THGL

oh.my.god

Ford's SVT has announced the 2007 Shelby Cobra GT500. Wow!
Link

Here's a small taste:

MSD

I don't have time to read teh article now, but I scrolled through for the pics, and I have a few thoughts.

Finally, after all these years, the cobra bagde is back on something without the name, and that deserves it.

That paint is a perfect match for the old style, and the black panels along the bottom really elongate and thin out the chunky new Mustang look. I see they didn't put side scoops on, but those are really useless anyway. It's also nice to see they're doing something about the air pressure buildup under the hood, which is probably going to be worse due to the bigger front grille.

I'll come back and read it later, but I need to get going to class now.

thatoneguy

Wow... that looks just... wow. I NEED that!

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bigdaddy19

Oh my, me wantee!

Lockjaw

Oh I dunno I think the 03-04 Mustang Cobras deserved the name considering how fast they are out of the box and how ridiculously fast they can be made for very little cash.

liquidlight

These are gorgeous, of course, they're Shelby's. I still want a '68 Shelby GT though!

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Ramega

As a Mustang Cobra driver, I admit I have been looking forward to this car for a long time. Somehow, it's disappointing. I am bummed that they removed the grill-mounted headlamps that were such a fixture on the old classics, and look so cool on the new Mustang. I like the concepts that <A HREF="http://www.muscularmustangs.com/2005/07cobra.php">these</A> guys came up with better.

The original Shelbys are an institution. You can't fuck with that. What would be wrong with just making it the next generation SVT Cobra?

Lockjaw

IIRC the old Shelbys did not have fogs in the grill. The only thing I think they failed to do correctly on the car was the spoiler. They tried to go for a ducktail however it fails miserablely. It needs to be more molded into the deck. As it stands now it just looks tacked on there but I think the car looks best without a spoiler anyway.

THGL

The 67-68 Shelbys did have fog lights in the grill (some of them at least).

questone

These are gorgeous

Tech

i agree, if they are going to do retro then where are the fog lamps? where are the FUNCTIONAL HOOD SCOOPS (not fake ones like last time)

it's like they took the fog lamps from the original GT500 and gave it to the GT but took the hood scoops/vents from the original BASE mustang and put it on the GT500





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Lockjaw

Hmmm must have been the GT350 that had the fogs in the lower chin area and not the grill that I was thinking about.

Ilow

yeah, that was the first thing i thought. Those driving lights really set the grill area off. I like that the new design is longer, I think it makes the car look like it flows nicer.

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JusticeForPhat

I would bitch that Ford stuck with a solid axle and 3 link instead of using an IRS, but as the article mentions on page 2, they can handle pretty well with the solid axle. Watching the Grand Am race at Daytona was an eye opener. The Mustang had no problem powering past everyone and making it through the turns fast. Just needs to drop a few pounds so that it can brake better.

Scorps

Some nice pics here:

LINK

IanSturgill

I really agree that the vintage shelby's are way sexier. As cliche as it is, i'd love one of those real eleanor recreations.

Scorps

I think everyone wants one of them

Ramega

And look at the size of the rotors in Pain Train's pictures. You know those could get the job done.

Scorps

Just noticed that...wow they gotta be 15 inchers for sure!

DEI37

You're close. The fronts are 14" cross drilled Brembo's and the rears are 13"!

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Scorps

And that was just a guess thinking the rims gotta be 17 inchers

Spektr

I would donate vital parts of my anatomy to Carroll Shelby if he asked me.

RaDiAn

Looks awsome, looks like great car, But I like the old look a bit better.