The 50th Anniversary Shelby Super Snake Mustang Is A 740bhp Monster
It’s been a pretty big week for shouty American cars with V8s. We had the news about the Ford Mustang facelift, more details emerging about the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon and now this: the 50th Anniversary Shelby Super Snake Mustang.
As with the last Super Snake Mustang from Shelby American, the 50th Anniversary car straps a supercharger to the familiar 5.0-litre Coyote V8 to push the eight-cylinder anger well beyond 600bhp. It’s good for 660bhp in ‘standard’ guise, although if you tick the right options (which you absolutely should), that jumps to 740bhp. Lovely.
Thankfully, Shelby hasn’t just chucked a load of power to the rear wheels and left it at that. The 50th also gets upgraded brakes in the form of six-piston front/four-piston rear callipers from Wilwood, along with a new ducting to keep them cool.
The suspension has been given a thorough working over with new dampers, springs, anti-roll bars and bushes, while the exterior has been treated to a whole host of angrier body parts. Plus a smattering of 50th Anniversary badges, obviously.
Naturally this doesn’t come cheap: the total cost including the standard Mustang donor car comes to $69,995, before you tick that 740bhp option. But for a proper Shelby-tuned pony car with a silly power output and an enviable parts list, perhaps that’s not so bad.
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If shmee was American :D
So it’ll hit the crowd fast but how far will it push it, i.e. I need torque numbers bro
How much does it need to make people understand that Mustang memes are dead?
My my! What a gorgeous thing!
what is the difference between this and the GT350? will it has the same flat crank engine?
No, its the 5.0 coyote engine from the standard GT with a supercharger.
Now that looks good. No idea why the new facelifted one looks so sh#t. Why did Ford even bother?
Considering that the previous super snake (2014) had 850hp the new one is a bit of a downgrade
Now what’s your excuse of buying a hellkitty
770hp is crazy, but I was slightly expecting a bit more.
idk, maybe I’m just stupid
Horsepower is how fast you hit the crowd.
Torque is how far you take them with you.
That title should be more like “Want a Mustang that really really plows though crowds?” :)