Canadian "Cobra" - What's in a name?
 

In the late 80s and early 90s Ford sold the Mustang GT in Canada as the "Ford Mustang Cobra GT". The two cars are the same, except maybe for the 220 kilometer per hour speedo.

In fact, it was not uncommon to see a Canadian GT with a factory sticker on the rear of the hatch, opposite the Ford emblem, that read "COBRA". My car never came with this sticker, and it was often put on white cars, hatchbacks and ragtops alike.

All Canadian insurance companies list my car as a "3 door Cobra" and I remember arguing with them that my car is only a GT, but they had no such listing. I suspected I was getting screwed on insurance until I found out that they were right.

I have read several conflicting accounts (which I won't mention here) of why Ford added the "Cobra" to the Canadian GT's name.

Can anyone offer some insight?

to make it sound fancy is my guess :p

rumor was that ford couldnt use the "cobra" moniker on the cars in the states because of a conflict with carroll shelby, but to keep their copyright on the name, they still had to use it.

you know... from what ive been told

My insurance cards read 1991 mustang cobra gt.werid

^^^^canadian sold car most likely