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First Drive: 2010 Ford Shelby GT500, Part 1 - Living on the (live axle) limit
6 April 2009, 11:57 am
Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Ford, First Drive
2010 Ford Shelby GT500 - Click above for high-res image gallery
The four pillars of Ford's SVT division are Performance, Exclusivity, Substance and Volume. No one is expecting the 2010 Shelby GT500 to have any problem with the last three - it's the first one that means everything. Ford told us the five tenets of the new car all start with the word "better" and end with horsepower, torque, handling, interior and fuel economy. Sent to Northern California for two days to drive it, we had only one question - whether all of those other "betters" truly equated to substantially improved performance than the previous car. The first day covered miles and miles of oceanside and backcountry roads. The second day covered figure-eights, the drag strip and the road course at Petaluma's Infineon Raceway. Follow the jump to see how the latest fanged horse does its thing.
Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Ford Shelby GT500, Part 1
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6 April 2009, 11:57 am
Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Ford, First Drive
2010 Ford Shelby GT500 - Click above for high-res image gallery
The four pillars of Ford's SVT division are Performance, Exclusivity, Substance and Volume. No one is expecting the 2010 Shelby GT500 to have any problem with the last three - it's the first one that means everything. Ford told us the five tenets of the new car all start with the word "better" and end with horsepower, torque, handling, interior and fuel economy. Sent to Northern California for two days to drive it, we had only one question - whether all of those other "betters" truly equated to substantially improved performance than the previous car. The first day covered miles and miles of oceanside and backcountry roads. The second day covered figure-eights, the drag strip and the road course at Petaluma's Infineon Raceway. Follow the jump to see how the latest fanged horse does its thing.
Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Ford Shelby GT500, Part 1
Photos copyright (C)2009 Drew Phillips / Weblogs, IncContinue reading First Drive: 2010 Ford Shelby GT500, Part 1 - Living on the (live axle) limit
First Drive: 2010 Ford Shelby GT500, Part 1 - Living on the (live axle) limit originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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