Ford Shelby GT500 2013 debuts with 650 hp
Ladies and gentlemen, behold the most powerful series-production Mustang ever – the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500. Supposedly sporting the “world’s most powerful” production V8 engine, the all-new Shelby GT500 is what we have in store for 2013; and with enormous power, the future looks bright.
Beneath the hood of the Shelby GT500 resides the aluminium-block 5.8-litre V8 supercharged engine packing 650 hp and an earth-shattering 814 Nm of torque. Handling all that torque would be a heavily revised 6-speed manual transmission, specially optimised to utilise the raw power from the monstrous engine for the best possible performance. Though there are no official performance figures revealed by Ford, the top speed of the Shelby GT500 is speculated to be well in excess of 320 kph. Other features include a launch control system integrated to the engine control and traction control systems, Brembo braking system featuring 6-piston calipers in front and larger front and rear rotors, AdvanceTrac with revised performance-oriented settings, a performance package which includes a Torsen limited-slip differential and SVT-designed Bilstein electronic adjustable dampers, and a Track package which complements the performance package for all-out track performance and features an external engine oil cooler, rear differential cooler and transmission cooler.
The new Ford Shelby GT500 shall go on sale in the U.S. by the middle of next year. Expect it to become available on special-order in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and rest of the GCC during late 2012.
Comments
ROJ
What a demonic engine…
I dunno Its just un-american muscle to know the engine is a DOHC/VVT.. Just feels unusual.. While GM is still adopting pushrods and Dodge adopting SOHC HEMIs..
Nittin
SSC Ultimate aero, keonigsegg agera and agera R… they wished it was the most powerful V8 haha
Nittin
Also… live axle rear suspension
me
Those are limited production so they don’t count.
Nittin
So that way buggati cannot claim to have the highest output for a engine also… I don’t think it works that way
Jai
Go buy yourself an agera R (good luck with that), and I’ll get a Shelby. Capiche? Stop crying now, please. Thanks
Nittin
Yeah next thing you are going to say that it is faster than the Nissan GTR also because it is cheaper… I’m just stating a fact which you can’t seem to digest
Yeah its a powerful car, but it can only go in a straight line
ROJ
I would rather judge after I test drive all of those cars… No vehicle is perfect or better, they all have strong and weak spots to tap on..
samer
It also has carbon fiber rear axle shaft
Jai
It’s a good time to be a Mustang fan. This car’s going to destroy cars that cost 3 times as much. I hope the price doesn’t go way above 300k as reports seem to suggest.
BKJ
I dunno… this looks promising.
I’ve always been a GT-R fan (the whole concept of an affordable supercar has always appealed to me).
This might just be the next best thing! 🙂
ROJ
I assume it would be more fun than the GTR… The mustang is man and machine only..
Unlike the GTR which is man, computer and machine…
hellboy
90 likes!!! that confirms the popularity of this thing 🙂
ROJ
Sales figures speak larger than popularity..
hellboy
Yea..but that does not make a Camry better than a Shelby!
Jai
@ Nitin, why don’t you go somewhere else and cry? I’ll get whatever the FU*K I want and I don’t need your POS advice. People here decide what’s better for them with THEIR money. You think something else is better for your money go spend it there don’t spew bull$#!t here. Thanks
When was the last time you even drove a car above 200hp? Let alone 650.. Oh, and NFS or Forza don’t count. 😛 Just as I thought, another Ford hating troll. (y)
ROJ
Mash, maybe you should ban high-school kids from posting on your blog…
yuvraj
it is the most powerful car in the world
Kal
Who would like to buy one fully loaded black car arriving October for 330k?