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10-11-2012, 10:15 AM
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Who Are We To Argue With The World's Most Powerful Production V8?
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As you're surely aware by now, the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/shelby+gt500/) boasts a 5.8-liter beast of an engine making 662 horsepower, partnered in crime by 631 pound-feet of torque.
There seems little to gain in rehashing what we already know - namely, that the 2013 GT500 is fast. Stupid, stinking, earth-shatteringly fast. Ignorantly fast, even. This much is a given. Anybody who can read a spec sheet knows that the GT500 can set ablaze a straight-line drag race and will be even more ludicrous with its snake-encrusted nose pointed toward an unlimited runway. This Mustang will gallop to two 202 miles per hour in fact, which is pure insanity.
But why? What's the point? To put it another way, what do you do with a two-door coupe straining to keep that supertanker-size engine firmly attached to its motor mounts while the traction control tries (and fails miserably) to keep its rear tires planted? When the keys to the 2013 Shelby GT500 were handed to us, we figured we'd have exactly one week to find out why anyone would want to buy one, beyond the obvious, of course.
As it turns out, the answer was rather simple.Continue reading 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/11/2013-ford-shelby-gt500-review-video/)
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Who Are We To Argue With The World's Most Powerful Production V8?
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As you're surely aware by now, the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/shelby+gt500/) boasts a 5.8-liter beast of an engine making 662 horsepower, partnered in crime by 631 pound-feet of torque.
There seems little to gain in rehashing what we already know - namely, that the 2013 GT500 is fast. Stupid, stinking, earth-shatteringly fast. Ignorantly fast, even. This much is a given. Anybody who can read a spec sheet knows that the GT500 can set ablaze a straight-line drag race and will be even more ludicrous with its snake-encrusted nose pointed toward an unlimited runway. This Mustang will gallop to two 202 miles per hour in fact, which is pure insanity.
But why? What's the point? To put it another way, what do you do with a two-door coupe straining to keep that supertanker-size engine firmly attached to its motor mounts while the traction control tries (and fails miserably) to keep its rear tires planted? When the keys to the 2013 Shelby GT500 were handed to us, we figured we'd have exactly one week to find out why anyone would want to buy one, beyond the obvious, of course.
As it turns out, the answer was rather simple.Continue reading 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/11/2013-ford-shelby-gt500-review-video/)
2013 Ford Shelby GT500 [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/11/2013-ford-shelby-gt500-review-video/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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