Ford GT V6 powering Shelby GT500?
The upcoming Ford Mustang based Shelby GT500, slated to be released around late 2017 or early 2018, might come with the biggest weapon in Ford's engine arsenal.
Rumour mills are spinning as a result of clever PR work from Ford which indicate that the Ford GT's twin turbo 3 liter Ecoboost V6 might be powering the Shelby GT500. While the figures for the GT are sky high (600 plus hp from a tiny engine), the GT500 will most likely feature a slightly detuned version of the ultra-efficient Ecoboost engine.
The GT500's smaller, less powerful little brother, the GT350, is already on the way to the showroom floors, and will for now, hold the barrage of muscle car fans foaming at the mouth for some Shelby Mustang action. Initial reaction from the same fans towards the Ecoboost V6 in the GT500 are negative, since traditional muscle car fans are a conservative lot, resistant towards anything more or less than a V8 configuration.
However, Ford's plans for the GT500 might include a charge at the European sports car market, although the GT500's possible horsepower-torque figures place it squarely in supercar territory where it'll have to battle with more refined machines. As Jeremy Clarkson showed us on Top Gear though, a big American muscle car with stripes and Cobra badges on European roads is not that shocking a sight. Europeans don't know what kind of hooliganism they're missing.
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