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2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Revealed

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The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 made its appearance! It will feature a minimum of 700 horsepower from its supercharged cross-plane V8 engine. That’s paired with a dual-clutch gearbox and is the most powerful street-legal Ford ever produced. If you aren’t excited yet, you might not be alive.

2020 Ford Mustang Shelby
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2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500

Ford revealed the details during the 2019 Detroit Auto Show. It’s their response to the Chevy Camaro ZL1 and Dodge Hellcats. From what we can see, Ford came to play ball. We do know that the quarter-mile time of this car will be under 11 seconds with a 0-60 mph time in the mid-threes.

It comes powered by a 5.2-liter supercharged V8 that works in conjunction with a seven-speed dual clutch transmission. It also has a carbon fiber driveshaft, high-performance Michelin tires, MagneRide dampers and Brembo 16.5-inch rotors. The Mustang Shelby GT500 also has an electronic line-lock to help you with those burnouts, launch control and apps that make tracking performance more natural than ever.

You’ll be able to add on the aero kit for a more aggressive-looking front end. This will feature a new front air dam and adjustable carbon fiber spoiler. The Carbon Fiber Track Pack comes with 20-inch carbon wheels, a carbon fiber rear wing and Pilot Sport 4S tires plus Recaro leather and suede seats.

Ready to Drive?

Just imagine yourself sitting behind the wheel of this beast on your daily commute. Thankfully, there’s a lot more to it than just performance; it also comes with plenty of creature comforts. You get access to the SYNC 3 infotainment system, 12-inch digital instrument cluster, rear-view camera and a 4G LTE hotspot so you never have to be out of the loop.

It shall be interesting to see how this competes against Chevy and Dodge in the coming years. Who are you rooting for?

If you want all the up to date information from the 2019 Detroit Auto Show, make sure you stay posted to Car Blog Writers.

Is Ford Building a 4-Door Mustang?

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Originally, we were told that Ford was leaving the sedan business altogether, but recent news might suggest otherwise. There have been many rumors circulating that Ford might backpedal slightly on their “no car” rule. This time the news comes from Mustang6G who Ford executives were recently redesigning the word “sedan” and teasing with a 4-door Mustang.

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Will There Be a 4-Door Mustang?

At first, Ford claimed there would be no more sedans produced. We dealt with that and understood. Then, we were told that there was going to be an exception made to continue producing the Ford Focus. They claimed it would have more of a crossover design, so therefore it wasn’t a sedan anymore. We get it; if you squint hard enough a sedan can look like a crossover – good plan.

Now we hear that they might not leave sedans entirely after all. Instead, they are flirting with the idea of producing a 4-door Mustang. Executives want to produce the 4-door Mustang to compete with the Audi A7 and Porsche Panamera.

If they move forward with their plan, the Mustang would feature the same 5.2-liter V8 engine that’s found in the GT. They would have to step up their game slightly because the Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo (say that five times fast) has a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine that produces 550 horsepower. Considering the 5.2-liter V8 already produces 526 horsepower, some turbocharging should be all it needs to take on the Panamera.

In Reality

We don’t know anything yet; everything is pure speculation at this point. While we wait, we expect some word soon that Ford changed their mind about getting rid of the cars. Maybe they didn’t receive the overwhelming response to that news like they expected.

While we’re discussing the Mustang, did you check out the Ford Mustang Series 1 at SEMA? It’s pretty hot

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