The Coupe originally referred to as the “Daytona Car” officially obtained its name while being prepared for the Daytona race. Originally there were only six Daytona Coupe’s built and were designed by Peter Brock while working for Carroll Shelby. The Daytona Coupe was the first and only American made car to ever win the World Manufacturer’s Championship for Grand Touring race cars and transformed American road racing. The Daytona Cobra Coupe also set 23 International USAC/FIA records, at Sebring 12 hours of endurance. The record set was an amazing 150-mph for 12 hours.

Superformance (Jim Price) engaged in discussions with Peter Brock to design a street version of the Coupe to increase the Superformance Product line. The New Superformance Coupe boasts sleek lines, and a contoured body which is slightly larger than that of the original race car. It has an engineered and improved suspension which was overseen by Roush engineering (Bob Negstad and Dan Bamford) with Wes Schulz of ACT performing the finite element analysis and larger interior space as well.

The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe by Superformance resulted in a grand tourer designed for street application combining modern technology with old time grace and classical style and is built under license from Carroll Shelby Licensing Inc.