Tomorrow during the first day of the 2012 Chicago Auto Show Ford, celebrating 20 years of SVT, will show off this: the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible.
As you could probably guess, this is the same basic car as the new Shelby GT500 we've been seeing for a few months now. It's got a 5.8-liter supercharged V8 cranking out an unbelievable-in-a-production-Mustang 650 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque. (Rollin' in my 5.8 with the ragtop down so my hair can...abate? So much for my 90's rap career.) The
Ford says that the new Mustang is 3.5 seconds faster around Sebring International Raceway than the outgoing car when it is equipped with the Performance Package. The Performance pack includes SVT-designed Bilstein electronically adjustable dampers. A track pack is available on top of this wit an external oil cooler, rear diff cooler and a transmission cooler.
Once we got our heads around 650 horsepower in the GT500 coupe, we were thrown for another loop when Ford said it would do over 200 mph. The convertible won't do over 200; Ford has limited it to "only" 155.
Like the coupe, the only transmission available is a six-speed manual. We'll have more from the show floor tomorrow.
stoppre75 says:
07:10 AM, 02/ 8/12
Any investigating as to why they're limiting the convertible to 155? There are plenty of convert's that go much faster than this...
Follow up on this please....journalism isn't just about reproducing facts.
agnh says:
07:26 AM, 02/ 8/12
Absolutely crazy!
And from what I've read, the base MSRP for the coupe should be around 59k, so even with Performance Pack, Track Pack, etc, it's still well under $70k. Of course, you'll have to wait a few months for the inevitable dealer gouging to die down.
transpower says:
09:30 AM, 02/ 8/12
Most of us here could afford this, whereas most of us would not be able to afford any other vehicle with that much power.
06sti says:
11:47 AM, 02/22/12
Keep the '11 GT or get one of these?
Hmmm... decisions, decisions ;)