Shelby Cobra 427
With a 0-60 mph acceleration time of just 4.3 seconds, the Shelby Cobra 427 was the fastest production car in America in the ’60s. The biggest Ford V8 engine in the lightest roadster body was equally extreme then as it is today. The Shelby Cobra 427 has a 7.0-liter V8 producing around 400 HP in a tiny roadster body that weighs around 2,000 pounds. With around 400 HP in a body so light meant, the Cobra 427 spelled trouble from the moment Ford introduced it (via Car and Driver).
There are numerous reports of fatal accidents and owners crashing their cars as soon as they got them. Unfortunately, this car didn’t have any stability control or electronic aids. It’s just 400 horses and four tires, which makes it one of the deadliest cars they ever produced.