This article from Motor Trend covers the announcement that Shelby Automobiles was canning the CSX and Dakota programs - the world just wasn't ready for large-scale 'tuner' car production. Shelby was to concentrate on engineering programs (such as the Viper and ill-fated Can-Am car) before parting company with Chrysler in '92.

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Lamborghini and Dodge make odd bedfellows in this engineering exercise, from Automobile Magazine in 1989 - a transverse V8 powered all wheel drive Daytona! If you have an MPC model Daytona it'll look familiar   Also included is a description of the car later known as the 'Super Daytona'.

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The Daytona goes out with a bang

 The final generation of the Dodge Daytona, dubbed the IROC R/T in Chrysler's post-Shelby days, was a brute.  The first production car to make over 100bhp per litre it's 16-valve engine was also used in the Spirit R/T, both cars now have cult status.  Car & Driver preview its appearance for the 1992 model year

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11 years after the previous interview featured here, Motor Trend talk to Carrol Shelby - court cases, the failure of the CanAm racing program and the raveges of time appeared to have changed his outlook on life.  Not to be beaten, Ol' Shel was planning the Series 1 sports car.

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