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AC Cars, originally incorporated as Auto Carriers Limited, is a British specialist automobile manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car makers founded in Britain. Founded in West Norwood, London, by the Weller brothers, it was renamed or liquidated many times through bad financial conditions before reaching its latest form. It is the maker of the AC Cobra, the car that Shelby American also built and sold. In 2022 the new corporate structure began production of new AC Cobra models, slightly modified to meet modern safety and technology requirements and obtain European road homologation.

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The AC 2-Litre is an automobile that was produced by AC of Thames Ditton in Surrey, England between 1947 and 1956.

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The AC 3000ME is a mid-engined sports car originally sold by AC Cars.

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was later badged as an AC Cars product

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The AC 428 is a British Grand Touring (GT) automobile built by AC Cars from 1965 to 1973.

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The car was called AC 429; it remained a one-off.

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The AC Ace is a sports car produced by AC Cars of Thames Ditton, England, from 1953 until 1963.

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Both the Cobra Mk IV and the Ace were made

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The Aceca (UK: ) is a fixed head coupé built by AC Cars from 1954 until 1963.

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The Autocarrier was the first commercial 3-wheeler produced by AC Cars and it was the car that gave the company their name.

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Both the Cobra Mk IV and the Ace were made, and soon a 'CRS' version of the Mk IV was announced

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The AC Greyhound (1959–1963) is a 2+2 grand touring automobile made by AC Cars of Thames Ditton, Surrey, England.

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In 2004, a new manufacturing plant was opened in Malta and production of the carbon-fibre-bodied AC MkV began.

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The car went into series production in July 2012 after two years of intense prototyping and development.

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The AC Petite is a three-wheeled British microcar with a rear-mounted 350 cc (21 cu in) Villiers single cylinder, two-stroke engine.

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In 2020, AC Cars announced that they would be building a zero-emission version of the Cobra called the Series 1 Electric.

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Three years later, a passenger version appeared, called the A.C. Sociable.

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After the war, AC secured a large contract with the government to produce the fibreglass-bodied, single seat, Thundersley Invacar Type 57 invalid carriages with Villiers 2-stroke engines.

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    AC Cars, originally incorporated as Auto Carriers Ltd., is a British specialist automobile manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car makers founded in Britain.
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    Private
  • Infobox: founded
    West Norwood, London, England (1901)
  • Operates In: Automotive Industry, Infobox: industry
    Automotive
  • In Group: Automobiles and Components Companies in Europe, Lead section
    AC Cars, originally incorporated as Auto Carriers Ltd., is a British specialist automobile manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car makers founded in Britain.
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