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Shelby lowering price of $20k GT500KR hood after web outrage erupts

When we drove the Shelby GT500KR at Miller Motorsports Park last May, we were impressed with the steps that Ford and Shelby had taken to make its new King of the Road a special vehicle. Not only was the KR a huge improvement over the GT500 (which led to the development of the 2010 GT500), but the car featured trick items like a carbon fiber hood and lightweight wheels wrapped with R-compound tires. At that time, Shelby also proudly told us that none of the KR-specific parts would be available for sale separately to ensure that owners of ... Read more →

Knight Rider premiering online Sept. 17th, a week before broadcast Alex Nunez

Hey kids, don't forget: the new, not-at-all-improved Knight Rider becomes a weekly series on Wednesday, September 24th. As was the case during the pilot that aired back in February, I'll be on my ...

GT500KR underrated? 5.0 Mustang dyno tests the King of the Road Drew Phillips

Click above for a high resolution image There's horsepower, and then there's dyno-tested, can't-lie-to-your-friends horsepower. If you want to know how much power a car really makes, you've got to ...

And you thought $79,995 was crazy...GT500KR for sale on ebay for $154,991.00 Drew Phillips

When Ford announced the GT500KR's based price of $79,995, many of you thought that it was pretty steep for a Mustang. Even though it's a limited edition Shelby with 540 horsepower, $80,000 can buy a ...

Ford Mustang GT500KR priced at $79,995 Damon Lavrinc

Click above for a high-res gallery from our First Drive of the GT500KR. Ford will be producing 1,000 GT500KR Mustangs this year, with another 700 in 2009, so FoMoCo is pricing the ultimate 'Stang ...

First Drive: 2008 Shelby GT500KR, Part 2 1 year ago on Autoblog

Our initial drive of the Shelby GT500KR on public roads revealed that Ford, SVT and Shelby had addressed many of the issues that we had with the standard GT500. The KR's revised suspension is better balanced and more capable of handling the excessive amounts of horsepower and torque that the ...

First Drive: 2008 Shelby GT500KR, Part 1 1 year ago on Autoblog

I have to admit, the Shelby GT500 was somewhat of a letdown. I have no complaints about the 500 horsepower or the muscular lines, but at nearly 4,000 pounds, it's got a serious weight problem. The iron block, 5.4-liter V8 and the addition of a supercharger puts much the weight in the worst ...

NBC greenlights Knight Rider weekly series 1 year ago on Autoblog

You'll see more of him this Fall. Click above for a gallery of the new KITT. var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/television/NBC_greenlights_Knight_Rider_weekly_series'; The Knight Rider TV movie was not good. The updated, Shelby Mustang-based KITT looked undeniably cool (when not in Ugly... er... ...

Knight Rider promotion shifts into high gear 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for more new high-res images of KITT As we all know, Knight Rider will be returning to television this Sunday at 9PM EST on NBC. The new Michael Knight played by Justin Bruening and his car companion KITT, voiced by Val Kilmer, made an appearance on the Today Show this morning ...

VIDEO: Newest Knight Rider spot arrives 1 year ago on Autoblog

One week from today, we'll be watching Knight Rider, the 2-hour telemovie that resurrects KITT as a new car (Mustang) with a new voice (Val Kilmer), a new driver (Mike Traceur, son of Michael Knight), and, if ratings are good enough, a probable weekly gig in primetime next Fall. But lets not get ...

NBC releases second Knight Rider TV spot 1 year ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/television/New_Knight_Rider_30_Second_Teaser'; 550 horespower, race-tuned suspension, and the little things like nanotech-enhanced camouflage. These are just some of the features you'll find on the new, heavily-Fordified Knight Industries Three Thousand when ...

REPORT: Ford bought Mustang the role of KITT 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for more images of the new KITT Wouldn't you like to believe that the producers of the new Knight Rider series saw something in the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR that evoked the essence of what it is to be KITT? Yeah, that's not what happened. According to AdAge, Ford snagging the role of ...

Carroll Shelby's personal GT500 coming to Barrett Jackson 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for more pics of Carroll Shelby's 1969 Shelby GT500 When the GT500 KR was unveiled at New York this past spring, we pressed Ford's SVT team as to why the SVT badging was absent from their creation. Their answer was so simple and obvious that it bears repeating. A 500 HP SVT ...

Road & Track Tests the Shelby Super Snake 2 years ago on Autoblog

Road & Track has given the Shelby Super Snake its very first thrashing, and the first impression is good. For $28,000 over the price of a GT500 KR (R&T's as-tested price was $70,670), you get 50 more horses, two tenths taken off the 0-60, three tenths off the quarter and half a G more on ...

Shelby GT500KR now rated at 550 HP? 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery When Ford first announced the Shelby GT500, the horsepower rating the automaker gave SVT's delicious new creation was 475. As we're all well aware, the car's actual rating wound up being 500, and the rest, as they say, is history. Fast-forward to April 2007 in New York ...

Autoblog Podcast #64 2 years ago on Autoblog

We're back with #64 after being laid low by illness and schedule last week. Starting it off is some analysis of the 430HP LS3 Corvette, which we were lucky enough to see unveiled in Bowling Green, KY. 430 horses in the base car...nice. Speaking of rear-wheel-drive sports cars, there's yet another ...

New York Auto Show: Carroll Shelby crowns Shelby GT500KR "King of the Road" 2 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Video of Ford revealing the GT500KR has been added after the jump click above image for 34 high-resolution pics of the Shelby GT500KR A few of us here at Autoblog Towers consider the Shelby Cobra GT500 to be the purest expression of the musclecar genre since lead was removed from pump gas, ...

New York Preview: Mystery Mustang is Shelby KR 2 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Check out the video of the original Mustang Shelby GT500KR after the jump. var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/business_finance/Ford_unveiling_new_Shelby_KR_at_New_York_Auto_Show'; We reported earlier this week that Ford will be debuting a new special edition Mustang this week live on ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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