2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500

Ford’s most incendiary pony car loses a whole lot of weight underhood and gets the performance and handling it has always deserved.
No matter how good the Shelby GT500 has looked on paper, the car has always fallen short in reality, not unlike LeBron and the Cavs. Part of the reason could be its live rear axle, a component junked by virtually every carmaker decades ago, and rightly so—it’s awfully hard to get a car to handle and ride optimally without an independent rear suspension.

2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0 - Short Take Road Test

The new 5.0 is one hell of an engine, and it’s installed in one hell of a car.
The ingredients needed to make a Mustang: horsepower, horsepower, and more horsepower, plus a chrome pony, a glove box, and a cigarette lighter. Thankfully, Ford has embellished on this old-fashioned recipe with a car that handles, gets decent fuel economy when driven mildly, and doesn’t consume your driveway like the much larger and heavier Chevy Camaro and Dodge Challenger.

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