One last goodbye to a big car personality: In honor of the 10th Late May 2012, Carroll Shelby unveiled the "Friends of Carroll Shelby" Last weekend the Mustang Shelby GT500 Cobra.
This arose from a unique collaboration between the Ford Motor Company, Shelby American and Ford Racing. In memory of the unforgettable tuner and designer of racing cars Ford has also renamed a street at the site of the development center in Dearborn (Michigan) in the name of the charismatic sports car legend.
Under the brand name of the car company, Cobra and Shelby developed in the past six decades, many high-performance vehicles. With its performance-enhanced and optimized for racing versions of the AC Cobra and the GT40 and Mustang models from Ford Shelby was instrumental from the early 1960s share of the excellent reputation of the brand in terms of high-performance automobiles.
Edsel Ford II (Member of the Board of Ford Motor Company), Jim Farley (Vice-President of Sales and Marketing) and John Air (president of Shelby American) gave a unique Shelby GT500 Cobra as part of the "Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion" before in California . This year's edition of the prestigious motorsport festival is dominated by Carroll Shelby and the 50-year anniversary of his 1962 Shelby Cobra race car featured.
"Carroll Shelby himself was at the age of 89 years have been an inspiration to us all," Jim Farley stressed during the ceremony. "We celebrate 2012, the 50-year anniversary of the original Shelby Cobra. This special model is its fascinating idea into practice, the current Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 to turn into a real Cobra."
Based on the standard Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 model year 2013 with 5.8 liters and 487 kW large (662 hp) V8 engine developed the "Friends of Carroll Shelby" a spectacular one-off. Under the much wider body is now a 4.0-liter V8 supercharged and provides more than 625 kW (850 hp) for an advance that would have been in keeping with the iconic developer. Thus, the sheer force not literally goes up in smoke on the rear axle provide powerful low-profile tires of size 345/30 ZR 20 for the extra grip.
