If you thought the last Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang packed a powerful pair of balls, feast your horsepower-craving eyes on the 2010 version.
With a nod to the original Shelby Cobras of the '60s, Ford's Special Vehicle Team bestowed this GT500 with 540 roaring horses and 510 ft-lbs of torque from its 5.4-liter V8, a “Gurney Flap” spoiler to tune rear down force and keep its 19-inch Goodyear F1 Supercar tires attached to the asphalt, and a new aggressive front end and bulging hood that, seen in some poor unsuspecting bastard's rear view, just screams "get the fuck outta my way". (They've also added AdvanceTrac, their stability control system, to help keep you from sidewinding all that power into a guard rail.)
It also gets an upgraded, Shelby-worthy interior. With real leather on all seats. Real aluminum on the instrument panel with a unique-to-GT500 three-dimensional dimpled texture pattern inspired by racing clutch plates, braided hoses and cross-drilled racing brake rotors. And a classic white shift knob.
High tech additions include Ford's SYNC system for voice-activated hands-free communication and entertainment, and adjustable ambient lighting system that lets you customize the interior lights from one of seven colors, depending on your mood. Which, behind the wheel of this monster, is most often going to be "Delirious."
