When the original is unaffordable, a replica can hold its value very well.
Cobra/GT40 Replica 1996-2010
Most people who buy a replica Cobra realise that its potential for value growth isn’t a patch on the rampant appreciation that makes genuine Shelby products so desirable.
However, driving something that looks and sounds like something else that’s worth a few million can’t be bad for the ego either.
Replica Cobras with late-series injected engines and modern suspensions are generally easier to drive than older carb-fed ruffians from the 1990s.
Top of the local replica pile is the now-defunct Robnell, with these selling for more than $100,000.
Consider as well a DRB or Roaring 40s GT40 which look spectacular and cost around the same as a 50 year-old Falcon GT.
Cobra 1996-03 $60,375 [8]
Cobra 2004-10 $81,545 [8]
Robnell 1995-03 $145,000 [1]
GT40 Replica 1999-10 $126,875 [4]
[*] = number of recorded sales
(Note: concours & special cars may demand more.)
Numbers from our 2017-18 Muscle Cars Value Guide.
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