What Ford paid for the SHELBY nameplate

[Upacurb]

Shelby is a brand that has lost its luster

Anyone remember Saleen?

Try to buy something from them, Steve Saleen has not been involved in the business for years, they went bankrupt at least once, now owned by some Chinese company

But back to Shelby American.... a 2026 Super Snake at 830HP, which is just a C hair more then the GT 401A can make with a $13000 to $14000 investment
The starting price is like $177,000

Why am I paying $100,000 ++ more for some plastic add on parts and funny fenders and a hood?

And Shelby is selling all the take off parts so they are making even more money

As I have said before, I paid just under 57K for my 2024 GT 401A ragtop, I had budgeted another 13K for a blower and decided against it, but my all in would have been 70K with a Ford warranty.

Even if I went big brakes and handling stuff I would not have been in for over 80 right?

So again I am going to give them an extra $100K plus for what?

I totally agree... while I am a fan of the Ford Performance Shelby cars .... the Las Vegas built cars feel like a money grab.... let's just say the s650 gt350s are pretty much laughed at by the s550 gt350 crowd...

It's 10 variations of a whipped GT with some stickers and a few random suspension parts for way too much money...

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[MaddNomad]

Yep I also think they made it confusing - before it was

GT
Mach 1 - GT with performance parts
GT350 - 5.2 flat crank
GT500 - 5.2 supercharged

Now its

GT
Dark Horse - GT with performance parts
Dark Horse SC - 5.2 Supercharged

But here is the problem - I hear SC and I think supercharged.....but you can also have Dark Horse (non SC) and supercharge it and make similar numbers - but then you can also have the Tremec manual transmission.....

So if you have a Supercharged Dark Horse - your always going to have to explain if you have an SC or a Dark Horse with a whipple and vice-versa

Maybe they should have named it Cobra ....I mean who doesnt love Cobra?

The GT500 took nothing away from the Mach 1 being an awesome car and having a Cobra would do nothing to take away from the Dark Horse being an awesome car as well......

If they wanted simplicity (and to stay away from any snake imagery) they could’ve just brought back SVT badging for Ford Racing vehicles.