South African-born Alan Lubinsky is the current owner of AC Cars

AC Cars

AC Cars Group Ltd. formerly known as Auto Carriers Ltd. is a British specialist automobile manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car marques founded in Britain...

, having purchased it from Brian Angliss in 1996, and has produced cars sporadically ever since. Lubinsky moved production from England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 to Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

, and following financial irregularities there in the fall of 2005 announced plans to begin building cars in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...

, USA. In March 2006, Lubinsky announced a deal with Texas-based Unique Performance to produce a Cobra-style AC MkV for the US market. That plan came to naught after Unique Performance declared bankruptcy. In 2009 he moved production to Germany and announced new AC Mk. VI.