Shelby American

Shelby American has confirmed that December 31, 2013 will be the last day you’ll be able to put down an order in for one of its Shelby GT350 muscle cars. Production will continue on the rest of the company’s Ford Mustang-based models including the Shelby GTS, GT500 Super Snake and...

A classic Ford Mustang is a wonderful item to put in anyones garage. Make it a Shelby GT500, however, and you're owning an excellent example of a rare piece of motoring history. What could you do to make it even more rare? Find an GT500 that was owned by the man whose name is on the back, Carroll...

Here’s your chance to own a Ford Mustang once owned and raced by living legend Sir Stirling Moss. And we’re not just talking about any old Mustang but an original 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350. The car will be auctioned off at a Mecum auction taking place at next month’s Pebble Beach...

Classic Recreations is in the business of building Mustangs that look like the cars of yesteryear, but with modern underpinnings. That means they look just as good but drive much better. The company has a license to build continuation Shelby Mustangs, which means its cars are also recognized by the...

Ford tuner extraordinaire Shelby American has announced plans to open a major new facility just one block off the famous Las Vegas Strip to help build the brand’s global presence. The new facility, which will include both the headquarters and a flagship store for Shelby, will officially open...

At the recent 2013 New York Auto Show, Ford tuner extraordinaire Shelby American took the covers off the latest vehicle in its rapidly expanding lineup, the 575-horsepower Shelby Raptor pickup. Starting with the already formidable Ford F-150 SVT Raptor as its donor vehicle, Shelby applied some of...

A one-off Mustang built as a tribute to the late Carroll Shelby only managed to sell for $200,000 at auction.

Joining its custom Focus ST at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show this week was Shelby American’s new wide-body kit for the Ford Mustang, which the company previewed on its flagship GT500 Super Snake. Based on the one-off kit designed for the company’s stunning GT500 Cobra, which was built to...

It’s not quite the EcoBoosted Shelby we were expecting, but the legendary American tuner formed by the late Carroll Shelby has stayed true to its word, unveiling at this week’s 2013 Detroit Auto Show a new product powered by one of Ford’s fuel-efficient EcoBoost engines. That new...

We recently brought you a story about Shelby American preparing for the reveal of a new EcoBoost-powered model at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. The story was based on comments made by Shelby American vice president of operations Gary Patterson, himself citing the company’s late founder, Carroll...

Despite the passing of Carroll Shelby, the company that bears his name, Shelby American, is as active as ever in designing new products and new vehicles. Its vice president, Gary Patterson, promises that 2013 will be a big year for the brand, with new product introductions at the Detroit and New...

When it comes to exclusivity, plenty of cars can claim to be 1 of 500, or even 1 of 100. Drop below triple digits, and a car’s value can climb exponentially, which explains the popularity of continuation cars like Classic Recreations’ version of the 1967 Shelby G.T. 500 Fastback...

If you don't know who Carroll Shelby is, you might as well hang up your car enthusiast credentials right now, because they're no longer valid. Though his role in the American automotive industry has changed over the last several decades, he was an icon, a one-man brand. He died last night at Baylor...

Thousand-plus-horsepower Mustangs (or even 950 horsepower Mustangs, in street trim) don’t come along every day, which is why jeweler David Yurman has created a special timepiece to honor the Shelby 1000 Mustang. Limited to a production run of just 300 units (150 in stainless steel and 150 in...

In 1962, a new sports car with a British body and an American V-8 engine appeared at the New York Auto Show. Built under the vision of Carroll Shelby, a Texas chicken farmer and racer, few could have envisioned that the Shelby Cobra on display would eventually become one of the most iconic cars in...

If a lot of horsepower is good, then even more horsepower must be even better. That’s the theme behind the latest limited-production version of the Ford Mustang announced by Shelby American ahead of the car’s New York Auto Show debut. The Shelby 1000 will produce an estimated 950...

Five collectible Shelby automobiles will be auctioned off at next year's Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance, with the proceeds going to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs.

Yesterday news broke that Electronic Arts (EA), the publisher of the long-running Need For Speed franchise, was giving away a brand new 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S to drum up excitement for the series’ latest installment, Need For Speed: The Run. And today we have news that EA, together with...

Classic Recreations uses a donor 1965 or 1966 Mustang Fastback for its replica 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350CR.

Classic Recreations is in the business of building Mustangs that look like the cars of yesteryear with modern underpinnings. Their newest creation is the Shelby GT500CR Venom. The car uses a supercharged 427 cubic-inch V-8 (the hardware is a ProCharger F1-R centrifugal supercharger) to put out 790...