Press release from AC Cars January 8, 2005
AC Ace – a classic reborn
AC is pleased to announce that it has appointed Autosport Designs the sole
United States Distributor for the AC Ace Classic, the reintroduction of the car
that launched the legendary Cobra model – the AC Ace Classic.
The Engineers and technicians at AC’s English manufacturing operation are
employing traditional craftsmanship, together with the original tooling, to
faithfully reproduce this quintessential English sports car of the 50’s and
60’s, with it’s hand formed aluminium body, its 2.5 litre six cylinder engine,
and its all independent suspension, the AC Ace Classic is light, fast, agile,
simple and pretty. It was the car which Texan racer Carroll Shelby used as the
basis for the original Cobra model.
“There is a growing demand for the original Ace, particularly in the USA and
we are delighted to be working with Autosport Designs to re-introduce AC back to
the United States”, says AC Cars Chairman Alan Lubinsky. “Enthusiasts recognize
the purity of the original Ace and we have decided to re-create that sports car
purity with a completely original car, hand made by artisans in the old English
tradition. Later, we expect to make available limited numbers of the cars to
collectors in the UK and Europe”.
The first model of the ‘new’ AC Ace Classic is expected to arrive in the
United State during the first quarter of 2005.
The Ace Classic project is a further element in AC’s rebirth.
For further information please contact: UK: Alan Lubinsky AC Cars House
Normandy Business Park Cobbett Hill Road Normandy Guildford Surrey GU3 2AA
United Kingdom Tel: +44 870 4580966 Fax: +44 870 4580977 E-mail: acace@accarsuk.com
USA: Tom Papadopoulos or Scott Rumbold Autosport Designs, Inc. 203 West Hills
Road Huntington Station, NY 11746 Tel: +631 425-1555 Fax: +631 425-6185 E-mail:
tom@autosportdesigns.com or scott@autosportdesigns.com
