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After teasing the supercharger’s cover towards the end of November 2018, the plot thickens once again as far as the Shelby GT500 is concerned. The Ford Motor Company and Barrett-Jackson teamed up to sell the first-ever production model at the Collector Car Auction on January 18th, four days after the most powerful Mustang ever debuts at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show.
The Blue Oval mentions “700-plus horsepower” from the Predator V8, which is 50 more than Ford announced at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show. All things considered, what did you expect from the successor of the Shelby GT500 with the Trinity 5.8-liter V8, tuned to 662 horsepower and 631 pound-feet from the get-go?
This time around, the Shelby GT500 has 5.2 liters of displacement. The Predator is based on the Voodoo in the GT350 and GT350R, boasting a cross-plane crankshaft instead of the flat-plane setup. To this effect, don’t expect a redline of 8,250 rpm from the supercharged engine that promises more suck-squeeze-bang-blow than the Ford GT.
“Edsel Ford II and Aaron Shelby will be on stage during the auction” according to the Dearborn-based automaker, with proceeds going to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The mission is to find a cure to Type 1 diabetes, a disease that stops the body from producing insulin, a hormone that gets the glucose from the bloodstream into the body’s cells.
Being the closest competitor to the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, we’re expecting the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 to cost approximately $70,000. The Hellcat is $60,350 and Hellcat Redeye comes in at $71,350. Over at the Blue Oval, the GT350 is $59,140 and GT350R retails at $67,135.
Even though it’s the most powerful Ford ever entitled to wear a license plate, the Shelby GT500 will feature the headlights of the pre-facelift Mustang because Ford Performance would rather spend the R&D budget where it matters. We’re not exactly sure if this explanation holds water, but that’s what chief engineer Ed Krenz wants us to believe.
In regard to the winning bid, don’t guesstimate without remembering that the first example of the Mustang Bullitt for the 2019 model year went for $300,000. Earlier still, the first Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R fetched $1 million at the Scottsdale, Arizona collector car auction in 2015.
This time around, the Shelby GT500 has 5.2 liters of displacement. The Predator is based on the Voodoo in the GT350 and GT350R, boasting a cross-plane crankshaft instead of the flat-plane setup. To this effect, don’t expect a redline of 8,250 rpm from the supercharged engine that promises more suck-squeeze-bang-blow than the Ford GT.
“Edsel Ford II and Aaron Shelby will be on stage during the auction” according to the Dearborn-based automaker, with proceeds going to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The mission is to find a cure to Type 1 diabetes, a disease that stops the body from producing insulin, a hormone that gets the glucose from the bloodstream into the body’s cells.
Being the closest competitor to the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, we’re expecting the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 to cost approximately $70,000. The Hellcat is $60,350 and Hellcat Redeye comes in at $71,350. Over at the Blue Oval, the GT350 is $59,140 and GT350R retails at $67,135.
Even though it’s the most powerful Ford ever entitled to wear a license plate, the Shelby GT500 will feature the headlights of the pre-facelift Mustang because Ford Performance would rather spend the R&D budget where it matters. We’re not exactly sure if this explanation holds water, but that’s what chief engineer Ed Krenz wants us to believe.
In regard to the winning bid, don’t guesstimate without remembering that the first example of the Mustang Bullitt for the 2019 model year went for $300,000. Earlier still, the first Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R fetched $1 million at the Scottsdale, Arizona collector car auction in 2015.
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