Few models of car are as iconic as the Shelby Cobra and its story can be traced all the way back to one single vehicle: the CSX 2000. The prototype was built by Carroll Shelby himself in 1962 and is ...

Shelby Cobras appear at classic car auctions with some regularity, but bidders at RM Sotheby's upcoming sale will be fighting for the chance to own the very first Cobra ever built: a prototype owned ...

When AC brought the Ace to market in 1953, the British manufacturer employed a 2.0-liter straight-six with just 100 horsepower on tap. Then the AC Cobra came out and a gentleman going by the name of ...

Interested in buying a legend? The original Shelby Cobra, the very first car that Carroll Shelby hand-built, the one that kicked off the Shelby legacy that still carries on today, is going up for sale ...

Carroll Shelby's first-ever Cobra, CSX 2000, set a new record high for an American car when it sold at the RM Sotheby's auction during Monterey Car Week for $13.75 million. The previous record was $11 ...

RM Sotheby’s has set an auction record for the most expensive American car ever sold: the first Shelby Cobra. The Carroll Hall Shelby Trust parted ways Friday with a 1962 Shelby 260 Cobra CSX 2000 in ...

There's only one CSX 2000, Carroll Shelby's first-ever Cobra. RM Sotheby's is set to offer the very first Shelby Cobra ever built, and easily one of the most valuable, for the first time to the public ...

The first ever Shelby Cobra may set a record for the most expensive American car sold at auction. The car will cross the block at the Pebble Beach Concours de'Elegance in Monterey, California next ...

The Monterey Car Week auctions are where the beautiful members of the landed gentry go to blow obscene amounts of money on cars, and at yesterday's RM Sotheby's auction, one of them took Cobramania to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Ewing writes about luxury and performance automobiles. CSX 2000 is arguably the most important modern American sports car, ...

Broad Arrow Auctions, a Hagerty company, will feature the 1962 Shelby Cobra, CSX 2003, at its Monterey Jet Center Auction on August 13-14, 2025. This significant and well-preserved prototype is the ...