2001 Mustang SVT Cobra Promotional Sales Brochure
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Three views of a Silver 2001 Mustang Cobra coupe is shown here inside the special sales brochure. There was also a Cobra convertible in 2001. The text reads, SUNRISE. The early morning mist hangs low over the trees, and a special car awaits in the driveway. Its shape is chiseled, tough. Long hood, short deck and wide-set, athletic stance - classic proportions. From its narrow grille to its quarter-panel side vents to its triple-lens taillights, it is instantly recognizable, its purpose unmistakable. YOU KEY THE ENGINE. White-faced gauges spring to life and the powerplant settles down to a demure, loping idle. Grab the chunky, leather-wrapped shifter and snick it into first. A low, muted snarl fills the cabin in response to your right foot tickling the throttle. READY AND WILLING are 4.6 liters of double-overhead-cam, four-valves-per-cylinder, all-aluminum V8 - tweaked to 320hp, with a 6,800-rpm redline up top and bags of American-style torque down low. The engine note is a constant presence, goading you as you work through the gears and up the raw range - a throbbing beat by 3,000 rpm; an insistent, throating whir a 4000; escalating into a biting, barking, exuberant Gating-gun blast, intake rush, and whirring valves, belts, cams and gears - a redline scream that would do any supercar proud. Suddenly, the road is being sucked up at a prodigious rate. You sense strain to keep up. It's a carnival ride in a leather-trimmed bucket and you want it never to end. THE ROAD FOLLOWS a river, then cuts away in sharp, thrilling twists and turns. You're into the rhythm. You feed the car into a sweeping S-bend. The thick, leather-covered steering wheel's four spokes are perfectly placed for aggressive driving. Steering is precise and fluid. The firm suspension keeps body roll, drive,..."