Hoovey689

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Shelby announces 2013 GT500 Super Snake with up to 850 horsepower

When Shelby first launched the GT500 Super Snake in 2007 (or relaunched, if you consider the one-off 1967 prototype), the 5.4-liter supercharged V8 was boosted all the way up to... wait for it... 600 horsepower. Fast-forward just five years and the muscle car landscape looks quite different. The 2013 Shelby GT500 now comes with 662 tire-shredding horsepower from the factory.

To their credit, Shelby American has kept pace the past few years, introducing an 800-horsepower Super Snake and the almighty Shelby 1000. The latest Super Snake model takes things another step further, offering up an incredible 850 horsepower. If that's too much to handle, customers can opt out of the supercharger upgrade and stick with the factory 662 ponies.

Of course, there's more to the Super Snake than just raw horsepower. The post-title package includes items like upgraded front and rear brakes, Borla exhaust, sport suspension, Shelby-designed 20-inch wheels and a beefier cooling package. There's also the signature stripes, fiberglass hood and an optional widebody kit that allows for wider wheels and tires.

In total the Super Snake package will lighten your wallet by $28,995, not including the base GT500, or $39,995 if you opt for the 850 horsepower version.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/19/s...850-horsepowe/

I8ABMR

850 HP is a RWD platform = accident waiting to happen. That thing would be cool in a straight line . Not sure about the corners. It is amazing that you can get that much power for less than 80K combines ( car and mods)

Hoovey689

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Simply brilliant!!

edgeucated

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holy smokes, that is just insane

JessePS

Plus starting at like $40k, that is one hell of a price point for a car with 850 hp.

SC400slide

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$40K? That seems cheap for so much HP. It's slowly inching it's way towards the 1001 HP in the bugatti veyron..
Thought these are 2 completely different cars, I would rather pay 100 grand on this shelby than 2 million on a veyron...

Jewcano

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Is everyone missing the pricing here? It's 40k for the GT500 PLUS 29k for the 850HP modifications....ie you're looking at a 70k car......

I thought my math was bad...

dc893

People are going to kill themselves and other people with this car. Just imagine a spoiled teenager driving this thing.
Very cool car, the Shelby is the only new Mustang I do like.

JessePS

Totally misread everything so it is about $40k on top of the regular model, which is still pretty decent for a 850 hp car. It still within range for certain people.

I can foresee everyone that buys it, will probably total the car.

Ap1_Alan

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Including YOU

a base GT500 is $55k.

Super snake package is +$30k
Super snake + supercharger upgrade is +$40k.

So you're looking at $85k or $95k depending which option you get

Ls400RR

Super snake I like the name

Hoovey689

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This snake has a lot more venom than the Viper albeit the latter handles better

grabber2

Thank you......

Jewcano

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Hah, I did.....wooopsies :3

Least we got the numbers squared out this time .

adamls2

People have already been saying that the "regular" GT500, if you can call it that, is already overpowered for the chassis. Even though this is a tuner's dream, it is pretty silly comparing it to other cars in that price point.