One Of A Kind Cobra Rears Head In Honour Of Carroll Shelby

The amazing 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Cobra.

The Friends of Carroll Shelby have come up with something very special indeed in honour of the man himself – an 850-horsepower Ford Racing supercharged V8 GT500 Cobra! It comes with an ultra wide body kit to really stand out, even from the ‘standard’ variant with over 600 horsepower.

“Even at 89 years of age, Carroll was an inspiration to us all,” says Jim Farley, Ford’s group vice president for sales and marketing. “This year marks the 50th anniversary of the original Shelby Cobra. The one-off car we have created represents the very idea he had about making the 2013 Shelby GT500 into a true Cobra.”

Up until his death, Carroll Shelby remained committed to developing great performance cars. Even at the age of 88, he spent more than five hours driving the most powerful production Mustang ever during engineering validation sessions at Sebring and the Arizona Proving Grounds in late 2011.

“Sadly, Carroll Shelby is no longer with us, but his spirit lives on with the designers and engineers he interacted with over the years and he will continue to influence Ford performance cars for many years to come,” says Farley.