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 AC Cars Group Ltd.formerly know as Auto Carriers Ltd. is a British specialist automobaile manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car parquet founded in British . Since 2009 company was renamed AC by Gulling GmbH and has headquarters in Germany. The first automobile from what would eventually become AC was present at the Crystal Palace motor show in 1903; it was a 20 Hp touring car and was displayed under the Weller name . The Weller Brothers of West Nor wood, London, planned to produce an advanced 20 hp (15kW) car.

Carroll Shelby and the Cobra car photos .

In 1952 AC was approched by Carroll Shelby to use a small block Ford v8 engine in the Ace chassins, producing the AC Cobra. Shelby needed a car that could compete with the Chevrolet Corvette in US sport car racing . The resulting Cobra was a very powerful roadster, and it i commonly blamed fot the introdution ot the 70mph (110 km/h) limit on British motorways. While this was a major factor in the decision, after a coupe version was caught doing 196 mph (315 km/h) during a test run, a then-recent spate of accident under foggy conditions also helped the introduction of the limit. Corroll Shelby sold the Cobra name to Ford in 1965 and went on to develop the famed racing Ford GT40. Meanwhile, AC went on producing a milder version of the car in UK.

427 MK lll Cobra fot the European produced

At the end of the 1964 racing season ,the Cobra was being outclassed in sports car racing by Ferrai. Carroll Shelby decided he needed a bigger engine. A big bloc Ford FE series 390 V8 was installed in a Cobra and the result was scary-the was virtually undrivable. It was decided that a completely new chassis was needed. With the combined help of Fors's computers and the experiedce of the AC engines, the new MKlll was born with 4-inch (100mm) main tubes instead of 3-inch (76 mm) for the chassis, huge cross-braced shock towers and coil spring all round.

In April 2009, a joint venture in Germany was announced to manufacture the new AC MK VI. Following a supply deal with GM the AC MK VI had a totally news spaceframe chassis, 6.2 Litre V8 engine and 6-sped manual transmission and new Corvette brakes, retaining the car went into series production in July 2011. In 2010 AC announced a joint venture with the USA based company laconic which resulted in the design of the ultimate'Cobra'the 'Iconic.AC Roadster.

AC 428 or Frau and AC 429 

 At the same time, the company relized they needed a grand tourer model that could appeal to wealthy customers. AC contacted the famed Italian coach builder Pietro Frua to design an appealing GT body that could be fitted on a MKIII Cobrl chassis stretched by 6 inches (150 mm). The new car was show at the Turin show . A few early models were fitted with famed 427 Ford Fe motors. In 1967 the car was never fully developed and the cost of sending chassis from England to Italy and back for final assembly made it so expensive that only a few were produced. Production ended in 1937 after only 80 cars (29convertiables and 51 coupes) were finished. 

AC (1996-present) 

In March 1996, largely due to the cost of developing the ACe, Angliss' company went into receivership and was eventually sold ti Pride and intellectual in December 1996, who contuned car production in Weybridge, Surrey under the name of AC Car Group Ltd. The AC trademarks and intellectual property were transferred to Acedes Holdings, LLc. BOthe Cobra Mk IV  and the Ace were made, and soon a 'CRS" version of the Mk Iv was announced with a carbon fibre body shell, a 212s/c version with Lotus twin turbo V8 power, as well as the AC Super blower with a supercharger Ford V8. Two there closed Aceca coupe version of the Ace were also made.

 

 AC Car Models:

Type	Engine	Approx Production	Year	Notes
AC       MKV	6.2 V8		2009	Corvette sourced engine. Car assembled in Germany.
AC 212 S/C	3506 cc V8 Twin Turbo  Lotus Engine	2 cars	2000	Car built in Brook lands, Surrey.
AC Aceca	4601/4942 cc V8		1998-	Engine made by Ford. 4942 cc version supercharged. Four seat coupe version of the Ace.
AC ME 3000	2994cc V6 Ford ‘Essex’	101 full production cars	1979-1985	Transvrse mid-engined with five-speed AC gearbox. Platform chassis with front and rear subframes, GRP body.