By Karan Singh

StreetFire.net

Check out this SmokingTire video from Day 2 of the 2010 Bullrun. The Smoking Tire becomes Team Black Magic for the 2010 Bullrun Rally from New York to Las Vegas, taking a 2011 Shelby GT500 on the ultimate dream roadtrip. Watch!

Team Black Magic – 2010 BullRun Day 2

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

This new pony is fast. Ford just released this video showing the 2011 Ford GT500 lapping VIR a full 9 seconds faster than last year’s model. Wow.

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

Pulling a blistering 1.48 second 60 foot time and 9.66 second quarter mile time at 146.19 mph, the Lethal Performance team holds the record for fastest 2010 Ford Shelby GT500. Still room left for vehicle and run improvement, Lethal Performance is sure to break it’s own record in the near future. Read more about the run at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Ben Schaffer

The Real JDM

Do you guys remember this car? We featured this car back in June and at the time I figured it was just a really cool rendering and nothing more than that. Well…

Continue reading after the jump!

Continue reading "Nissan GT500 S14 Silvia Private Build" »

By Chris Borrelli

Chris Borrelli

Motor Trend has recently put the biggest of the big dogs head-to-head. MT put the Dodge Challenger SRT8, the Chevy Camaro Hennessey HPE550, and Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 in an all out comparo. You may remember a similar comparo back in March, but there was so much controversy with that one that MT did this one all out with the top level of all three vehicles.

Drum Roll please…………… Third place goes to the Dodge Challenger SRT8, second place goes to the Chevy Camaro Hennessey HPE550, and first place is the Ford Shelby Mustang GT500! Full article at Motor Trend

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

This one came as a bit of a surprise, mostly cause the Vette seemed to be killing the Shelby right out of the gate. But the Shelby slowly reeled the Vette back in, and managed to win last week’s Showroom Showdown by a decent margin. Nice work, Shelby. My favorite comment was by dgaf88: “I’ll take a Shelby because I’m more into muscle than sport cars. Raw power just isn’t as fun without the shitty handling.” Stay tuned for another Showroom Showdown tomorrow!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Normally I try to stick with the same number of seats for Showroom Showdown match-ups, but I couldn’t figure out what to put up against the Shelby GT500. I couldn’t figure out what to put up against the base Corvette, either. So here goes. The Shelby GT500 has a supercharged 5.4 liter V8 that puts out 540 hp, while the Vette has a naturally aspirated 6.2 liter V8 that puts out 430 hp. The Shelby weighs 3,924 pounds while the Vette weighs 3,217 pounds. Both are available with a 6 speed manual and come in just south of $50k. Which would you choose?

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Seems like most of you guys didn’t like the Shelby GT500 vert in Grabber Blue with red stripes. Well, how do you like the dark blue with white stripes? A ton more pics after the jump (the car was spinning around on the platform so I just stood there and snapped pics).

Continue reading "Ok, How's This Color on the Shelby GT500?" »

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

I got there a bit late and ended up in the cheap seats for the press conference, but pushed my way down to the main floor after the show was over. Of course Carroll Shelby was on hand to introduce the car—on his birthday no less. I’m still not that fond of the tail lights, but otherwise the car looks hot. Wait til you see the shift nob. There was a lot more to Ford press conference than just the Shelby 500, so stay tuned for that. More pics after the jump!

Continue reading "Official Shelby GT500 Unveil at NAIAS" »

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

After unveiling the all new 2010 Mustang at the LA Auto Show in November, Ford has wasted no time moving on to the “flagship” version of the Mustang, the Shelby GT500. The new GT500 will appear at the the Detroit Auto Show this month and is packing a lot of improvements over the old GT500. For starters, if the 500hp of the old car wasn’t enough for you, there’s more of that. The 2010 GT500 will now make 540hp and 510 foot lbs of torque from its supercharged 5.4 liter V8. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Mike Garrett