Now the next gen GT mustang will be putting out 480 hp stock, 500 HP in the Dark Horse...... unbelievable the cobra only did 300
@mrdaykurutakuchannel
Жыл бұрын
The ONLY mustang deaign I can tolerate.
@Anderson-ky6ps
Жыл бұрын
Muito sensacional 👍👍👍
@GameOver321
Жыл бұрын
Theres really no way the vert was quicker then the coupe. Only possible ways would be pilot/elevation or temp.
@ricardocorbie6803
Жыл бұрын
What’s not to love ❤️???
@droomkoning3266
Жыл бұрын
Hi motorweek
@Mr_57ChargerRT
Жыл бұрын
These were dark days for Chrysler /Dodge . No Chargers , Challengers or 300😢
@Lucille69caddy
Жыл бұрын
Stealth? Viper?
@That90sShow
Жыл бұрын
When did chrysler have bright days?
@4valvemark98
Жыл бұрын
I love the 4.6 4valve it's a smooth yet violent engine, it pulls hard to 6500 rpm even in my 3800 pound mark viii it pulls with ease and can run door to door with today's 5.7 hemis with 8 speeds lol
@Lucille69caddy
Жыл бұрын
Nice car, but NO WAY. My buddy had a Mark VIII in the late 90s. He got spanked on more than one occasion against LT1 Camaros and Firebirds with only 275 hp. And you think that a mid 90s Mark VIII “keeps up” with a 370 hp Hemi Charger? THINK AGAIN. Your car gets nowhere near 0-60 in 4.9 secs🤡
@4valvemark98
Жыл бұрын
@@Lucille69caddy that's on level elevation as well as brand new in the real world they're slow especially if it spins lol I've ran stock 8 speed RTs from a 40 and he barely even got out half a car 🤣 around 90 I start pulling on them they have no top end unless modified
@Lucille69caddy
Жыл бұрын
@@4valvemark98 WRONG. I had a 2006 SRT8 Charger that I lost in my divorce. My buddy and I lined them up. Three straight races, three straight ass rapeages. His car had a lot of miles on it by then, but still. My car at the time had only 600 or so miles, so it wasn’t even broken in yet. It ran much better later on. The 2006 6.1 SRT8 Charger is maybe slightly faster than the new 5.7 Hemis, so it’s a fair comparison. I call BS on your story.
@Lucille69caddy
Жыл бұрын
@@4valvemark98 Chew on this- a simple Google search: How fast is the 1997 Lincoln Mark VIII? The 1997 Mark VIII boasts 280 horsepower and a 0-60 time of 7.9 seconds. The new Charger 5.7 Hemi has 370 hp and does 4.9 secs to 60. Three seconds is an ETERNITY. Just walk away from this convo already……
@4valvemark98
Жыл бұрын
@@Lucille69caddy the SRT8S have a bigger version of the 5.7 hemi they rape RTs 🤣 obviously an SRT8 will beat my stock 280 horse mark lol but the weight of those behemoth sedans weigh em down lol it's why the 5th gen ss and s197 5.0s made dodge shove a 6.4 into the Challenger in 2012 🤣
@user-cj4sm8hv9y
Жыл бұрын
Open Air Venom
@mister_ska8
Жыл бұрын
Can say u Horses and Snakes are not friends. FORD
@AndersonFilhotin
5 ай бұрын
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍😁👏👏👏
@bp2024
Жыл бұрын
How did the paint look flat new
@gearratio380
Жыл бұрын
power wise it put a ass whipping on gms big inch push rod 350 junk in the z28
@Lucille69caddy
Жыл бұрын
Not in the Corvette of that year, fanboy. The “big inch PUSHROD (not “push rod”) 350 junk” Z28 ass raped the standard Mustang, so…….
@That90sShow
Жыл бұрын
@@Lucille69caddy GM boy is triggered! lmao
@Lucille69caddy
Жыл бұрын
@@That90sShow Deflecting?
@justgoofingoff
Жыл бұрын
Those first years of the SN 95 were just hideous.
@oreally8605
Жыл бұрын
That shifter is loud and clunky. Nothing smooth.
@HAL-dm1eh
Жыл бұрын
It's more Motorweek's doing. No T5 I ever owned or heard or shifted was like that. I'm convinced they put a mic under the transmission to get that sound.
@DarthWaffle.
Жыл бұрын
That car seems 100 years old
@damontroch4765
Жыл бұрын
Noce only 30 HP less than a V6 Camero 😂🤣
@Lucille69caddy
Жыл бұрын
Not of that year, Einstein. The new V6 Camaro also has 100 less ft/lbs torque.
@That90sShow
Жыл бұрын
Isn't camaro being discontinued... again.....?? 😂😂😂😂
@JuanGarcia-fv9ph
Жыл бұрын
Why tf is he shifting it so hard 😡😡😡
@truckercowboyed2638
Жыл бұрын
Cry more
@eternalthread7846
Жыл бұрын
The convertibles are such a waste of a good car
@stevetager69
Жыл бұрын
🐷
@gus91340
Жыл бұрын
13.9, SLOW!
@dominikgorowski5931
Жыл бұрын
I own both 07 and 2003 what pos cars thank god i get rid of them!!!
@That90sShow
Жыл бұрын
But you bought 2....... lmao
@dominikgorowski5931
Жыл бұрын
@@That90sShow sometimes you make mistakes twice.
@supersixone9848
Жыл бұрын
Nice! it's shows like this made me go to universal technical institute 🫡
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