Comments on: Review: 2010 Ford Shelby GT500

By: bedak

bedak — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:32:36 +0000

LOL @ bancruptcy2009, have you ment that AWD of a stang could reach 3 sec 0-60 and 9 sec in 1/4 mile? Cause that would be honestly reasonable for a 2010 GT500 SS!

By: reedfast

reedfast — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:04:17 +0000

My town has quite a few sports cars, and i have personally seen 3 or 4 2010 camaros, let me tell you, these things are loud! One of them was lowered with black rims and a turbo kit, that thing made like 600hp
and it was super loud.

By: Bankruptcy2009

Bankruptcy2009 — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:05:29 +0000

I just wanna Know if Ford is gonna put a Warp drive in this thing so I can blast off to the planet Katnipton!

By: fourspeed

fourspeed — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:31:15 +0000

i hope the new camaro is lot better built the last generation of rust buckets and and keep the parts stores in business, they built there best in the 60 and early 70 to 72 and thats it

By: Bankruptcy2009

Bankruptcy2009 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:40:25 +0000

Eventually I want to see an All Wheel Drive Electric Power Mustang that does 0-60 in .9 seconds and the Standing Quarter mile in 3.0 seconds

By: archiebunker99

archiebunker99 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:20:42 +0000

all the talk just turbo charge the 6.2 ford raptor and lets meet up on any road street.really the truth is ford,s not broke so u can still get warranty.I really want a camaro but trust the government for warranty not today.well the bottom line the new sms challenger for 85000 with 750hp will be the fastest and i hate dodge but whatever turns your gears i,ll see u all in the mud raptor baby

By: blksn8k

blksn8k — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:27:46 +0000

Rumor has it the 2011 GT500 will have an aluminum block 5.4L. I am seriously considering this car but I can wait another year. It will only get better.

As for NMOFGM, dude you need to wake up. Attitudes like yours are exactly why GM is in the position they find themselves in now. Deny reality all you want but it won’t change a thing. The days of GM (or Ford for that matter) being able to live in the past are over. GM as you wish it could stay will not work anymore. Get over it. More oil indeed.

By: darkcoffee

darkcoffee — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:44:32 +0000

We can talk Corvette vs GT-R vs 911, or GT500 vs SRT8, but comparing corvette to GT500 is simply asinine. I own a Corvette, and I’m ordering a GT500 soon. They’re both great cars, but they aren’t designed to compete with each other.

By: desertdriver

desertdriver — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:30:59 +0000

Shouldn’t the speedometer be marked to 200mph instead of 160mph?

By: tyler_is_aero_tt

tyler_is_aero_tt — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:58:08 +0000

Hahaha that was good.

By: jayjc08

jayjc08 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:49:48 +0000

Chuck Norris shlt his pants when he saw this.

By: jdasch1

jdasch1 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:03:14 +0000

stripes are optional. Order yours with “no charge stripe delete”.

By: MurcieMe

MurcieMe — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:28:22 +0000

Can someone Please answer me this: Can you order this car WITHOUT the stupid racing stripes?
Please tell me this is a deletable option . . .

By: F50

F50 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:33:54 +0000

Like Me and Teahead said they need to put in that 6.4 Hemi in, and shed off some weight while they are at it.

By: muttonchops

muttonchops — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:46:23 +0000

Cheap plastic all across the dash? Are you serious? It’s all soft and cushy except for the radio area and the REAL ALUMINUM INSERTS. Sure the door panels could use an upgrade but you make it sound as bad as the old version. The dash plastics are first rate. They probably shouldn’t have let you drive it while high.

By: teahead

teahead — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:04:37 +0000

Very very nice, but I can’t help wonder a new Camaro SS with 430hp for $35k. Bolt on a supercharger for $7k, and for $43k, you can have a bad arse, IRS-fitted Camaro that should be able to do mid-12s like this car.

Still, very agressive looking and the best ’stang ever! Kudos to Ford!

Challenger? They better stick in a 540hp 392ci 6.4 Hemi in that Challenger ASAP!

By: fordman

fordman — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:48:42 +0000

Same old boring looking piece of crap!

By: Bimmer

Bimmer — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:59:25 +0000

Johnny,

I love ‘horses’ and especially ’snakes’ as reviewed above. But what’s wrong with Diesel? After tuning 3-liter twin turbo found in 335d, X5 and European 535d liberates 344bhp at 4200rpm and a faintly ludicrous 506lb ft at 2000rpm. And it’s from almost half of displacement of a GT500! But nothing can beat V8 for aural pleasure

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:45:20 +0000

540 horse and it’s livable. I really, really am praying the majority of the sheeple revel in their environmentally friendly City/Hybrid/Clean Diesel/EV commuter coffins so that the rest of may live to experience cars like this for years… make that decades to come. Go ahead and frown as I’m two blocks down the road in a haze of smoke before you’re through that first intersection. Life is just too short and as selfish as this may sound I honestly hope most of my fellow motorists never come to the same conclusion.

By: melias

melias — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:13:10 +0000

Seriously, I have driven both the older version of the GT500, and this one that will replace it in the next month or so. This car is so much more livable than the older one that it’s not even funny.

All that and you get the power of the KR too.

By: jdasch1

jdasch1 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:52:07 +0000

I know two guys that own the GT500’s One is on his 4th set of tires and the other one baby’s it. Neither car has had one single warrenty claim. As a matter of fact, the one that gets driven as hard as hell, he swears it is getting faster by the mile, and better gas mileage when he doesn’t get on it. He said on a recent 200 mile cruise with moderate jolts of acceleration, he got 17 MPG. Mileage like a truck with the same motor. And yes, the exhaust note is way cool on hard accel.

By: tyler_is_aero_tt

tyler_is_aero_tt — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:23:05 +0000

I’d take this over the Camaro any day.

By: save saab

save saab — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:17:36 +0000

Hey NMOFGM: I like the Camaro a lot, but I’d rather have this cause I’ve driven a Shelby GT500 and it is just brutal. Plus, the mustang GT500 is more powerful, and fun. Really, this is a true American Muscle car, as the Camaro is really a shorter Holden Commodore, (Pontiac G8). You were funny at first but now you’re extremely annoying.

By: andy

andy — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:08:04 +0000

i’d say as far as specs and price goes, it definitely is more in competition with the C6 than the SS Camaro.. comparing the two is sort of like comparing the ZR1 to the GT500 just because vette and stang have models that cross paths at one point in their power/price bracket doesnt mean ****… so pretty much what im saying is, is that anyone who says the GT500 would smoke the SS is outright retarded… GM puts out the Z28 then there is something to compare

By: Fromes

Fromes — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:44:50 +0000

numbers are pretty close to a C6 vette and that is really saying something….Im a chevy guy but I would seriously considering owning one of these…unless of course GM gets their act together and produces a Camaro Z/28

By: telememo

telememo — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:02:35 +0000

I like it. Wouldn’t buy it, but I like it.I would buy a Z instead. I guess this is what got GM and Ford in trouble, good cars, but not good enough!

By: melias

melias — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:56:43 +0000

BlazeAbraham09

I am no drag racer but saw a personal best on the Infineon strip of 12.53 @113 with street tires. The other events on the road course were not set up for timing or that sort of thing, so this is all I can give to you at this time.

By: BlazeAbraham09

BlazeAbraham09 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:44:24 +0000

Yo Mr. Elias!

The gentlemen at Car and Driver ran a test and they say the acceleration times for the Shelby are similar to the Camaro SS. Edmunds, however, says that the “Shelby GT smokes the Camaro SS.” Did you record any times?

By: SHOspeed

SHOspeed — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:22:36 +0000

This car amazes me more and more. They redesign for 2010 really put the GT500 into another catagory of car. The interior ir beautiful and the exterior is amazing and as bad ass as you could ever want! Beautiful job Ford! Now THAT is a muscle car my friends.

By: Payton Byrd

Payton Byrd — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:19:31 +0000

Not to be a jerk, but doesn’t the Corvette cost about the same and have roughly the same acceleration numbers but much better track numbers?

If not, then WOW. If Ford has finally made a stock Mustang that can run with a Corvette around a track then that is BIG news.

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:55:18 +0000

I don’t know how anyone else feels, but myself I think the redesign did the most justice on this GT500 as it looks like the complete package now, with the interior finally catching up with the good looks of the exterior. Shame about the plastics though, maybe they’ll offer the leather package like last year to cover the dash and door panels to cover the cheap stuff though.

Agreed with Johnny though, especially since I haven’t seen anyone else long term a GT500 yet.

By: Apolus

Apolus — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:48:59 +0000

I saw one of these on Fort Street in Southgate, MI yesterday while I was at the ATM. Luckily the driver had a heavy right foot so I got an earful when he pulled away from the stoplight. Having not heard a Camaro I cannot comment on it comparatively, but this car has one of the most amazing exhaust notes you will ever hear. It makes the Challenger sound absolutely weak. Period.

I was psyched to see and hear it.

By: fuzz40

fuzz40 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:47:10 +0000

I am sure you will get a chance to get some handling numbers soon. I would like to see how the GT500 stacks up against the C6 vette. I am not really expecting the GT500 to come out on top but could be an interesting comparison…

By: melias

melias — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:33:40 +0000

Eh Johnny!

Don’t I wish they let us keep one!

And yes, we are still waiting on the first entry into the long term fleet. B-)

^Fuzz40

We weren’t running with any instrumentation at Infineon, so sorry we can’t provide numbers as to handling. But from a seat of the pants standpoint, it felt great!

Mark

By: jmayhew

jmayhew — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:10:18 +0000

This car makes the Challenger SRT-8 and Camaro SS look like girlie cars.