2007 SVT Mustang - Shelby Cobra GT500
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I liked the prototype better. Looked more raw; meaner.
Striker187
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and as if it couldn't get any uglier.....
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I want one.. plain and simple
mountjonas
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Striker187 said:
i like it. i think it looks way better than the supra in your sig.
2006 FORD SHELBY COBRA GT500
ON SALE: June 2006
BASE PRICE: $39,000 (est.)
POWERTRAIN: 5.4-liter, 450-plus-hp, 450-plus-lb-ft supercharged V8; rwd, six-speed manual
CURB WEIGHT: 3600 lbs (est.)
0 to 60 MPH: 4.5 seconds (est.)
Ford celebrated the Mustangs 40th birthday last year by whipping up one of the wildest Mustangs ever, the GT-R concept displayed at New York 2004 (AW, April 19, 2004). At the time, we said we hoped the history-obsessed automaker wouldnt morph the GT-R into some sort of catastrophic new-age Mustang II Ghia with a landau vinyl half-roof. No such worries: Hanks car company is following up the GT-R with the Shelby Cobra GT500.
While the GT-R was a showcase for Fords performance parts biz, this 2005 New York show car is about 90 percent of what we will see when the Shelby goes on sale next summer, replacing the SVT Cobra. On paper, the GT500in development for more than a year and officially approved two months agohas enough power and flair to put Chevrolets base Corvette C6 smack on the trailer.
Blasphemous? Consider: SVT boss Hau Thai-Tang has stuffed the extraordinary 5.4-liter, dohc, 32-valve supercharged V8 from the Ford GT sports car under the Mustangs hood. Final horsepower figures are not firm, but Thai-Tang hints it will be well over 450 hp, closer to 500. Look for 450-plus lb-ft of torque too. Whatever the final numbers, Ford says this will be the most powerful production Mustang ever. Engineer Thai-Tang, who did a stint at Newman-Haas Racing, sums up the powertrain succinctly: Its gonna be a monster.
The engine mates to a Tremec T56 six-speed manual transmission beefed up to handle the power and torque. Underneath, it turns out those rumors of a live rear axle in the next-generation Cobra were true: The car will have basically carryover Mustang GT suspension, with MacPherson struts in front and the live axle in back, tuned for the 500 with revised shock valving and higher-rate springs.
Thai-Tang and his team aimed for a better-controlled ride than the GT, particularly at low and medium speeds, with better body control (included in Thai-Tangs stable of test cars is a Pontiac GTOthe 400-hp version, as well as a C6 Corvette and a BMW M3). Front brakes are 14-inch cross-drilled rotors with 13s in the rear. The car should weigh about 3600 pounds, 200 more than a GT, Thai-Tang says.
By the way, Thai-Tang has a message for those of us bummed out about the live rear axle: Drive the car first, he says, and youll see its a nonissue, because the chassis is dialed in so well.
I didnt know what to expect before I drove the car, said Carroll Shelby. I knew the car looked good. Then I drove it. Wow. Its everything I hoped it would be.
Well just have to wait and see.
Like a proud papa, SVT chief designer Doug Gaffka had a gleam in his eye when he gave us a walk-around of the GT. We looked most to the 68 GT500 for our inspiration when we started on the car more than a year ago, Gaffka told AutoWeek. In fact, the new GT500 design was at the forefront of our minds since we started the whole Mustang program.
It shows. To the GTs long hood and short rear deck, Gaffka and team added a sinister-looking new front fascia with a one-inch-bigger grille opening to force more air to the engine. There are also new headlamps, a one-inch-higher hood (to accommodate the supercharger), and new rear fascia, spoiler and diffuser. That spoiler isnt just for showit provides 80 pounds of downforce at 120 mph. Wind tunnel testing will continue.
The concept squats on 19-inch wheels; in production the GT500 will use 18-inch Goodyears.
The interior looks like the Mustang GTs but with the quality bar raised: Instead of waves of hard, shiny, cheap-looking plastic, the 500s dash, door panels and center console are trimmed in leather. There will also be a new, thicker three-spoke steering wheel and slightly stiffer seat bolsters, as well as the SVT logo on the kick plates. The leather upgrades will be offered across the Mustang range in 2007.
Final prices are not set but the last SVT Cobra cost $35,000. Ford officials say the goal is to keep this car priced less than $40,000. You wont be able to touch this performance for the money, Thai-Tang says. GT500s will be built at the Ford/Mazda joint-venture plant in Flat Rock alongside Mustang and Mustang GT. Ford wont commit to a production number, but says it will build all the 500s drivers demand.
Drivers? Count us in. And bring on the next 40 years.
http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102047
Photos
http://www.autoweek.com/files/specials/2005_newyork/mustang/pages/1.htm
ON SALE: June 2006
BASE PRICE: $39,000 (est.)
POWERTRAIN: 5.4-liter, 450-plus-hp, 450-plus-lb-ft supercharged V8; rwd, six-speed manual
CURB WEIGHT: 3600 lbs (est.)
0 to 60 MPH: 4.5 seconds (est.)
Ford celebrated the Mustangs 40th birthday last year by whipping up one of the wildest Mustangs ever, the GT-R concept displayed at New York 2004 (AW, April 19, 2004). At the time, we said we hoped the history-obsessed automaker wouldnt morph the GT-R into some sort of catastrophic new-age Mustang II Ghia with a landau vinyl half-roof. No such worries: Hanks car company is following up the GT-R with the Shelby Cobra GT500.
While the GT-R was a showcase for Fords performance parts biz, this 2005 New York show car is about 90 percent of what we will see when the Shelby goes on sale next summer, replacing the SVT Cobra. On paper, the GT500in development for more than a year and officially approved two months agohas enough power and flair to put Chevrolets base Corvette C6 smack on the trailer.
Blasphemous? Consider: SVT boss Hau Thai-Tang has stuffed the extraordinary 5.4-liter, dohc, 32-valve supercharged V8 from the Ford GT sports car under the Mustangs hood. Final horsepower figures are not firm, but Thai-Tang hints it will be well over 450 hp, closer to 500. Look for 450-plus lb-ft of torque too. Whatever the final numbers, Ford says this will be the most powerful production Mustang ever. Engineer Thai-Tang, who did a stint at Newman-Haas Racing, sums up the powertrain succinctly: Its gonna be a monster.
The engine mates to a Tremec T56 six-speed manual transmission beefed up to handle the power and torque. Underneath, it turns out those rumors of a live rear axle in the next-generation Cobra were true: The car will have basically carryover Mustang GT suspension, with MacPherson struts in front and the live axle in back, tuned for the 500 with revised shock valving and higher-rate springs.
Thai-Tang and his team aimed for a better-controlled ride than the GT, particularly at low and medium speeds, with better body control (included in Thai-Tangs stable of test cars is a Pontiac GTOthe 400-hp version, as well as a C6 Corvette and a BMW M3). Front brakes are 14-inch cross-drilled rotors with 13s in the rear. The car should weigh about 3600 pounds, 200 more than a GT, Thai-Tang says.
By the way, Thai-Tang has a message for those of us bummed out about the live rear axle: Drive the car first, he says, and youll see its a nonissue, because the chassis is dialed in so well.
I didnt know what to expect before I drove the car, said Carroll Shelby. I knew the car looked good. Then I drove it. Wow. Its everything I hoped it would be.
Well just have to wait and see.
Like a proud papa, SVT chief designer Doug Gaffka had a gleam in his eye when he gave us a walk-around of the GT. We looked most to the 68 GT500 for our inspiration when we started on the car more than a year ago, Gaffka told AutoWeek. In fact, the new GT500 design was at the forefront of our minds since we started the whole Mustang program.
It shows. To the GTs long hood and short rear deck, Gaffka and team added a sinister-looking new front fascia with a one-inch-bigger grille opening to force more air to the engine. There are also new headlamps, a one-inch-higher hood (to accommodate the supercharger), and new rear fascia, spoiler and diffuser. That spoiler isnt just for showit provides 80 pounds of downforce at 120 mph. Wind tunnel testing will continue.
The concept squats on 19-inch wheels; in production the GT500 will use 18-inch Goodyears.
The interior looks like the Mustang GTs but with the quality bar raised: Instead of waves of hard, shiny, cheap-looking plastic, the 500s dash, door panels and center console are trimmed in leather. There will also be a new, thicker three-spoke steering wheel and slightly stiffer seat bolsters, as well as the SVT logo on the kick plates. The leather upgrades will be offered across the Mustang range in 2007.
Final prices are not set but the last SVT Cobra cost $35,000. Ford officials say the goal is to keep this car priced less than $40,000. You wont be able to touch this performance for the money, Thai-Tang says. GT500s will be built at the Ford/Mazda joint-venture plant in Flat Rock alongside Mustang and Mustang GT. Ford wont commit to a production number, but says it will build all the 500s drivers demand.
Drivers? Count us in. And bring on the next 40 years.
http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102047
Photos
http://www.autoweek.com/files/specials/2005_newyork/mustang/pages/1.htm
Bill Brasky
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I'll have mine in Elainor gray.
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blue with white stripes for me
Striker187
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mountjonas said:
to each his own.
i was waiting to see this car. I am not a huge fan of the new design of the normal mustang. The back of the car, looking at the side profile, from the front doors back, the back doesn't "fit" the front. The roofline drops off too fast, and trunk too long. The tails are too large.
FRont on the normal mustang kinda has a sad face look. With the headlights drooping downwards like sad eyes, then there are those oversized nonsense foglights in the middle that make no sense.
The inside looks better in person then in pics, but the reto look is not me. The car is still very very small inside for a car that large.
Take all that, slap some of the ugliest wheels ever put on a production car, and guess what, I won't be buying one. Lets not forget, it's still a Ford.
That being said, I like this shelby better. It's amazing what a few subtle changes can do. I'm still not in "love", but it's better. The front looks a lot better, the back looks a little better straight on but still awkward side on. Red interiors to me always look cheap. Reminds of all the vinyl used in cars years back. Now, performance wise/dollar, what's not to love?
FRont on the normal mustang kinda has a sad face look. With the headlights drooping downwards like sad eyes, then there are those oversized nonsense foglights in the middle that make no sense.
The inside looks better in person then in pics, but the reto look is not me. The car is still very very small inside for a car that large.
Take all that, slap some of the ugliest wheels ever put on a production car, and guess what, I won't be buying one. Lets not forget, it's still a Ford.
That being said, I like this shelby better. It's amazing what a few subtle changes can do. I'm still not in "love", but it's better. The front looks a lot better, the back looks a little better straight on but still awkward side on. Red interiors to me always look cheap. Reminds of all the vinyl used in cars years back. Now, performance wise/dollar, what's not to love?
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Roywhitep5
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Still with the solid rear axel????
I understand it's kewl for drag, but let people retro-mod the rear and give the daily drivers an independant rear from the factory.
Still, I know my 350Z can't keep up with the new Mustang - and this thing - damn. Of course I like the way mine looks - and even to me, that counts for something.
I understand it's kewl for drag, but let people retro-mod the rear and give the daily drivers an independant rear from the factory.
Still, I know my 350Z can't keep up with the new Mustang - and this thing - damn. Of course I like the way mine looks - and even to me, that counts for something.
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