It is funny how history plays out; sometimes the outcome is never as expected. This certainly applies to the Shelby Cobra which has to be the most unexpected high-performance car of the golden era. In some respects, it is a fluke it ever got produced.

Ford had played its cards right in the 1950s and released the two-seat V8 powered 1955 Thunderbird which was an instant hit with the buying public. Chevrolet had beat Ford to market with its two-seat 1953 Corvette by two years however the Corvette had a lukewarm reception. In fact Chevrolet had considered cancelling the Corvette, it was only

While Toyota and Honda have been fighting for years over the top selling America car slot, Nissan has been carving out a niche of its own among American buyers. Where Toyota and Honda tend to cater to the average buyer who cares about as much for performance as an elephant cares for a banana, Nissan has been the place for the performance oriented import buyer. Since the 1980s, if a buyer wanted a performance oriented sedan from Japan the Nissan Maxima was the ticket. The Maxima was the first Japanese sedan that provided V8 type power from a V6. For years the Nissan Maxima offered more horsepower