Thursday 18th June 2015

Shelby Mustang Super Snake announced

Iconic Ford tuner's latest creation packs 750hp and "drool inducing" eye candy; when's it in the UK?

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We'll get to the spec in just a second but if you need an official sentence to describe the Shelby Super Snake then it's this: "If you wanted quiet, go to the library or buy a hybrid." Brilliant.

Shelby Super Snake. Not good for lisps

Specifically that relates to the sound from the new Borla exhaust but it's a useful description for the whole Shelby Mustang; subtle this car is not. From the splitter and the hood scoops to the stripes and the forged 20-inch wheels, the Super Snake is not a vehicle for those wishing to make covert progress.

The standard Mustang GT is already a very impressive car so the possibility of one with another 300hp sounds hilarious. There is a 650hp package but why bother with that when you could have 750hp? All Super Snakes receive the carbon body parts (splitter, 'Super Snake hood', mirror caps, rear spoiler and diffuser), at least a thousand Shelby badges plus a few parts from Ford Performance. So there's a supercharger and exhaust plus handling and cooling packs straight from Henry's catalogue. See as well the Shelby Wilwood front brakes with six-piston calipers and carbon gauge boost cluster. Because what's a tuner car without gauges?

One thing better than V8? Supercharged V8!

There are a few key tweaks that take the 650hp Super Snake to 750hp and beyond. The Ford Performance supercharger is swapped for either a Whipple 750 or Kenne Bell 750, the cooling is further upgraded and the rear brakes are Wilwood also. Need more? The options list includes even more carbon, a roll cage with harnesses and race seats.

A fairly comprehensive package then, as you might expect for a $50,000 conversion. The 750hp Super Snake is $55,000 on top of a standard Mustang GT. But then a V8 'stang costs less in dollars in America than it does here in pounds. So a base V8 is $32,300, or £20,300. At today's exchange rather $55,000 is £34,600, resulting in a brand-new 750hp Mustang for £55K. Warranty? Er, we'll get back to you...

[Source: Shelby]

[British Beef]

The tuning potential and aftermarket options list for these Mustangs engines & chassis is for me one of the biggest pulls, to an already attractive package!

11 sec Quarter mile with some sticky tyres ?

[kambites]

It may be necessar, but that bonnet scoop looks terrible. Still I could probably live with that for the amusement of 750bhp.

[NicoG]

I used to think American Cars, all of them, were just plain WRONG.

More recently, I've come to thinking that there are some of these "re-born Muscle Cars" that I would have as a fourth / fifth / sixth car, but this one I really do love.

Yes I know it will not handle like a mosquito, but how much joy would you get from a) the noise it doubtless makes, b) Just look at it !!

The paint looks absolutely fantastic.

[Fartgalen]

I'll just say this.
"Yes please"!

[unpc]

This is not helping me at all. Mine's on order (same colour) but won't be here till the end of the year.

I'll have to console myself with a mere 420bhp though.

[vz-r_dave]

British Beef said:

The tuning potential and aftermarket options list for these Mustangs engines & chassis is for me one of the biggest pulls, to an already attractive package!

11 sec Quarter mile with some sticky tyres ?

750hp and sticky tyres, i'll go with high 10's.

[vz-r_dave]

NicoG said:

I used to think American Cars, all of them, were just plain WRONG.

More recently, I've come to thinking that there are some of these "re-born Muscle Cars" that I would have as a fourth / fifth / sixth car, but this one I really do love.

Yes I know it will not handle like a mosquito, but how much joy would you get from a) the noise it doubtless makes, b) Just look at it !!

The paint looks absolutely fantastic.

Sorry where does the 'not handle' comment come from? The last Mustang was pretty much on par with the E90 M3.

[Mafffew]

Oooo yes please.

[SturdyHSV]

vz-r_dave said:

Sorry where does the 'not handle' comment come from? The last Mustang was pretty much on par with the E90 M3.

The 70s and 80s, the same place all of Clarkson's opinions on American cars come from

[kambites]

vz-r_dave said:

The last Mustang was pretty much on par with the E90 M3.

That's not a very high bar to set.

[Centurion07]

vz-r_dave said:

NicoG said:

I used to think American Cars, all of them, were just plain WRONG.

More recently, I've come to thinking that there are some of these "re-born Muscle Cars" that I would have as a fourth / fifth / sixth car, but this one I really do love.

Yes I know it will not handle like a mosquito, but how much joy would you get from a) the noise it doubtless makes, b) Just look at it !!

The paint looks absolutely fantastic.

Sorry where does the 'not handle' comment come from? The last Mustang was pretty much on par with the E90 M3.

To be fair, he didn't say it didn't handle, he said "it wouldn't handle like a mosquito". Subtle, but important, difference.

As Kam said, that hood is blergh. Seats look sexy though!

[J4CKO]

Wonder how much it will cost us, delivered and registered, will it be on a par with an M4 price wise but have another 300 bhp ?

[Happyjap]

This is classic car and no one do it better than America except beloved Japan, please hear me no believe me later!

[justanother5tar]

fk yeah. 'merica!

[Troubleatmill]

SturdyHSV said:

vz-r_dave said:

Sorry where does the 'not handle' comment come from? The last Mustang was pretty much on par with the E90 M3.

The 70s and 80s, the same place all of Clarkson's opinions on American cars come from

Not entirely true. The Corvette ZR1 was his car of the year in 2008.

[Happyjap]

justanother5tar said:

fk yeah. 'merica!

Although crude and aggressive I agree with this!!

[MisterF]

It's irritating that "a V8 'stang costs less in dollars in America than it does here in pounds".

[Centurion07]

I'd imagine if we were buying 12,000 a month the price would probably come down a bit.

[aka_kerrly]

MisterF said:

It's irritating that "a V8 'stang costs less in dollars in America than it does here in pounds".

Aside from exchange rates you also have to consider that in the USA Ford sell as many Mustangs in a year as they sell Fiestas & Focus models in the UK.

[flatso]

How long before the european manufacturers will understand that a lot of us still want a good old V8 with a manual transmission at a decent price.
Jaguar, BMW, Mercedes etc.etc. have all jumped on the über-technologische bandwagon with useless driver aids that nobody asked for, and forgot on the way that a manual V8 will opean the pockets a lot easier then any infrared night vision, massage seat hokus pokus.

Bravo Ford!