Ford Shelby GT500 2013, to sports nuts

The 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 is a sport that shows the greatness of the Mustang we all know, but it leads to the end.

The 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 is the successor to a legend, showing the sporty look of the wild and untamed Mustang that have always been admired by the international audience. One feature of the model made by Carroll Shelby is serving as the basis for creating other sports models in the Ford line, although never as extreme as this.

Since 2003 the Shelby GT500 uses maximum exponent for Ford in the world of sports, where without being the most powerful and fastest car market is the one that best represents the characteristic of "muscle cars" of yesteryear where the Mustang played a key role.

Ford Shelby GT500 2013 What is it?

The first engine that starts with the 2013 Shelby GT500 is used by Ford V6 Mustang we all know, but the series quickly shoots with propellers that have never seen the Mustang GT version, thus covering the 5.8-liter Ford points out, is the most powerful V8 ever built in the world. This engine is capable of producing 662 horsepower from 6,500 rpm and has 631 pounds of torque, which is available from 4,000 rpm.

The weight of the Ford Shelby GT500 2013 is 3850 lbs. Suffice it to say that the 5.8-liter engine is based on the 5.4-liter that uses the Ford GT, the flagship sports Blue Oval, hence the 2013 GT500 arrives at 202 mph. Fortunately, exacerbated power that holds the Shelby GT500 does not result in excessive fuel consumption, since according to the Shelby EPA range is able to deliver 15mpg city and 24mpg on highway, with a combined use of 18mpg.

One aspect that remains intact from the Shelby Mustang GT500, is the rear axle which has provided engineering sample of the type employed in establishing the sport in question. Surprisingly we observe the way it has innovated in the constitution of this model over the years, it became possible for a fierce drive straight roads, while a challenging sport for many lines. Fortunately this model can be found only with a manual transmission, so the system include Tremec 6060 seems a great success.
The charge of sending power to the rear wheels is a drive shaft carbon fiber that works with a set of Bilstein electronic dampers that varies its configuration as does the road you are driving.

Rivals 2013 Ford Shelby GT500

According to the price range that has the 2013 Shelby GT500, two competitors who could say they are "close" to the beast of Ford, these are the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 of 6.2 liters and 580 horsepower and 392 Hemi Dodge Challenger 470 horsepower.

How the Ford Shelby GT500 looks 2013

One of the things we like about this model is that it sports ends with the inclusion of "goodies" than many other cars in the segment include to "embellish" the concept trying to work. The 2013 Shelby GT500 gets a unique look after including front and rear spoilers, plus diffusers. The downforce is increased fitness by including a spoiler at the end of the boot, which beyond looking good, it does the job. Obviously replacing the wild American horse by a cobra gives us satisfaction, this together with LeMans stripes that characterize this edition.

The stability of the car to 160mph been achieved, surprisingly, that with the same thing rear downforce, which has been improved by 33%. Another change we noticed was the change in the front grille worked a lot better contributing to the air intake is greater than previous editions, but it also makes it look more aggressive, its introduction was not only aesthetic .

Inside the introduction of higher quality materials is evident, most of which are all softer than in the past. It is true that there is still plastic, but it is much better than before. You can opt for a couple of hedges manually assembled by Recaro leather on the seats, which also have the function to keep in the same place when we step on the accelerator and the Shelby GT500 rid tires on asphalt. The control layout has an air something "retro", but easy to use and includes several interesting things.

The price of Ford Shelby GT500 2013 is $ 54.200 as a base, but you can choose the following option packages:

SVT Performance $ 3.495
Candy Red Mettalic $ 395
SVT Track $ 2.995
Recaro Seats $ 1.505

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