Shelby GT500


Choices: Nissan GT-R or Ford Mustang GT500?

A few months back we were lucky enough to roll around in a 2010 Nissan GT-R. On our way up to a pre-burnt Angeles Crest Highway for the now infamous flip-flop-gate photoshoot, yours truly began explaining to our intrepid photographer Drew Phillips just exactly how Nissan's latest and greatest is faster than a speeding Gallardo, more powerful than a F430 and able to leap tall canyon roads without breaking a sweat. And on and on and on. When I finally shut up, Drew asked me, "Would you take a GT-R over a GT500?" Whoa... Read the rest of ... Read more →

Rumormill: EcoBoost V8 Ford Shelby Mustang in the pipeline? Jonny Lieberman

Here's one we've been hearing rumors about for quite a while – an EcoBoosted V8 Mustang. Put another way, a twin-turbo, direct-injected, V8 Shelby GT500. The first rumor we heard was about a ...

SEMA 2009: Ford shows off Healing Heroes Network grand prize Shelby GT500 pair Frank Filipponio

In the Ford booth at SEMA this year, we spotted a matching set of 1967 and 2010 Shelby GT500 Mustangs. White with blue stripes, they looked incredible even in the unflattering lighting of Central ...

Classic Recreations to begin building Shelby GT500CR Jonny Lieberman

Yes friends, that Shelby. As in Carroll Shelby. And the racing, muscle car building legend has agreed to permit Classic Recreations to relaunch a continuation version of one of America's most ...

Motor Trend gets all techy, picks their top 10 favorite driver's cars Jonny Lieberman

In a truly heroic effort that's not only daunting in scope but utterly jealousy-inducing in execution, the hot shoes at Motor Trend have once again teamed up with pro-racer and 24 Hours of Daytona ...

Dyno Tested: 2010 Shelby GT500 lives up to 540 horsepower rating 3 months ago on Autoblog

We already know the 2010 Shelby GT500 is incredibly quick. In our initial performance test of the car, we ripped off a 12.9 second pass despite our lack of drag racing experience, a slippery track and a stiff headwind. With an experienced driver and prime conditions we have no doubt that ...

Shelby unveils six new models including 2010 GT500 Super Snake 4 months ago on Autoblog

Coinciding with the 35th Annual Ford and Team Shelby Nationals in Tulsa, OK, Shelby Automobiles has released a barrage of new models including a 2010 version of the GT500 Super Snake (above). Most of the models are based on the previous generation Mustang, either the Mustang GT, Shelby GT or ...

2010 Ford Shelby GT500 squeezes out an extra 2 MPG 7 months ago on Autoblog

Ford has managed to eke out an extra 2 miles per gallon on the highway from the heavily revised 2010 Shelby GT500, bringing its EPA estimated figures to 14 mpg city and 22 mpg highway. Sure, it seems rather unlikely that buyers considering a muscle car will be all that concerned with fuel ...

Shelby okays production of "continuation" cars for former Unique Performance customers 8 months ago on Autoblog

Remember Unique Performance? Of course, how could we forget the sordid tale of a company building licensed replicas of the Shelby GT500 Eleanor featured in Gone in 60 Seconds, only to be shut down by the police after its shady business practices were uncovered before most cars were delivered. More ...

Gestation of a GT500: Lead designer shares early sketches 9 months ago on Autoblog

One of Ford's biggest buzz vehicles this auto show season has been the Mustang. From the debut of the redesigned 2010 model at the LA Auto Show last November to the reveal of the 2010 Shelby GT500 at the Detroit Auto Show last month, Ford has managed to steal back much of the muscle car spot ...

Shelby unleashes 750-horsepower GT500 Super Snake Prudhomme Edition 9 months ago on Autoblog

Tonight at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California, Carroll Shelby and Co. unveiled what is by far the most radical Mustang ever built for the street. Named after Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, who drove a top fuel car for Shelby in the 1968 season, the new Shelby features a ...

Barrett-Jackson 2009: Gone in 60 Seconds Eleanor Movie Car 10 months ago on Autoblog

What's the price of fame? When the subject turns towards famous movie cars, a vehicle's presence on the silver screen invariably adds some intrinsic value to the vehicle's worth, and there are few movie cars in recent memory more recognizable as Eleanor, the 1967 Ford Mustang fastback from Gone ...

Carroll Shelby catches a cold, first 2010 GT500 rescheduled for Palm Beach auction 10 months ago on Autoblog

If you were watching the Barrett-Jackson auction on SPEED on Saturday evening, you might have noticed that a fairly important car wasn't shown crossing the block - the first retail production 2010 Shelby GT500. Did they auction the car off during a commercial? Nope, in fact the car wasn't ...

2010 Ford Shelby GT500 uses cast iron, NOT aluminum block! 10 months ago on Autoblog

Let's make this perfectly clear. As much as Mustang fans (this author included) would like it to be otherwise, the 2010 Shelby GT500 does not use an aluminum block. At least a couple of times over the past few weeks, there have been online reports that the cast iron block of the last generation ...

Detroit Preview: 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 bites back 10 months ago on Autoblog

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 ...

First 2010 Shelby GT500 being auctioned at Barrett-Jackson 10 months ago on Autoblog

As has become the tradition in recent years, Barrett-Jackson will be auctioning off various "firsts" of upcoming production cars. Last year, the very first Corvette ZR1, Dodge Challenger, and Shelby GT500KR all went across the block, and earlier this month it was announced that the first retail ...

Ford to reveal "another chapter in the Mustang story" in Detroit 12 months ago on Autoblog

With most of the attention at the LA Auto Show given to the Mustang, you'd think Ford would ride that wave of publicity as long as it could. However, it appears that Ford will be making more Mustang news before the 2010s even hit the showroom floors. At the live unveiling of the 2010 Ford Mustang ...

Shelby to sponsor Las Vegas NASCAR race, offer 427 package for GT500 1 year ago on Autoblog

In the hustle and bustle of SEMA last week we missed the announcement that Shelby Automobiles will be sponsoring the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motorspeedway in March. The race will actually be lengthened to 427 miles and will be called the 'Shelby 427'. We think it would be more ...

eBay Find of the Day: 2008 Shelby Super Snake 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for gallery of the Super Snake Despite the Shelby GT500KR's claim of supremacy over the dominion that is the open road, there is yet another Mustang that is even more extreme. Shelby's Super Snake package for the GT500 offers up to 725 horsepower and even more aggressive options for the ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 spy shots We've seen plenty of spy shots showing the next-gen 2010 Ford Mustang, but these are the first batch of pics to show the high-horsepower Shelby GT500 version running around the streets of Detroit. Though the exterior is largely ...

In the Autoblog Garage: 2008 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2008 Shelby GT500 Mustang Sometime around late 2003, I first saw the car that was at that time still known as Condor. Condor was the Ford internal code name for the SVT version of the yet to be publicly shown S197 Mustang. At that time, most everyone ...

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 ...

First 2009 GT500KRs roll out of Shelby Automotive 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click on the image for more live shots of the 2009 GT500KR We got a chance to visit Shelby Automotive out in Las Vegas a week or so ago to witness the first 2009 GT500KR going through final assembly. Although the KR was originally intended to be an '08-only model release, demand for the new King of ...

Pontiac G8 GXP Coupe being considered? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Coupes seem to be somewhat resurgent lately, and the stupendously awesome Pontiac G8 GXP might be set to lose a pair of doors. While that would make it essentially a repeat of what came here as a revived GTO not too long ago, the name is not likely to return. The basic idea has been outlined in the ...

Pair of KITTs, right to last KR sells for $300,000 at Barrett-Jackson 1 year ago on Autoblog

While we wouldn't give high ratings to the Knight Rider pilot movie on NBC, we are still fans of the star of the show, KITT. When Ford and Barrett-Jackson announced that a pair of KITTs would be sold in Palm Beach this year, we immediately went to check the balance in our savings account. The ...

Barrett-Jackson 2008: Carroll Shelby's personal 1969 GT500 Convertible 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high resolution gallery of the car var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Rarest_strangest_cars_sell_at_Barrett_Jackson_auction'; Anything with Carroll Shelby's name on it automatically has a higher value, and even more so if his name is on the pink slip as well. This 1969 ...

Ford fun in I Am Legend 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for more Fords in I Am Legend Product placements in films get a lot of virtual ink here at Autoblog, probably because we all like cars (obviously) and are, for the most part, movie buffs. The carmaker placement king over the last year was unquestionably Transformers, which did more to ...

Roush/Ford Racing announce GT500 supercharger upgrade 2 years ago on Autoblog

If there's anything that the Shelby GT500 lacks, it's definitely not power. At an MSRP of just over $40k, it has more horsepower per dollar than just about any car out there. The boys over at Ford Racing and Roush, however, thought that it could use a little bit more. The two have developed a ...

Round 2: Unique Performance fires back at Shelby 2 years ago on Autoblog

We reported earlier that Shelby was severing ties with Unique Performance, builder of the Shelby GT350 SR and GT500 E continuation series Mustangs. Shelby claims that some customers who put down deposits up to two years ago have not received their cars. Unique has taken approximately $7 million in ...

Ford offering 0% APR financing on all 2007 Mustangs, including Shelbys 2 years ago on Autoblog

Yes, you read that headline correctly. It seems that Ford's offering 0% APR financing over 36 months on all new 2007 Mustang purchases (from dealer stock) through July 9, 2007. The tip came in via a California Ford dealer, and a quick visit to the Ford Direct website confirmed what his email said. ...

Woodward Warm Up: Baby boomers take their classic muscle cruising on Gratiot 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the photo above to see more than 100 high-resolution muscle car shots Anybody that has looked at the prices of muscle cars from the '60s and '70s on eBay Motors or at a Barrett-Jackson auction knows that there is an unbelievable amount of coin changing hands these days. The prices of these ...

StangNet's Glassback GT500 project 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view more pics of the StangNet Mustang GT500 StangNet.com is putting the finishing touches on its latest project car, and it's a doozy. Of course it's a Mustang, a modified GT500 to be exact. Teaming up with Classic Design Concepts, a mini-automaker all its own, takes the ...

More Mustang Madness: Steeda uncorks its own GT500 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for high-res photo gallery of the Steeda GT500 Yes, kids: it's another Mustang. Today's addition to the ever-lengthening list of ponycar variants offered by Ford, Shelby, Saleen, and others comes from big-time Ford aftermarket presence, Steeda. The Pompano Beach-based company has ...

Ford officially announces GT500 Red-Stripe package 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view high-res pics of the GT500 Red-Stripe package Last week we told you that Ford was getting ready to release yet another special Mustang trim package. Today they made the official announcement. The Red Stripe Appearance Package is available on the ...

Chicago Auto Show: MotorWeek Drivers Choice Awards 2 years ago on Autoblog

We must admit that we were a bit surprised that MotorWeek's award for "Best Car of the Year" went to the Honda Fit. But, we suppose that it, uh, fits. We know, that was way too easy - feel free to mock us in the comments, we can take it. Here is the complete list of winners: Best of the Year: ...

Shelby GT500 40th Anniversary Edition gets visual, power upgrades 3 years ago on Autoblog

Business at Shelby Automobiles is going like gangbusters thanks to its cooperation with Ford on the Shelby GT-H rent-a-car and Shelby GT Mustang. Business is so good that the company that Carroll built has opened a new Shelby Modification Center at its Las Vegas HQ where it plans to offer unique ...

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