The original American performance legend
Philosophy
Carroll Shelby was a chicken farmer turned Le Mans-winning racing driver turned the single most important figure in American performance history. When his heart condition ended his driving career, he started building cars — and in 1962 dropped a Ford V8 into a lightweight British AC roadster to create the Cobra, the car that humbled Ferrari at Le Mans and became the most replicated automobile of all time.
Today Shelby American operates from a state-of-the-art facility in Las Vegas, where every operation lives under one roof: the production line, the Heritage Center museum, and the registry. Shelby American is recognized as the first automobile manufacturer in the state of Nevada. The company builds continuation Cobras, the GT350 and GT500 Super Snake, and performance packages that carry official Shelby serial numbers — making a Shelby-built Mustang a documented, collectible vehicle rather than a modified one.
By the Facts
Iconic Builds
The big dog of the Shelby lineup. 850 hp on pump gas, wide-body option, numbered CSM serial — the most powerful Shelby ever offered at the time.
Value · $90,000–$130,000
The car that beat Ferrari. The most replicated automobile in history, built to original CSM spec in Las Vegas.
Value · $120,000–$1,000,000+ (originals far higher)
The track-bred Mustang. A nameplate carried continuously since 1965 — the most enduring Shelby model in history.
Value · $70,000–$95,000