[ragingclue]

$55k for a Mustang (GT500)....? Yeah sure, it's a bit steep but the car is incredible.

$70k for a Mustang....? Absolutely:







Here is the package summary

This gallery includes a video with the man himself

There is a package available, sans supercharger, for $27k on top of base vehicle price (with S/C is $34k). So, really, you can have a "genuine" GT350 for about $59k. Not bad. I'm still trying to find out what the numbers are from the S/C on that 5.0, but even without the FI, this car is apparently just nasty. And you KNOW this is going to be a hot car for a long time....


Motor Trend Article

Much tuning and dyno work remains before final figures are released, but we can do some semi-educated noodling. It's reasonable, even with modest boost, to gain 25-35-percent more horsepower via a well-calibrated supercharger. Given the new 5.0's estimated 412-horse rating, that multiplier yields a guesstimated range of 515-556 horses.

Now, I know there are a couple people I've seen post on the Team Shelby forum who say they've got theirs on the way. I'd be curious to see dyno numbers when they get them (not sure if they're NA or not), but apparently these things are absolute beasts.

[blue2fire]

Looks like an Extra from F&F. I really like the name and the heritage but they really should learn to treat their icon properly.

[ragingclue]

Originally Posted by blue2fire

Looks like an Extra from F&F. I really like the name and the heritage but they really should learn to treat their icon properly.

I think it looks good. Not sure how non-F&F you can get if you want all that aero crap on such an otherwise upright car. I'm never a fan of stripes or graphics, but would it even make sense to not have them on this car?

I personally really like the car and its appearance. Then again, I am kind of a redneck, and grew up in the shadow of the Big 3.

The other day I asked my wife (jokingly) if I could grow a mullet. If there had been a weapon within arm's reach, I would no longer be here.

[Olagüe]

nice whitee

[Silver-Bolt]

That is the first S/C application on the new 5.0 motor platform. Supposedly Ford had to put Shelby on a power limit as the early test cars were making way more power than the GT500. I like the hood and center exhaust. Most of the rest looks a little to stuck on. Doesn't flow well. $70k for a Mustang is crazy.

[NYC6]

Gonna make alot of people nervous when they see this thing coming up quick in the rear view mirror.

Cant wait to see one on the road.

[gonzo]

http://www.shelbyamerican.com/vehicles/2011GT350.asp

The only way I could imagine spending 70 on this would be to just put it away for a few decades and hope that it was good investment.

No likey Moe, Larry and Curly gauges on any car.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Silver-Bolt

That is the first S/C application on the new 5.0 motor platform. Supposedly Ford had to put Shelby on a power limit as the early test cars were making way more power than the GT500. I like the hood and center exhaust. Most of the rest looks a little to stuck on. Doesn't flow well. $70k for a Mustang is crazy.

That is so freaking sad I had to laugh. Cardboard and what looks like gauze tape.

I hope that Navy bean can below it doesn't get too hot.

[Sniz]

I dont like it at all.....motor has a lot of potential but come on design team.

those wheels........does vossen make them?

[DevJ]

Nice car, but I'd rather have a Z06 for that price.

[ACZakka325i]

Sick looking as is the performance. But, could YOU live with that interior every day?!?!

I could not.

[IancoleTX]

[ragingclue]

Originally Posted by ACZakka325i

Sick looking as is the performance. But, could YOU live with that interior every day?!?!

I could not.

What's wrong with the interior besides the obnoxious and ugly-as-sin a-pillar guages? Those and the wheels are all I would change about this car's design.

The quality of materials and fitment in the new Mustangs is at least as good as in my 2008 335.... The Mustang has a much sportier and retro look to it, while the BMW's aim is to be spartan and simple and boring, but I don't mind the Mustang's interior at all. I guess if you can stand the visual loudness of it, you can live with it.

[BobsM3Coupe]

Those 3 gauges on the A pillar look like they came right from the JC Whitney catalog. Terrible

[Sniz]

Originally Posted by BobsM3Coupe

Those 3 gauges on the A pillar look like they came right from the JC Whitney catalog. Terrible

I agree, i'm running 2 apillar gauges and I dont care for them at all. I'm moving 2 to my steering column and unfortunately adding another for meth injection that will have to go on the apillar....at least I'll only have 1 there. I need that, afr, and boost in my line of sight.

on an OEM car, no excuse these days for being that lazy/cheap in their design

only pic I have for comparison (note: the ugly boost controller hacked into the dash will be replaced by an eboost2 which doubles as a boost gauge....will have to replace that section of the dash ):

[ragingclue]

Yeah those are a real eyesore, and I was surprised to see them approved into the final product. I literally made an "eww" face when I saw them, but the rest of the car is great IMO. However, that's a pretty large visual blemish.

[san~man]

Shelby should have outsourced some "speed of sound" brand gauges. I bet with simple tuning that motor will be a beast

[ACZakka325i]

Originally Posted by ragingclue

What's wrong with the interior besides the obnoxious and ugly-as-sin a-pillar guages? Those and the wheels are all I would change about this car's design.

The quality of materials and fitment in the new Mustangs is at least as good as in my 2008 335.... The Mustang has a much sportier and retro look to it, while the BMW's aim is to be spartan and simple and boring, but I don't mind the Mustang's interior at all. I guess if you can stand the visual loudness of it, you can live with it.

It seems very in-your-face in a very unrefined sort of way. I don't like the red stitching on the seats that seems to match nothing (aside from part of the shift boot and maybe a little of the floor mats). Also, the shape of the seats look like I would slide right out of them, for $35k+ on top of the stock car, you think they would give me some seats.

I also hate the retro gauges.

[TK-421]

The exterior reminds me of one of those fugly reiger kits and the interior looks tacky to me, especially the seats and dash trim. Nothing more needs to be said about the gauges

[majin ssj eric]

I like the GT500 better...

[BobsM3Coupe]

I also thought Ford would have placed the radio antenna into the rear window like just about every other manufacturer has done by now. That black antenna sticking out of the right rear quarter panel just looks plain ridiculous. They should have just charged 10 bucks more per mustang and incorporated the antenna into the rear window.

[Silver-Bolt]

Originally Posted by BobsM3Coupe

I also thought Ford would have placed the radio antenna into the rear window like just about every other manufacturer has done by now. That black antenna sticking out of the right rear quarter panel just looks plain ridiculous. They should have just charged 10 bucks more per mustang and incorporated the antenna into the rear window.

BMW should have done the same on the Z4.