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Shelby SuperCars to Raise $5,000,000 via Private Placement


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Shelby SuperCars, all American automaker and Guinness World Record Holder,
to raise $5 million in private equity to fund manufacturing, future model
development and green technologies.

Shelby SuperCars, Inc (SSC) announced today that after remaining a privately-held company since its inception in 1999, the Company has officially launched an invitation-based, private offering through its Confidential Private Placement Memorandum.

SSC's investment banking group heading the initiative, Sheffield International Finance Corporation, will undertake a range of activities in collaboration with SSC, including the implementation and oversight of the Company's first acceptance of outside capital. SSC will capitalize on Sheffield International's exposure to key relationships establishing exclusive showrooms in key cities around the globe with access to the super luxury marketplace.

Sheffield International's CEO, Philippe Harari remarked, "We are honored to work alongside this American Pioneer at the pinnacle of its industry. SSC embodies American engineering and integrity at its best. The SSC Story is a proud example of what America can accomplish with determination and private capital."

Much of the private capital raised will be dedicated to achieve the next historical milestone: A prototype of the Ultimate Aero EV - the World's Fastest GREEN Supercar. "I think we can do it faster, leaner and cleaner than any other manufacturer," says Jerod Shelby, Founder and Lead Designer.

The Company's use of proceeds will be to finance the construction of manufacturing facilities, ramp up full-scale manufacturing, fund the development of the Ultimate Aero EV and to continue the research and development required to keep SSC exciting in the marketplace. With the proposed manufacturing facility and the expected showrooms established worldwide, the Company expects its projected sales in its confidential private placement to be very realistic.

Select invitees already include celebrities and notable financiers from around the world including Dubai, Moscow and Singapore. The Company is currently fielding an onslaught of world media attention including political candidates anxious to align themselves with the all-American auto maker.

Media attention has been extraordinary. With reviews and write ups from almost every auto magazine and enthusiast worldwide, the frenzy around SSC has been unprecedented. From Road and Track, Car and driver and DuPont Registry to Playboy and even Business Week, the review about the company flagship supercar is stellar. Auto enthusiast Jay Leno said, "As an American, I'm proud of this car. We've taken title away from the Europeans. We've won the World Series. This very, very impressive."

Tackling the next historical milestone, Green technology, SSC announced in July that it will unveil the Ultimate Aero EV (Electric Vehicle) in February 2009. With the green hysteria at the forefront in automobile engineering, SSC's Ultimate Aero EV will break down the antiquated belief that clean power-plants can't achieve impressive speeds with practical charging intervals. SSC's newest model promises to achieve the World Record of Fastest Electric car and will do so before any other maker comes close. "We can do it faster, leaner and cleaner than any other manufacturer" says Shelby.

Unless Tesla Motors who raised over $100m in funding and produces what many believe is a flawed electric sports car, SSC has to date accepted no outside funding achieving its world record title with internal capital only. As Tesla seeks additional funding in the hundreds of millions of dollars, Shelby SuperCars will accept only $5mm to give up as little equity of the Company. As its first- round of financing, SSC Inc. is offering a limited slice of its private company to a select list of investors who share the vision of the manufacturers' founder, Jerod Shelby.