Shelby Cobra 427

Asphalt 7: Heat
The Shelby Cobra 427 S/C appears as a special event car in Tier 3. Added in Update 1.1.0, the last update of Asphalt 7: Heat, it is the second highest-ranked car in Tier 3, just behind the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento. The lending price, at 527,000 cash, makes it very expensive for a Tier 3 car, though the Sesto Elemento is more expensive (875,000). It is generally a mere stat upgrade for the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione or the Aston Martin V12 Vantage.

Asphalt 8: Airborne
The Shelby Cobra 427 S/C, now known as simply Shelby Cobra 427 for unknown reasons, was added in the Car Mastery Update as a Car Mastery Reward, unlocked at.

The Shelby Cobra 427 has a starting rank of 1015, the lowest for a Class S car, a MAX rank of 1398, and a MAX+PRO rank of 1605. The Cobra receives a large Tuning Kit boost of +67.

The Shelby Cobra 427's main performance specialty is its acceleration, due to weighing less than most cars and having a high nitro boost – as of the Lunar New Year 2017 Update, the Cobra is now the third quickest-accelerating Class B car, behind the Audi R8 LMS Ultra and McLaren MP4/8. While the Cobra's handling stat suggests that it can power through corners well, the car does have a wide drifting radius, albeit not the widest in the game. The Cobra is also quite stable. With 7/12/17, the Cobra has an above-average nitro efficiency.

At the time of its release, the Shelby Cobra 427 was one of the best, if not the very best, car for Multiplayer. Its rocket-like acceleration, large Tuning Kit boost, and having an extremely high top speed for its rank, even being able to reach 248 mph (399 km/h) while still being ranked below 1250, made it one of the most feared cars in Multiplayer.

On the other hand, the Cobra's dominance has been receding with each passing update. While the Range Rover Evoque Coupe HSE Dynamic (at lower ranks), BMW M2, TVR Sagaris, Holden Coupe 60, Chevrolet 2016 Camaro SS, BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage, Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG Special Edition and the Aston Martin Vulcan (when the latter car can reach 445 km/h and higher) may not have the Cobra's quick acceleration, all are still capable of a superior top speed and, in most cases, better handling at a similar rank, depending on which rank the aforementioned cars are capable of challenging it. The only tune where the Cobra still has proficiency is 0500 5050, which gives the car a rank of B1234 and a speed of 248 mph (399 km/h).

In addition to having lost most of its edge in lower ranked multiplayer races, the Cobra is similarly useless at MAX+PRO, as a buggy matchmaking system may put it against fully-tuned top Class A+ cars, which it cannot compete with. The Multiplayer League Update exacerbated this buggy matchmaking server. Due to this, even if the Cobra is tuned into the 1200 zone, the only zone left for the Cobra to shine, the odds of the Cobra there to get matched against a TVR Sagaris or Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG Special Edition ranked at least 100 performance rank points higher may be enough to eliminate the winning chance of those Cobras.

Things get worse for the Cobra as of the Car Blueprints Update, due to the acceleration of the Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG Special Edition being improved. As such, the dominance of the Cobras in the 1200 zone is almost completely wiped out, because the SLK 55 SE's improved acceleration can help the SLK 55 SE catch up with the leading car in a race. A SLK 55 SE with a tuning setup of 0400 5050 0800 is capable of reaching 313 mph (504 km/h) at an extremely low rank of A1248, which is quite close to the Cobra's B1234 rank. And under the hands of a skilled driver, even if the SLK 55 SE gets knocked down at the start, the SLK 55 SE, with its improved acceleration and extreme total speed, will almost always be able to catch up with or even overtake and do a revenge knockdown on the leading car in the race (particularly on non-complex tracks), especially if the SLK 55 SE has a second lap to keep up. Even worse, a skilled driver can even beat a triple-boosted Cobra with an unboosted SLK 55 SE on all tracks if used properly (considering that the SLK is tuned correctly). This situation renders the Cobra almost completely obsolete if it encounters an SLK.

As of the Porsche Update, the Cobra has been pushed almost even further towards complete obsolescence, with the Porsche 959, upgraded to D1130 (0515 5535), capable of being faster than a Shelby Cobra 427 upgraded to B1130 (0500 0000), especially due to the 959's superior acceleration, total speed, handling, nitro, and nitro efficiency. Even if the 959 loses a lot of speed through drifts (despite its superb drifting capabilities), the 959 is still much more nitro-efficient (with 6/8/10) to make up for this.

Although useless in single-player and not as useful in multiplayer as it used to be, the Cobra does count towards the Retro collection, which awards 3 free Class S Upgrades as a MAX reward.