Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
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The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is expected to make its debut in January at the 2019 Detroit auto show, but it appears the new snake just couldn't wait that long to slither out from under its covers. First reported on Thursday by Jalopnik, the new Shelby GT500 was shown to a group of people—likely dealers—on the same day as we were with Ford talking about expanded GT production. Likely shown to dealers, photos of the 2020 Shelby GT500 quickly were posted to Instagram by user @sinsister_lifestyle. Shown in the same Ford Performance Blue color as the the new GT, F-150 Raptor...
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Ford drops new photo of 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500
Ford will launch a Mustang Shelby GT500 next year and the automaker has just dropped a new photo. This time it isn't a shadowy teaser we're talking about but a clear shot giving us a bird’s-eye view of the 700-plus-horsepower super muscle car. It joins a previous teaser shot and video, as...
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2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 spy shots and video
Ford engineers are out testing the next step in performance for the sixth-generation Mustang: the Shelby GT500. The new model will fill the void left by the previous generation’s Shelby GT500 and is confirmed for sale in 2019, likely as a 2020 model. Ford has already given us our first look...
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Everything we know about the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
You didn’t think Ford was just going to sit back and let Chevy and Dodge enjoy all the bragging rights in the muscle car world with their respective Camaro ZL1 1LE and Challenger SRT Demon models, right? Nope. The Blue Oval is working on a new Shelby GT500 based on the sixth-generation...
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700-plus-horsepower 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 teased
Ford Motor Company [NYSE: F] held a press conference to discuss its electrified future today, and during the show the company dropped some news that will prove electric for fans of performance cars. Ford teased the most powerful street legal production model to ever come from the Blue Oval, the...
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Will the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 come with 772 horsepower?
There's a new Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 coming next year, and according to Ford it will pack over 700 horsepower. We've heard that the final figure might be closer to 800 horses and now a clue may have come our way in the form of potential Easter egg tucked away in an online brochure for the 2018...
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Ford made Mustang news here in Detroit with a third go at the Bullitt Mustang (a fourth if you count the original movie car as the first), but the Blue Oval teased an even meaner pony car on Monday evening of the 2018 Detroit auto show's press days. Ford didn't trot out a car, or show a teaser shot of a silhouette. Instead, a video showing the original Shelby GT500 morphing into the next-generation GT500 appeared on Ford's YouTube channel. The video gives us our first look at the new Shelby GT500's wheels, quad-exhaust tips, wing, front splitter, and we even hear its exhaust note. How...
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GT500 name, carbon-ceramic brakes tentatively confirmed for Mustang range-topper
Another week goes by and new details about the 2019 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 have managed to surface. This time the details come via Ford’s own OEM service portal and include the engine wiring diagrams we saw a week ago as well as service procedures that reference the GT500 name and some...
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New Ford Mustang Shelby GT500’s supercharged engine possibly leaked
The lid may have just been lifted on one the most tightly kept secrets in the muscle car world: the identity of the powerplant residing under the hood of the upcoming Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. The new Mustang flagship is still in development but a photo allegedly depicting part of its engine bay...
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‘2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500’ shows up as Ford website item in Google search
Something interesting happens when you type “GT500” into Google’s search box. One of the first items to show up is “2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 | The Cobra of Performance Cars” as an item on Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] website. Clicking through the link...
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Is this 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 a modern barn find?
When we think about automotive barn finds, we normally envision a dusty car tucked away in storage after something went wrong on it many years ago. Usually, someone had intentions of fixing it up—or at least saving it until the market supported restoration of it. This 2010 Ford Motor Company...
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Shelby GT500 To Star Alongside Ethan Hawke & Selena Gomez In ‘Getaway’ Movie: Video
A new movie starring a Ford Mustang hits cinemas this summer. That movie is Getaway, which look like it will feature a Shelby-enhanced Mustang predominantly on screen. The car is the ride of Brent Magna, played by Ethan Hawke, who is out to find his kidnapped wife. Throughout the movie, Magna is...
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While all eyes at last week’s Dana Mecum 26th Original Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis was on the sale of the ‘Eleanor’ Mustang from 2000’s hit movie Gone In 60 Seconds, another rare Mustang also went under the hammer and ended up selling for considerably more. That other rare Mustang was a 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake, which ending up selling for a staggering $1.3 million, $300k more than what the Eleanor Mustang sold for. The selling price, according to Mustangs Daily, makes this particular ‘Stang the most expensive ever to be sold at auction. In fact...
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1968 Shelby GT500KR Convertible For Sale On Ebay
Following on the success of the Shelby GT350 Mustang, Shelby American introduced an even more potent version for the 1967 model year, dubbed the GT500. Under the hood lurked a 428-cubic-inch “Police Interceptor” V-8 engine, equipped with dual four-barrel carburetors for a reported...
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Shelby GT500 Cobra Tribute Car Only Musters $200k At Auction
A one-off Mustang built as a tribute to the late Carroll Shelby only managed to sell for $200,000 at auction.
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‘One Of One’ 2013 Shelby GT500 Hits The Block For Charity
Yesterday we told you about an all-black customized 2013 Shelby GT500 that you could win courtesy of Speed and Ford, as part of the Hagerty Fantasy Bid contest tied to the upcoming Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction. If “murdered out” isn’t your thing, and if you’d like to...
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Ford Explains How The Shelby GT500 Is A 200 MPH Car: Video
There’s a lot more to building a car capable of 200 mph (under the right conditions) than stuffing in a massively-powerful engine and calling it done. While the 2013 Shelby GT500’s supercharged 5.8-liter V-8, rated at 662 horsepower and 631 pound feet of torque, can deliver the...
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Carroll Shelby Honored With 850-HP 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Cobra
To honor the late Carroll Shelby a group calling itself the “Friends of Carroll Shelby” and consisting of numerous firms including the likes of Ford, Shelby American and Ford Racing has built a one-off tribute car based on the 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. Unveiled this weekend at one...
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When it comes to videos featuring Chris Harris, we’re used to seeing him drive the latest European exotics though scenic Alpine passes. It’s a contrast, then, to see him driving the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 and the 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 through the concrete and steel canyons of New York City. Harris is on this side of the pond to compare and contrast the latest in muscle cars, and his expectations are lofty. A proper muscle car should, in his words, “rip my arms off and scare children,” and we certainly can’t disagree with him here. With 580 horsepower on tap in...
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2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Hits 200 MPH At Nardo: Video
During development of the 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 last year, engineers from Ford’s SVT division took some time out to test the car at the famous Nardo ring in southern Italy. There, they regularly ran the car at up to 200 mph on the ring's banked surface and also tested the car's...
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Get To Know The Team Behind The 2013 Ford Shelby GT500: Video
The team that developed the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 is a close-knit group of engineers, drivers, and enthusiasts.
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2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Driven By Jay Leno: Video
Easily one of the most exciting cars of the year, the new 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is about to be unleashed on the market and the initial reviews are already in. You can catch our own impressions of the car in our extensive first drive report by clicking here. However, we weren’t the...
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2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 first drive review
This is insane. Truly. Just a few years ago, it would have been unthinkable. Now it's not just real, it's available from your local Ford dealer, with a warranty. For about sixty grand. It's a 200-mph Shelby Mustang with 662 horsepower. It's an American supercar for the 99 percent. It's also, as...
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2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Burnout: Video
Though we can't tell you what we think about how the 662-horsepower 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 drives just yet, we can share with you this video of the car converting motion into heat and smoke in the most classic of muscle car ways: the smokey burnout. Presented for your perusal is not just...
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