The 2009 Shelby GT500 is a 2-door, 4-passenger sports car, or convertible sports car, available in two trims, the Coupe and the Convertible. Upon introduction, both trims are equipped with a standard 5.4-liter, V8, 500-horsepower, supercharged engine that achieves 14-mpg in the city and 20-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed manual transmission with overdrive is standard. The 2009 Shelby GT500 is a carryover from 2008. The 2009 Shelby GT500 is a 2-door, 4-passenger sports car, or convertible... Read Full Story
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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 Super Snake. Due to go on sale in August, Shelby offers the Super Snake package on the GT500 in two... Read Full Story
Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2010 Ford Shelby GT500
When Ford introduced the new 2010 Mustang at the LA Auto Show in November, marketing boss Jim Farley promised the next chapter in the Mustang story would be revealed at the Detroit Auto Show in January. Well that time has arrived and to anyone who has been following the Mustang pattern over the last several years, it should come as no surprise that it’s the Shelby GT500. Just like the last iteration, the new GT500 is... Read Full Story
The 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 will be in dealers this Spring, packing more horsepower than ever before, along with an increase in highway fuel mileage. the horsepower is being increased to 540 horsepower, and the torque is being increased to 510 ft.-lb.
There are new gearbox enhancements, plus a standard 3.55:1 rear axle ratio. This will actually improve your acceleration and give the 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 improved gas mileage: about 2 miles per gallon better on the highway as compared to... Read Full Story
OK, scoops out on the 2010 Shelby Mustang (officially dubbed the Ford Shelby GT500), and it looks even better than the ’09s. There’s more power, and, get this, better mileage. Sure, we all want better gas mileage, but what Ford is touting is kind of comical. Still looks like a pretty damn good ride.
The 2010 Shelby is pretty much like the 09, but there are differences, both the ones you can see, and the ones you can feel when you mash the right-hand peddle.
The 2010... Read Full Story
Filed under: Spy Photos , Coupes , Sports/GTs , Supercars , Ford
KGP photographers have caught another 2010 Shelby GT500 prototype just days after shooting the first one , but this time the prototype on display gave up much more info to the spy lens. In the gallery of 10 spy shots below, we can see a much clearer view of the next GT500’s front fascia, including copious amounts of mesh for the grilles, as well as a pair of inboard, pie-shaped lights mounted on each side of the main grille... Read Full Story
Filed under: Classics , Performance , Auctions
1964 Shelby Cobra 427 Prototype – Click above for high-res image gallery
January is just a short few weeks away, and along with the Detroit Auto Show , that means classic car auctions to us automotive types. The televised circus of Barrett-Jackson and the more reserved auction houses of Russo and Steele and RM will be hoping to empty the pockets of those automotive aficionados who still have money left to burn after more than a year of... Read Full Story
In May of 2007, Ford celebrated a significant anniversary with the launch of the company’s 2008 model Ford Shelby GT500KR at the New York Motor Show. The 2008 model is a celebration of one of the most famous “cult” cars of all time, its name sake that was introduced almost exactly forty years beforehand, and from the Mustang from which it was modeled. The revival of the Mustang was a step back in history for Ford as was their collaboration with the Shelby Company to produce the car. It begin... Read Full Story
Posted by Anthony Carbone May 3, 2008 at 9:23 am
Carrol Shelby recently celebrated his grand young age of 85 so Shelby Automobiles celebrated by recreating the iconic GT40 with a new 85th commemorative version.
The new MKII GT40 will stay true to the original, featuring the styling inside and out and a rolling chassis built to accommodate any Shelby branded engine!! (Including the line 427FE V8 ). Since this vehicle is only a rolling chassis, no specs have been... Read Full Story
Out goes GM’s F-Body Pontiac in comes Ford’s retro-penned Mustang. Our Jalopnik pals have the inside word that the car you’re seeing in this picture, a Shelby GT500 KR (the red light is photoshoped though) is the actual vehicle that will play the role of K.I.T.T. in NBC’s upcoming Knight Rider TV series. The show is expected to air on TV next fall. PS: What do you think about NBC’s decision to pick the GT500KR for K.I.T.T.’s role? Via: Jalopnik Labels: Ford Mustang , Knight Rider , Shelby Read Full Story
