I don’t know about anyone else, though I’d suspect that many chins are now, like mine, sopping wet with drool over the Carroll Shelby’s return to the pony car in 2008. The “Super Snake,” as it’s being called, will have a limited run, only 1000 will be built, which means that it’s time to start selling unnecessary body parts immediately if you have to have one.
Not that anyone has to have a 5.4-liter supercharged V-8 under the hood, with a Ford Racing Power Upgrade Pack that boosts horsepower to an estimated 540 and torque to 510 ft.-lbs. You can still get to work and the grocery store in a rinky-dink Saturn, but driving that car won’t exactly blow anyone’s hair back. Nor will it do 0-60 mph in less time than it takes to say “holy shit!”
SHELBY GT500KR MAKES COVER OF MOTOR TREND’S JUNE 2007 ISSUE [shelbyautos.com]
If it’s anything like previous “Shelby” Cobras, it won’t handle for shit without $10k worth of suspension work.
Apparently a retooled suspension package is part of the deal with this model:
My aunt used to date this obnoxiously wealthy dude who liked to brag a lot. One day when i was swooning over the idea of a Shelby Cobra, he told me he had gotten to drive one, and that when you accelerated too fast, the wheels would elongate. Could be complete bullshit, but it’s a nice thought.
When I run after land-bourne birds and chase them over dust cloud-obfuscated cliff edges, I hang suspended in air until I realize there’s no ground under my feet. Alas, the circus clown-sized umbrella I then produce from the ether provides me with damned little protection from my imminent rapid descent.
See, that’s a nice thought, too.
Too bad Ford sucks, no matter the level of engineering effort.
Ford is #1 because they are the cheapest in every class they make and people are cheap
I’m not a ford guy or a Chevy guy, I like hot looking, fast clean lookign cars.
Chevy has totally dropped the ball in the muscle car market. I know they have new stuff coming, and I hope it’s mean as hell, but to just kill a whole line of cars, with nothing to fill the gap. BAH. Chevy basically said “Hey Ford, we don’t really need any extra cash, you go ahead and print all you want.” Ford was ready at exactly the right time.
I lurrve the retro mix of these recent ’stangs. “67-70 was my favorite run from the 60’s. They look good and are meaner than a lion getting jacked off with a handfull of pine cones.