The Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Is A Factory Drag Racer With An Angry Face

Fancy a factory drag car that’s not a COPO Camaro? Worry not, as something a little more Ford-flavoured has just landed at SEMA 2015.

Last seen in the 2014 model year, Ford has revived the ‘Cobra Jet’ name for this box-fresh dragster, this time based on the sixth-generation Mustang. Like Chevrolet’s COPO Camaro which was revealed at SEMA yesterday, the Cobra Jet is built for NHRA Stock and Super Stock competitions, but this one has an even more limited production run: as with previous Cobra Jets, just 50 will be made for the 2016 model year, priced at $99,990 apiece.

So, what do you get for $10 under £100k? The promise of eight-second quarter-mile times, for starters, but also all the safety clobber you’ll need for hurling yourself down the ‘strip repeatedly. There’s a beefy roll-cage, FIA-friendly Corbeau seats, five-point harnesses and race-spec brakes from Strange Engineering.

A V8 sharing 75 per cent of its components with the Mustang GT engine lives up front, with a Whipple supercharger strapped on for good measure. Feeding this V8 is a boot-mounted fuel cell, and all that ‘Murican power is transferred to the rear wheels via race-prepped automatic gearbox.

Given the choice between this and the COPO Camaro, which would you rather have as your quarter-mile weapon?