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Ford will roll out its most powerful street-legal vehicle ever with the launch of a new Mustang Shelby GT500 next year.
The new fast-back coupe will have a ‘700-plus horsepower’ supercharged V-8 engine. Ford’s current Mustang Shelby GT350 boasts 526-horsepower.
The new vehicle in 2019 will be twice as powerful as the original 1967 Mustang performance model.
Joe Hinrichs, Ford president of global operations, said the GT500 will be ‘the pinnacle of Mustang performance and highlights the innovation, ingenuity and passion of Ford Performance’.
The new ’Stang might aim to compete with Dodge’s 840-horsepower 2018 Challenger SRT Demon, which was released late last year. The Demon is billed as the world’s fastest quarter-mile production vehicle.
Ford has not released any detailed specifications or full photographs for the GT500.
The announcement was meant to be a teaser, Mr Hinrichs said. In a video released, see still shot right, the company showed a few close-ups of the vehicle, focusing on the iconic badging. The GT500 continues Ford’s relationship with custom performance vehicle manufacturer Shelby, which dates to the 1960s.
