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New Ford Shelby GT500 Packs a Monstrous 650HP and has a Top Speed in Excess of 200MPH
By now, you’ve read all about the revamped Mustang, including the high-performance Boss 302 and Laguna Seca versions. It all pales in comparison to the Shelby GT500 that Ford is planning to roll out at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Wednesday. Powered by what Ford claims to be the world’s most powerful production V8 engine, the GT500 packs no less than 650-horses and 600 lb-ft of torque.
That’s no typo: the 5.8-liter supercharged V8 has 41 horses more than the McLaren F1, 24 more than the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, and an amazing 70 more than the original Lamborghini Murcielago. On the downside, it falls one pony short of the Ferrari Enzo.
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2013 Shelby Gt500 Takes On 2012 Camaro Zl1 On The Dyno
America's two newest and at the same time, most powerful series-production muscle cars are the 2013 Ford Mustang-based Shelby GT500 and the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. On paper, the $54,995 Camaro ZL1's 6.2-liter supercharged V8 produces 580hp...
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Can The 662hp 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby Gt500 Break The 200mph Barrier?
The spanking new 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 is not only the most powerful series production Mustang ever made thanks to its supercharged 5.8-liter V8 engine that delivers 662hp and 631 lb.-ft. (856Nm) of torque, but also the fastest with the Blue Oval promising...
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Ford Taurus And Dodge Charger Cop Cars Chase Down A 2013 Ford Shelby Gt500
With 662 SAE-certified ponies kicking under its hood, the revamped 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 promises to be the meanest pony car on the road offering Ferrari (straight-line) performance for Ford prices (the coupe starts at US$54,200). When the crew...
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2011 Ford Shelby Gt500 With 550hp 5.4-liter Supercharged V8
After the presentation of the new Shelby GT350, it's time for Ford to unveil the Shelby GT500 that's also based on the 2011 model year Mustang and will be available as a coupe, convertible and for the first time, with the glass roof option. Ford's...
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2010 Ford Mustang Shelby Gt500 Super Snake: Available With 630hp And 725hp
For that small percentage of buyers that aren't satisfied with the 2010 Ford Mustang-based Shelby GT500 that packs a 5.4-liter supercharged V8 with 540 ponies under the hood, Caroll Shelby and his team have prepped an even more hardcore package called...
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