AutoHunter Spotlight: 1996 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra Coupe
Ford’s Special Vehicle Team (SVT) brought to life some of Ford’s most popular performance vehicles. It was founded in 1991 and was merged into Ford Racing in 2015. One of the group’s prized creations was the Mustang SVT Cobra, and there just so happens to be one featured on AutoHunter. It is this 1996 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra Coupe listed by a dealer in Paducah, Kentucky. The auction will end on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at 11:45 a.m. (MST).
Finished in Laser Red, the car is a low-miler, with only 30,818 showing on the odometer. The AutoCheck report provides good news all around. The car is free of title brands, accidents, damage, recalls, or odometer inconsistencies. According to the history, the car spent a little over the first two decades of its life in the Flagstaff, Arizona, area. It was relocated to Colorado in 2021 and Georgia the following year. Hopefully its next home is inside your garage.
The Mustang Cobra, Camaro Z28 SS, and Firebird Formula WS6 were arch rivals in the mid-1990s (as well as for a couple decades before that). Granted, the Chevy and the Pontiac were badge-engineered siblings of one another, but they were each uniquely tuned and styled. When Car and Driver’s editors got their hands on all three cars at the same time in December 1995, it made for a lively (combined-915-horsepower, in fact) comparison test.
In the end, the Mustang received high marks. The article said, “The Cobra was straight-line fast as well as smooth in corners, topping out at about 120 mph in fourth gear and generating the same quality of race-car-like engine and exhaust noise as the faster Camaro.” The car was also deemed the best daily-driver muscle car in the test. “It was the one car we would most want to drive home at the end of a long day,” the editors said.
Power for this pony car comes from a Modular 4.6-liter V8 mated to a BorgWarner T45 five-speed manual transmission and an 8.8-inch limited-slip differential. Ratings for the SVT Cobra were 305 horsepower and 300 lb-ft of torque. According to the AutoCheck report, the car received service within the last 2,000 miles including work to the cooling system, fuel system, battery, brakes, and fluids. Modification-wise, a MagnaFlow dual exhaust system has been added, as well as a set of staggered SVE wheels and cross-drilled brake rotors. Overall, it’s a largely original muscle car with plenty of collector appeal.
Get your hands on it when the auction ends tomorrow!
The auction for this 1996 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra Coupe ends Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at 11:45 a.m. (MST).
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