Fast New Shelby Mustang GT500 Full Test

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It's something like trying to drive the 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 on a roller-coaster, only there are no steel tracks to keep you from slithering off the pavement and ending up in a flaming heap of 540-horsepower Mustang. You can't even see where you're going, really. Hard on it, the GT500's rear ti
res begin spinning just as you can see nothing but sky in the windshield. You're on top of the hump at the entrance to Infineon Raceway's Turn 6, and as your stomach and both right-side tires go weightless, you start a long, long dive to the left, sliding sideways all the way down the hill and aroun
d the 180-degree corner. The Shelby GT500 is so torqued up with the cornering force from the low-profile 19-inch tires and the drive from the supercharged V8 that you can practically hear the welds popping in the chassis. But something is different this time — palms are not slick with sweat, tire
s are not threatening to let go at the most inopportune moment and steering left in order to go right is a joy and not a reflex of self-preservation. The 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 gets 2 mpg more on the EPA highway cycle this year. The Ford engineers are really proud of this. But every time we make an
other lap and slide down Turn 6, we have our doubts that fuel economy is what this car is about. Serving Our Inner Adolescent We're behaving like adults as the Ford engineers tell us all about the 2010 Ford Shelby GT500, even as we hear a couple of the cars making shake-down runs on the quarter-mil
e strip at Infineon Raceway a few hundred feet away. And in many ways, the GT500 itself is trying to act more like an adult, casting aside the muscle-bound character of the 2007 Ford Shelby GT500. As the Ford people tell us, they started with the limited-production 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR, the exc
lusive (1,700 examples built) and revenue-enhancing (MSRP $79,995) Mustang produced last year. And aside from a few fewer Shelby badges (the KR had many to spare), the GT500 is like the KR in almost every way, except it's built at the Mustang plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, rather than at the Shelby f
acility in Las Vegas. You can tell as soon as you open the new GT500's hood, complete with hot-air extractors. The supercharged and intercooled DOHC 5.4-liter V8 with its truck-style iron block is still in place, but now it carries a conical air filter in its own sealed cold-air box behind the left
-side headlight, an innovation that increases airflow while resisting power-sapping heat soak. For the GT500, this new cold-air intake required the migration of the iconic Cobra badge on the grille from the left side to the right side.


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@89powerup what? ... ( 5 days ago by cubsrock1221)

@89powerup what? yeah im the real fag. i almost went to jail for callin some queer a fagget then sending him to the hospital for three days....Yeah nice try at the come back.

great car, but the ... ( 5 days ago by israel25a)

great car, but the guy it's stupid, why does he uses helmet ?

Yeah right.. ( 4 days ago by 89powerup)

Yeah right..

Just because chevy ... ( 4 days ago by 89powerup)

Just because chevy had to get bailout cash,doesn't mean it was weak.On a performance level,they was better..Chevy had other problems..In any case,chevy still killing ford..If ford so powerful,why chevy still around? People making ford out to be something its not..Its a chicks car..

@89powerup fuck off ... ( 4 days ago by xxMafia101)

@89powerup fuck off. A real car enthuisist would like all cars.

the SHELBY is king! ... ( 4 days ago by drfaticus)

the SHELBY is king!!the CRAPMARO is still junk!!

The shelby is bs.. ... ( 4 days ago by 89powerup)

The shelby is bs..Thats what it is..low ass hp.

its alot better ... ( 4 days ago by drfaticus)

its alot better than the SCRAPMARO.

HAHAH..NOT ( 3 days ago by 89powerup)

HAHAH..NOT

Hey i saw a video.. ... ( 3 days ago by 89powerup)

Hey i saw a video..They had a lame ford truck vs a Chevy truck..They a rope to the end of each truck to see which one had more power..The Chevy drags the ford all the way down the street..That's just goes to show you that ford be brain washing people with the bs..Saying it has all the power and torque..When in reality,it dont..Its not slow but,ford no match for chevy..

Not really..A real ... ( 3 days ago by 89powerup)

Not really..A real car enthuisist would only go after some of the best cars..And seek legendary rides..This car not legendary so they wouldn't want this bs..If they buy any ford type car,it'll be the old school fords..They know the new ones are bs..I've got a question though..Why ford make their cars with thin ass tires on them? All that power dont matter if thing can hardly grab the ground..All that weight on bicycle type tires..Real smart ford..Thats why they suck..

oh yeah chevy is so ... ( 3 days ago by lariat0687)

oh yeah chevy is so much more powerful, The camaro is 426 hp shelby GT500 540... hm i dont know what backwoods math you do but most people know 540 is more than 426... oh and if u get a camaro in an automatic you drop to 400 horse. do alittle research before you talk.

Guess what though.. ... ( 3 days ago by 89powerup)

Guess what though..That shelby has bicycle tires..Which means it has a hard ass time getting grip on the ground..Thats why it sucks on the strait line..I dont care for automatic cars..You say do your research before I talk..Maybe you should do the same..You should know you cant have a heavy ass car with thin tires on it and expect it to really move.This car dont have as much hp as it claims to have either..Ford sucks anyway..Let the super charge the camaro..See ford in the review mirror..

i have never seen ... ( 3 days ago by ethanstephenson)

i have never seen 10 inch wheels on a bicycle... @89powerup

chevy is what it is ... ( 3 days ago by drfaticus)

chevy is what it is ,garbage.

I think I jizzed ( 3 days ago by BENNJAKEINC)

I think I jizzed

chevy is alright, ... ( 2 days ago by TheMustang2k)

chevy is alright, they make sick trucks.

chevy silvarado ... ( 2 days ago by jjswimmer2014)

chevy silvarado duramax trane sick...

2011 mustang?... ... ( 2 days ago by Blu3sKLUZ)

2011 mustang?...look that one up smart one. All ur camaros just got outpowered by 100hp...u wont even be in the rear-view mirror...

i'd love to own one ... ( 2 days ago by NissanTy)

i'd love to own one of these cars, in 2011 ford is supposed to use a alumin 5.4 block so that should lighten the front end up a bit. i'd like to see the camaro z28 come out and have these 2 compete, should be a good comparison.

WOW that all i ... ( 1 day ago by HUMMER4XMORE)

WOW that all i can say. i had a chance to drive one today. and i will never do it again. what a hell was ford thinking? this is a JET not a car. you have 2 options. eider you kill yourself or loose your license UNBELIEVABLE POWER / beautiful sound 10 out of 10 hands down

im a hardcore chevy ... ( 1 day ago by SgtSellz102)

im a hardcore chevy fan but i like wut ford has done with the mustang

...and God said let ... ( 1 day ago by magicianboy101)

...and God said let there be muscle...thus the Mustang and GT500 was born! God is a Ford Fan!

@89powerup hahahaha ... ( 1 day ago by TheMandalore91)

@89powerup hahahaha lol if only chevey would adapt the ford frame and use a Cummings diesel from dodge and use their Allison transmission that would be the ultimate truck!