Government rule-making delays are why you still can’t buy a New DeLorean

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Low-volume carmakers like DeLorean can't build any cars until the EPA and NHTSA finish some long-overdue rulemaking.

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Government rule-making delays are why you still can't buy a New DeLorean originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe history, as told by Peter Brock

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If there was ever a vivid demonstration for what good design could do for a car, it was the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe. Hear the story of its creation from the man behind the design in this latest video from Hagerty.

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Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe history, as told by Peter Brock originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe history, as told by Peter Brock

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If there was ever a vivid demonstration for what good design could do for a car, it was the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe. Hear the story of its creation from the man behind the design in this latest video from Hagerty.

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Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe history, as told by Peter Brock originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The List #0427: Drive retro Shelby racecars

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To celebrate Ford's return to endurance racing, we drive continuation cars of the Shelby Cobra MKIII, Daytona Coupe, and the GT40 MKII from Superformance.

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The List #0427: Drive retro Shelby racecars originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bask in the glory of Superformance’s 50th Anniversary GT40

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Superformance celebrates the GT40's victory at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans with a limited run of exacting replicas of the Shelby-American team's GT40 MKIIs.

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Bask in the glory of Superformance's 50th Anniversary GT40 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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New law paves way for more replica vintage cars

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A provision in the recently passed highway bill means that boutique manufacturers can create 325 reproduction vehicles a year with government certification. Customers can buy these vehicles with a full powertrain, and the makers can export them to some other countries.

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New law paves way for more replica vintage cars originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This Shelby Brock Daytona Coupe takes Jay Leno for a ride

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1999 Shelby Brock Daytona Coupe

The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is one of those classic cars that has managed to stand the test of time, likely due in part to both its racing success, helping the charismatic Carroll Shelby defeat Ferrari with Ford-powered Anglo-American machines of his company's own design, and its stunning good looks. And, while Shelby is the name history recalls most fondly, the man behind the Daytona Coupe's slippery bodywork was Pete Brock, who had previously drawn up the design of the seminal Corvette Sting Ray for General Motors.

Fast forward some 50 years from that original Shelby Coupe, and Pete Brock once again drew up designs for a series of coupes that bear a striking resemblance to those few iconic racing cars from the '60s, this time for a small specialty automotive company called Superformance. The SPF Brock Coupe, as it was known, was a rethought version of the Shelby Daytona Coupe that took advantage of modern technology to bring the former race car into the next century.

The car you see above started life as one of these Superformance Brock Coupes, originally built in 1999. It was later taken apart and rebuilt by its owner to his specifications, and while we're not too keen on the wide fender flares, the rest of his modifications, tweaks and choices make for an excellently unique machine. Watch Jay Leno take this Daytona for a spin in the video below.

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This Shelby Brock Daytona Coupe takes Jay Leno for a ride originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 18 Feb 2014 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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