The Ford Mustang Shelby 350 GT was never intended for Europe, but if there’s a new video, it’s more than a game for the most demanding roads on the continent.
Late last year, the popular, European, YouTuber AutoTopNL car managed to get hold of one of Ford’s most powerful modern muscle cars and turn it on the German motorway. But you do not have to watch the resulting video (via Road & Track) to know that the car has performed the task. Just listen to the roar of his V-8 as it darkens 170 km / h.
The YouTubers could shout at speeds that would have them thrown in jail in the US because large sections of the public highway system, mainly in non-urban areas, are without federally mandated speed limits. Thanks to the fact that AutoTopNL can be seen towards the end of the video (about 3:10), the white GT350 drove to a top speed of 172 km / h and held it for ten full seconds. But while the driver appears to have an explosion to move the car, the track contains a warning that says, ‘DO NOT TRY! This part of the German Autobahn has no speed limit. ”
2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Heritage Edition
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As impressive as the ‘Rod looks and sounds’, its execution should come as no surprise. The beloved GT350, which has just been discontinued after six years, gets its power from a natural aspiration 5.2-liter flat-crank V-8 that rotates 526 horses and 429 ft pounds and can hit reclines at 8250 rpm. Coupled with a six-speed Tremec 3160 manual transmission, the hulking factory can accelerate the car from zero to 60 km / h in just 3.9 seconds and reach a top speed of 180 km per hour. Indeed, the greasy coupe is even faster than shown in the video.
All that power comes at a surprisingly reasonable cost. The 2020 GT350 started at $ 61,365. But now that the car is no longer being manufactured – it is being replaced by the limited edition Mach 1 – you should not be surprised if the price starts to climb in the secondary market.