Top Gear on the Shelby GT500

By John

Editor

Top Gear host Richard Hammond actually owns an original example of this storied piece of American muscle, so he was naturally curious about the performance of the latest incarnation. What does he think? Watch the video and find out!

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Posted at 11:30 am in GT500, John Coyle, Shelby, Top Gear, Videos

Comments

Jake
Nov 20, 2007 at 4:13 am

Turning’s for lamers anyway ;D. Just look at how much fun he’s having!

Anonymous
Nov 19, 2007 at 8:11 pm

the host got jipped on his engine. A high comp 1970 @ 390hp is quite a wallop.
That is something fuel injected will never replace. so my real mustang has modern suspension, and truly 390hp on carb time. We’ll all die of hybrid pollution before we never see one…

retroman
Nov 19, 2007 at 7:47 pm

Say what you want, the GT500 is still the best muscle car out of Detroit since Carrol Shelby pulled production on the original in 1970. I love Shelbys. They’re no frills, no nonsense cars, and while its nice to have a car that does what you want it to, I like the occasional bull ride.

kap0w
Nov 19, 2007 at 6:09 pm

I’ve always thought that the lack of modern suspension in the new Mustangs was the most ridiculous omission. Some people say that it wouldn’t be a Mustang without the live axle… c’mon – everything else changes, so it’s time for a suspension update too!

Evan
Nov 19, 2007 at 4:04 pm

Nailed it! I couldn’t agree more…