2010 GT500 First Drives

[ThisBlood147]

The 2010 Shelby GT500 has finally arrived in the hands of car mags. Pricey for a Mustang?.....yea. But oh so much damn fun.

Autoblog

Part 1
First Drive: 2010 Ford Shelby GT500, Part 1 - Living on the (live axle) limit

Part 2
First Drive: Ford Shelby GT500 Day 2 - Where do we sign?


Motor Trend

2010 Ford Shelby GT500 - First Test - Motor Trend


Inside Line (w/ video)

2010 Ford Shelby GT500 Follow-Up Test and Video on Inside Line

[LeonOfTheDead]

it definitely looks better now.
and I would say even better than the contenders.

[Ferrer]

It'd be great if they sold Mustangs in Europe.

[f6fhellcat13]

It'd be great if they sold Mustangs in Europe.

If sold for American prices in Europe it could work, but do you think it would if it was marked up to a more European price?

Sick car, though.

[digitalcraft]

You know, I think this is one reason Ford isn't going for the government help like GM and Chrysler. They make an awesome car, and yes it is awesome. But they make money off of it even off people who can't afford it because you can buy a very similar cool looking car for a lot less.

When GM decided they wanted to compete with Ford, did they make an awesome car that was part of other lines? Not really. Where are you going to find a $20,000 Corvette? Corvettes start at the price for this car!

Now, maybe they learned their lesson by introducing the new Camaro, but of course its too late and they haven't been able to produce the halo model.

What about a viper? Nope. No $20,000 vipers. Again, maybe the challenger would have been the solution, but too late.

Ford on the otherhand has been using this model with the Mustang for a very long time. I just feel like they are a little smarter with their Mustang. Now only if they could be smart with their brand engineering...

[teatako]

it definitely looks better now.
and I would say even better than the contenders.

Wasn´t Bertone involved in the styling of this car? At least, I remember there was a Bertone styled orange Mustang with mustang horse-upholstered seats, which Auto & Design called "hideous".

[clutch-monkey]

It'd be great if they sold Mustangs in Europe.

or even in RHD, you know, for that other market that buys V8's

[cmcpokey]

You know, I think this is one reason Ford isn't going for the government help like GM and Chrysler. They make an awesome car, and yes it is awesome. But they make money off of it even off people who can't afford it because you can buy a very similar cool looking car for a lot less.

When GM decided they wanted to compete with Ford, did they make an awesome car that was part of other lines? Not really. Where are you going to find a $20,000 Corvette? Corvettes start at the price for this car!

Now, maybe they learned their lesson by introducing the new Camaro, but of course its too late and they haven't been able to produce the halo model.

What about a viper? Nope. No $20,000 vipers. Again, maybe the challenger would have been the solution, but too late.

Ford on the otherhand has been using this model with the Mustang for a very long time. I just feel like they are a little smarter with their Mustang. Now only if they could be smart with their brand engineering...

that was always the point of the pony car, give high hp/dollar ratio. only ford maintained it. gm had the camaro and firebird for ages, but for some unknown reason didnt developa replacement for way too long, and gave the market to ford. i really dont know chrysler's situation with that, but they do have the crossfire and the SRT cars.

Wasn´t Bertone involved in the styling of this car? At least, I remember there was a Bertone styled orange Mustang with mustang horse-upholstered seats, which Auto & Design called "hideous".

Guigaro. and i dont think this is really that similar.

[clutch-monkey]

Guigaro. and i dont think this is really that similar.

agreed. at most i think some details on the front headlights are reminiscent of that mustang.

[digitalcraft]

Nah, the front of this car is much closer to the previous shelby than to the guigaro.

http://www.hyts.hu/autok/ford/mustan...gt500kr_r8.jpg (you can tell its the older because of the side the cobra is on. :P)

That in term is a retro styling from the original
http://www.shelbyforums.com/forums/a...ia-106088a.jpg

(grill breaking top and bottom of front bumper)

On the other hand, the guigaro has the slanted front struts, yes:
http://tuningnews.us/files/guigaro_mustang_tuning.jpg

But the overall design is supposed to be the continuous grill breaking with the front bumper.

[Rockefella]

From what I have seen and read, looks like an honest, good all-around car. Just what it should be.

[ThisBlood147]

or even in RHD, you know, for that other market that buys V8's

Agreed. It would be nice if Ford could "go global" with more of its products. There are alot of Ford's European and Australian models that would do so well here in NA, and likewise there seems to be a fairly large following of ppl across the pond that would like to be able to purchase specimens like this new GT500 without having to pay to import it (or convert it to RHD).

[clutch-monkey]

yeah, it seems like the mustang is high volume enough that they could sell it in any market and it wouldn't cost them very much to do so?

[LeonOfTheDead]

Wasn´t Bertone involved in the styling of this car? At least, I remember there was a Bertone styled orange Mustang with mustang horse-upholstered seats, which Auto & Design called "hideous".

Italdesign, Giorgetto Giugiaro

that was always the point of the pony car, give high hp/dollar ratio. only ford maintained it. gm had the camaro and firebird for ages, but for some unknown reason didnt developa replacement for way too long, and gave the market to ford. i really dont know chrysler's situation with that, but they do have the crossfire and the SRT cars.

Guigaro. and i dont think this is really that similar.

I said Giugiaro.

I think the cars look pretty similar, even if the production version clearly recall the original concept from 2002.
I don't think Giugiaro/Italdesign was involved in the styling or design of this Mustang, there is no sign of it on their website.

[Ferrer]

If sold for American prices in Europe it could work, but do you think it would if it was marked up to a more European price?

Sick car, though.

That depends on what an European price would be.

My highly uncientific test says that if we take the Corvette as an example the Mustang would cost here 32.500€ for the V6, 43.300€ for the GT and 71.700€ for the Shelby. On the other hand if we take the HHR as a base the V6 would cost 17.500€, the GT 23.300€ and the Shelby 38.600€.

I'd definitely buy one for HHR prices. Corvette prices are a bit too high though, especially for the Shelby.

or even in RHD, you know, for that other market that buys V8's

Indeed. At least you've got the Falcon.

Agreed. It would be nice if Ford could "go global" with more of its products. There are alot of Ford's European and Australian models that would do so well here in NA, and likewise there seems to be a fairly large following of ppl across the pond that would like to be able to purchase specimens like this new GT500 without having to pay to import it (or convert it to RHD).

I'd even happily settle for a GT.