That’s nearly as much as a brand-new, four-cylinder EcoBoost Mustang ($31,920), but this ’96 Cobra offers something the new car can’t, a direct line back to a different era of Ford ...

Powering the SVT Cobra is a supercharged 4.6-liter V8 with 390 hp and 390 lb-ft of torque. Some cars exist purely to stand out, and the 2004 Mustang SVT ... of torque back in the day.

Ford was back on the right path and giving people the Mustang they really desired. Convertibles returned in 1983 and the GT badge replaced the Cobra in 1982. The GT fielded a high-output 302-inch ...