JayC
01-08-2006, 02:53 PM
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What happens when a legend from Texas reunites with a legend from Dearborn? The most powerful Mustang ever. After 40 years, racing legend Carroll Shelby and the Ford Mustang are back together with the introduction of the 2007 Ford Shelby GT500. The collaboration between Shelby and Ford’s Special Vehicle Team (SVT) is yielding an “instant collector’s Mustang” that builds 475 horsepower in its 5.4-liter supercharged V-8. A modern interpretation of the Shelby Mustang of the 1960s, it will be available both as a coupe and as a convertible when it goes on sale in the summer of 2006.
“When Carroll was developing the original GT350 and GT500, he wanted to build the most powerful, most capable Mustangs of his day,” says Hau Thai-Tang, director, Advanced Product Creation and Special Vehicle Team. “Our goal was to build the most powerful, most capable Mustang ever.”
To read the rest of the article, click here! (http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/01/08/detroit-2006-2007-ford-shelby-gt500/)
What happens when a legend from Texas reunites with a legend from Dearborn? The most powerful Mustang ever. After 40 years, racing legend Carroll Shelby and the Ford Mustang are back together with the introduction of the 2007 Ford Shelby GT500. The collaboration between Shelby and Ford’s Special Vehicle Team (SVT) is yielding an “instant collector’s Mustang” that builds 475 horsepower in its 5.4-liter supercharged V-8. A modern interpretation of the Shelby Mustang of the 1960s, it will be available both as a coupe and as a convertible when it goes on sale in the summer of 2006.
“When Carroll was developing the original GT350 and GT500, he wanted to build the most powerful, most capable Mustangs of his day,” says Hau Thai-Tang, director, Advanced Product Creation and Special Vehicle Team. “Our goal was to build the most powerful, most capable Mustang ever.”
To read the rest of the article, click here! (http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/01/08/detroit-2006-2007-ford-shelby-gt500/)