Ford dropped a video to Instagram on Tuesday teasing the return of the Mustang Cobra name. The clip showed nothing more than a Mustang logo and the Cobra nameplate with the R highlighted in blue, but was set to the soundtrack of a revving V8 engine.
“You’ll want to hear this. For the drivers, with an all-motor heart born from racing. Ford Mustang Cobra, a Legacy Reborn. The story continues in 2027,” is what the caption read.
Ford offered several Mustang Cobra and Cobra R variants from 1976 through 2004, with the most notable run stretching from 1993 until the end, but the engine in the video sounds a lot like the naturally aspirated flat-plane-crank Voodoo 5.2-liter V8 from the 2015 Mustang Shelby GT350 and GT350R, which were spiritual successors to the Cobra line.
Ford Authority recently reported that insiders told it the car will be based on the Dark Horse SC, which is powered by a supercharged 5.2-liter V8, but will feature a naturally aspirated engine and stick-shift manual transmission. The GT350 was also only offered with a six-speed manual transmission, while the Dark Horse SC comes exclusively with a dual-clutch seven-speed automatic.
Based on the 2027 reference, we’d expect that the Cobra’s full reveal will come at Ford Racing’s annual season kick-off event. The date and location have not yet been confirmed, but this year’s was held in January in Detroit adjacent to the Detroit Auto Show.
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