In case you were hoping that Ford would launch a convertible version of the Mustang Shelby GT500, we have bad news as such a vehicle isn’t on the cards. Ford chief product platform and operations officer Hau Thai-Tang recently spoke with Muscle Cars & Trucks about the muscle car and said that the company has […]
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Some of us like old cars, some prefer new ones, but the original 427 Shelby Cobra is one of those universally desired performance icons that would look good in any collection. Sadly, with prices hitting $2 million and often higher, most of us are unlikely to be getting ready to purchase one and, as Hagerty’s […]
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The 1980s was a transitional period for American car design. Detroit’s engineering teams had finally got around to building lighter, more modern, four-cylinder, front wheel drive platforms to take on the Japanese imports that thrifty buyers were flocking to as a fix for high gas prices. But while the oily bits might have changed, the […]
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The Shelby Cobra is an undisputed icon, but Carroll Shelby didn’t create it from scratch. Casting around for an existing lightweight European sports car to mate with a torquey American V8, he settled on the AC Ace. Looking like a Cobra on hormone blockers, the Ace was launched in 1954 and began life with a […]
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There have been a dizzying number if Ford Mustang variants produced over the decades and among the most intriguing are the Shelby GT-H models that were built in partnership with rental car giant Hertz. Hertz, Ford, and Shelby collaborated on the car with it being available through Hertz’s Rent-a-Racer Program. There were 500 hardtop and […]
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Back in 2004, Ford unveiled the Shelby Cobra concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The car was a manual, V10-powered homage to the original Cobra and was overseen by Carroll Shelby himself. Fast forward 17 years, and while the car never made it to production, the lone prototype, nicknamed “Daisy”, has […]
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Shelby American has just unveiled its 2021 iteration of the F-150 Super Snake and with a $113,680 starting price, it makes the Ram 1500 TRX seem like a bit of a bargain. In creating this new beast, Shelby has equipped the truck with a 5.0-liter Coyote V8 that features a unique supercharger developed in partnership […]
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<!––> <!––> With customer deliveries of the Tesla Model S Plaid well under way, it’s hardly a surprise that videos of the EV being put to the test on the drag strip have started to flood the net. As expected, the tri-motor electric powertrain of the Model S Plaid makes it astonishingly quick. So quick […]
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The case regarding overheating issues with the Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 is heading to trial in September. It was way back in March 22, 2017 when a lawsuit was first filed against Ford claiming that the transmissions and differentials of the Shelby GT350 can overheat during track use, even though the car is marketed as […]
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If the 2021 Ford F-150 Raptor is too tame for you, you’re in luck as the Shelby F-150 has been introduced with up to 775 hp (578 kW / 786 PS). Billed as the “most powerful, refined and competent version of the truck in its history,” the 2021 Shelby F-150 is based on the F-150 […]
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