SuzyF:
JimFlat6:
And with those kind words above......
Get it and enjoy it. 662hp and a manual transmission is fun. A friend of mine has a 72 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 that weighs the same as 3 series BMW. Originally it had 375hp/500ft lbs from its 455 cu inch engine. Since it was bored .40 over for 572 cu inches ( about 9 liters of displacement) heads done and given a full race cam, its even more fun. His neighbor who owns a 458 Ferrari keeps asking to buy it.
Okay I might have been a bit rude there
An old muscle car is so much nicer than this Shelby. And IMHO, the Challanger is the only modern take on these retro muscle cars that actually works visually. But of course this is all very subjective
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Suzy
2013 Porsche Boxster S (MT) | Basalt black metallic [SOLD]
2014 Audi A6 Avant 3.0 BiTDI Quattro | Moonshine blue metallic
Really desirable old "muscle" cars cost a fortune. I had an offer for a classic Shelby GT500 in very good condition for almost 150k EUR. Ouch. I also don't like how classic muscle cars drive, the chassis is a joke on most of these cars and believe it or not, with the KW Stage 3 chassis and Watt link on the rear axle, the Mustang GT 500 Shelby is actually quite the track machine. Also, many of these "desirable" muscle cars have a three speed or four speed automatic. These are nice cars for collectors or real fans but not for drivers. Those who drive these cars on a regular basis usually modified them heavily. Also, from a safety point of view, classic cars have no side impact protection, airbags or whatever, classic cars are dangerous. Since I always take my son for a ride, well...nope.
Also, the Ford Mustang GT500 Shelby has the advantage that it can be easily transformed into a Super Snake with around 850 horses. Add 20k EUR worth of ORIGINAL parts (Shelby uses the same parts for their official mods) and you're done. Want more power? Up to 1000 hp are possible.
The new Challenger SRT Hellcat seems to be only good on straights and even then, this car cannot put the power on the road (proven by many YouTube videos).I really like how the Challenger looks but when you get close to this car and see it in person, it is a huge car. In my opinion, the Challenger is disproportional big for such a car and the Mustang looks much better in reality. See both cars side by side live and you'll understand. The Challenger looks as if it has been "blown" up. It is a very nice car on photos but when you stand next to it, no so much.
The Mustang is not supposed to replace my Turbo S but to be a fun car for me and my son for weekends. This is actually the problem here: Since I can use it on weekends only, the Turbo S makes even less sense. So when the lease runs out, I really have to think about what car to get for weekend fun driving because lately, I barely saw a track and I usually enjoy the drives with my son and not with friends anymore. Considering the cost of a Turbo S and the one of a Shelby, well... A Turbo S and a Shelby GT 500 however make a lot of sense from a fun point of view. I would even add a Fiat Abarth 695 Biposto to the mix, just for the fun of it. I also considered getting my old favorite Lancia Delta HF Integrale Sedici but very "good" cars cost over 40k EUR and I still remember how many issues I had with the Integrale. I doubt this changed, especially on used cars.
At some point, I was even thinking of getting a used Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe 507 Edition, I once had a C63 AMG Coupe PP and the 507 Editions sell for interesting prices nowadays but I wanted a more "special" muscle car, something out of the ordinary, so the Mustang GT500 Shelby would have been perfect.
Bad news though: Since I didn't find an additional parking space, I have to pass on this car. My wife wasn't willing to keep her X3 outside of the garage (we have three parking spaces outside of the garage too) because it can get pretty cold in winter time and we tried and tried and tried but the garage only fits four cars. Bad luck I guess, my son is crushed, poor little fellow. He really loves this car.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Turbo S, Porsche Boxster S (981), Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT (2014), BMW X3 35d (2013)