Shelby Super Cars, the US sports car maker that keeps harrying Bugatti for the title of world's fastest production car, is changing its name: from now on it'll be called SSC North America.
Jerod Shelby, owner of SSC, has come to a settlement with Carroll Shelby Licensing and its corporate parent Carroll Shelby International, to drop the use of the Shelby name.
This leaves the name Shelby in automotive terms solely to Carroll, regarded as the father of the Cobra and all-round US motorsport legend. Which is probably a good thing, as SSC founder Jerod Shelby is no relation to Carroll and the companies are in no way linked - and he has no doubt been getting fed up explaining this.
Shelby (Jerod) can now concentrated on getting the Jason Castriota-designed Tuatara (stop sniggering at the back, there) to market. Perhaps more importantly he can also focus on achieving the 275mph top speed target he's set for the 1,350hp twin-turbo 7.0-litre V8 hypercar, thus claiming back the title of world's fastest car from Bugatti.