The brand new Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 may have over 700 horsepower, making it’s probably the most highly effective street-legal manufacturing automotive the corporate has ever made.
Ford made the announcement on the Detroit Auto Present, and screened a dimly lit teaser video that gave a glimpse of some of the automotive’s elements, together with a big rear wing.
The GT500 will exceed even the ability output of the Ford GT, Ford’s $450,000 unique supercar. That automotive can produce 647 horsepower from a turbocharged V6 engine.
Because the GT500 may have over 700 horsepower, it additionally has likelihood of out-powering the Dodge Challenger Hellcat muscle automotive, which has a 707-horsepower supercharged engine. And the GT500 will in all probability be a whole lot of kilos lighter than the Hellcat, which can make it even sooner.
The primary Shelby GT500 appeared in 1967. That automotive had half the horsepower of this one. The newest Shelby GT500, which went out of manufacturing in 2015, produced 662 horsepower from a 5.8-liter V8 engine.
Ford (F) has a sophisticated however fruitful relationship with Las Vegas-based Shelby American firm. Shelby Mustangs had been initially made by Shelby utilizing Mustangs equipped by Ford as a place to begin. Shelby nonetheless does does these form of efficiency conversions. In actual fact, there are already Shelby Mustangs, such because the Tremendous Snake, out there with over 700 horsepower.
However these Shelby-made automobiles aren’t thought-about Ford manufacturing automobiles, so Ford’s “strongest” declare nonetheless stands.
In recent times, Ford has additionally been making some Mustang fashions with the Shelby title totally in its personal factories. As an example, the final Shelby GT500 was an all-Ford product, as is the present 526-horsepower Ford Shelby GT350. The brand new Shelby GT500 will likely be made by Ford, as properly.
Ford supplied no particulars on the brand new GT500, similar to precisely what kind of engine it can have or when it is going to be absolutely revealed to the general public. It will likely be out there a while in 2019.
CNNMoney (New York) First revealed January 16, 2018: 12:45 PM ET
