Shelby GT500 Laps Laguna Seca! - 2009 Best Drivers Car
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- Опубліковано 1 вер 2009
- Ride along for a hot lap at Laguna Seca in Ford's venomous Shelby GT500 Mustang as part of Motor Trend's 2009 Best Driver's Car competition. For the full story, check out the October issue of Motor Trend magazine.
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at last a good review that gives an honest opinion. instead of just saying the car is perfect all the time. nice vid
Long live the Mustang. The only pony car to have survived since its debut, GT500 is KING.
The new 2011 560HP Z28 debuts in late 2010.
It will utilize more aluminum to shed weight with an expected curbweight around 3500lbs (GT500 3900lbs)
The Aluminum 6.2 Liter LSA will be dropped in along with the clutch and flywheel from the Vette.
It will also use GM's magnetic selective IRS, and track tuned LSD from the CTSV.
GM said it would be priced competively with the GT500, but with that suspension, engine and LSD its worth paying a little more than a GT500.
I'm not from USA and I don't know soo much but this car is amaZing!
o man, he slid that sucker through the corkscrew! i didnt think it would handle as well as it does in this video. good lookin car!
True, they should have replaced the live rear axel with rear independent suspension.
The SS Camaro and the Shelby GT500 are both awesome cars and if I had the money I'd have the following:
SS Camaro Convertible, Corvette ZR1, Shelby GT500, Challenger SRT8 and Viper SRT10 Converitble.
I turned on the engine myself sitting in the seat (not shelby tuned, but still 2010 mustang). so sweet
Great job Motor trend!!! Awesome driving by Randy Probst!!!! Joke on Ford all you want but I don't sweat haters. Go Ford and God Bless America
Read between the lines. I only mentioned Mustangs because that was one of the subject cars. The real justification is that there's pretty much nothing in the Z06's price bracket that can outperform it.
The only car that comes to mind in the under-100k group is the Dodge Viper, and it's around 90k. And when Mustang guys talk about the price of Corvettes, they seem to forget the 80k disaster that was the GT500KR.
But I'm actually loving the current GT500. I think It's quite impressive.
yea laguna seca man i live like 5 min away from it i love that track
I like how he's just driving relaxed and not really enjoying it. Most people won't even sit in a car that fast, and he's not really effected by it at all.
My dad had lots of Chevy s back in the day, and I still remember riding in his 1969 Nova SS with an L88 427 in it, we still have the engine... but when I was old enough to buy my own muscle car, I looked at Firebird, and he said "for what"?! See , he caught on to the Mustang craze for one reason, those cars reminded him of the early 60's era muscle cars, heck, the stang even had headers from the factory, compared to manifolds and a Y pipe w/ a fake 2 pipe exhaust stick out back.
Awesome Car! On turn 8 "Corkscrew" you can see the car diving forward a little too much as it went down the Corkscrew, but it still handled well coming out of the turn.
This is probably the best track oriented Shelby Mustang. The new 2010 Super Snake has too much power to do a fast hot lap on a track like Laguna Seca, but it'd do well on any drag strip.
yeha man i found laguna seca really hard when i played in gran turismo lol but its exactly the same man wow
No that one they did right. Modern powerful and a great drive. Strangely few Americans bring it up.
Amazing... i love this car...
nice ride
By looking at the wheel he's correcting oversteer all the time and everytime he does that he loses time on a track. It handles a lot better than I thought it would be thought.
ever hear the phrase "If somethings not broke don't fix it?" the suspension works just fine for the car
ill have to agree with u on this one. I love the new Mustang GT500
God the corkscrew looks terrifying!!! I wanna do it!
yeah me too ^^
that downhill S-bend has killed me more times than i care to count
Head to Head, the Hennessey SS Camaro and the GT500 are neck and neck in terms of raw performance. I'd go for the GT500 as it would still be covered under Ford's warranty.
Hopefully Chevy will release a Z28 version of the new Camaro.
What's the definition of a good car people?
A car can put a smile on the driver's face after he takes it for ride~~
he put up a really good time with this car...
Oh Ford, thank you for not failing the fans.
omg that racetrack looks just like the on in gran turismo 3!!! anyway that car is going to be awesome
Sweet Car! My Fav, overall!
Now thats the best statement ever!!
q: iz the cobra independent rear suspension or straight axel
Kudos on living up to your name!
i LOVE this car.
i am in 2020 and i think is the BEST CAR EVER
youre a real hero.
i loooooove this cars.
@free2game yeah i know they're lighter and still use the live rear axle. but that was my point, that even with the live rear they run exceptionally well. as for the price that's still the cheapest race car you could possibly buy.
haha, looks like Mr. Garrison from South Park: "Mr Hat loves driving Laguna Seca"
Thank god they FINALLY changed the suspension on those things.
true, this is the best handling shelby, but the roush is still so much better. if i had the choice between them, i would get the Roush and STS twin turbos to it ;)
@americanman911 The corvette zo6 starts around 75k. The shelby starts at 48k and after the few options and destinations fees etc etc. You can walk out of their with a shelby for 60k. And you can quote me on that.
Thats -15k less than the zo6 more than a enough room to play catch up. :)
just so you know, just because a motor is a V8 or V12 doesent mean it will produce MAJOR amounts of power. the size of the motor doesent really matter, but the power and torque does.
I love this car.
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actually, some imports are supercharged also. Holdens are imports, and the Vauxhall VXR8 Bathurst has a Walkinshaw supercharged LS3. also, Mercedes-Benz is an import company, and they're previous 5.4L was supercharged in some models. hell, the upcoming Mercedes-Benz SLC Gullwing is suspected to have a supercharged version of the 6.2L V8.
I'd like to point out that it's the driver's skill and not the car itself that gets it through the corkscrew.
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Amazing Wonderfull Awesome ! ! !
@racoonpooon Those weren't anywhere near stock mustangs though, they were race built cars that cost 80k base. The weight distribution is a lot more balanced, It's over 900 pounds lighter than this and I'm pretty sure it has a live rear axle.
although '94 and '95 are the same SN95 body style than the '96-'98, they both were the last years for the 5.0 in the Mustang.
@NobleM15fan The majority of performance cars come out of Europe, so the "benchmark" track (Nurburgring) is appropriately located in central Europe. Also, many European cars are not road legal in the States, so there is little point shipping something like a Radical SR8 to Laguna Seca if it will never be sold here. The reason Lotus doesn't test at the 'Ring is b/c real gearheads know and appreciate the fact that Lotus' are solely about handling and fun, and not about numbers.
I just cant get over the Fact that its still just a 12 Sec car. All that Power and Money. I rather have a Z06.
Well said. And anyway, the Mustang is simply a cooler ride, solid rear axle and all.
yeah i know but still i find the car handling is damm good and because of that not a single sign of under/oversteer spotted through corkscrew so far. of course i wont credit 100% on the car handling alone 4 that praise. cheers! :D
2010 GT500 has much better handling than last years KR. The guys at Top Gear made a video about the 2008 GT500 and bashed on it.
BADASS!
Nice, so whats the MSRP?
I love that Shelby. I'd seriously take it over any Camaro or Corvette. But that's all personal opinion of course. What's FACT is that you seriously can't compare the ZR-1 to this. 2 very different cars with different motives.
Looks like a game :)
That is the car i want when i am older, just hope i cna afford it :)
Yeah I agree GTR FTW
I miss hearing that supercharger whine from the previous GT500
yup
That was the 2009 GT500. This one has 540HP to the Flywheel and 500 To the Wheels.
@TheTubbylover69 ...The only mustangs that came from Ford with IRS is the '99 / ' 01 Cobra's , '00 Cobra R & the '03-'04 Cobra's.
This car pulls almost as many Gs as the GTR with all wheel drive. And with a SOLID AXLE.
I4s, V6s, V8s, V10s, and V12s... they all produce greater power in line with more cylinders. everything being equal (engine technology, supercharging, turbo, etc) the higher capacity engine will always win in a straight line. that's why engine capacity increases in company model ranges as you go to high trim models. weight and handling, on the other hand, is another story.
oh and if you wanna stay on topic;
GT500;
engine size: 5.4
horsepower: 540
torque: 510
cayman;
engine size= 3.4
horsepower= 320
torque= 273
with the cayman having almost half the size, power and torque........you'd think the GT500 is faster? WELL, according to motortrend's feature the cayman's lap is FASTER than the GT500 so blow me.
Who was 1st with with stripes? Dodge or Ford?
The Cayman is almost 1.5 seconds quicker around Laguna Seca.
That counts more then acceleration, because the fun is in the corners and not the straight line.
I Want One.....nuff said.
yea with engines twice as big as the ones in their competitors,,,,,,,with the zr1's supercharged.
great!
I bet Carol Shelby is going to make an even better SuperSnake Frome This thing.
It looked like he was having a hard time steering through some of the turns.
He reminds me of Garth from "Wayne's Wolrd" at 2:41 when he's smiling
I see you watched Top Gear or Good Bad Ugly...
But that was a 2006 GT and this one is a 2010 model.
But still, this price is dangerously close to that of BMW M3 and Mercedes C63 AMG.
Ratko znas ti sta valja! Great car, I wish I have one!
This is a good watch. Of course makes me happy that its slower than the significantly heavier AUTOMATIC CTS-V they tested around Laguna Seca. If MT would've used the manual it would've stomped this Shelby even more. Not to mention the equal weight 120hp less NA SS with all its "frustrating understeer" is just over a mere second slower than this Shelby. All 3 great cars but there is no Doubt GM FTMFW!
Jon K Heslekrants so your point is that a gm veichle rules over any other american brand, just because over you middle school math you did.
my point would be that we have 3 mayor brands; Ford, GM, Dodge.
all of those brand make super badass cars i don't fucking care if one is smaller than the other, or one is yellow and the other one orange, or one has a 6.4 and the other 6.2, or one is better in track and the other is better in a straigh line . you want to know whats the most important thing for my in a veichle , the fact that my choice is because i love my car and in my eyes my car is the fastest and baddest of them all. and i don't care if a video shows another brand that is not my personal preference beating the crap out of it. at the end of the day you still have your car and is still the same as before you made your irrational comment. so whats your point of talking trash or bad stuff just because you dont like that brand or that vehicle.
if i get this straight this is what you're saying " my brand is the best and any other brand that is not what i choose is shit and it dosent mean shit"
I hope they added an active rear supension. The first Shelby that they re-released was an epic fail. But seriously, get The Stig to drive it and maybe I'll be impressed.
i love te new mustang desighn i see why they did that. the front of the mustang was covered so the front was not arodynamic so they changed it to the grill only to have the covered to give it tha classic shelby/mustang look
I highly doubt that the KR was meant as a showpiece(though they probably tried to use that to justify the price), seeing as how "KR" stands for "King of the Road". Not only was it more powerful, it also had custom tires and suspension tuned to be more "sporty". Then there's the gimmicky hoodpins meant to keep the lightweight CF hood from flying off at high speeds.
That thing was meant to show off. The problem was, it didn't have much to show off. But all that's changed, as far as I can tell.
i work here i live 5 min away what an amazing track
im not american, but muscles r my fav. speacilly mustangs like this one
not enough. they might have tightened the dampers, but the anti-roll bars, the brakes (up until 2008) and the diff were identical to the standard mustang. the new one seems to be a better effort, but we'll see when they compare the roush to the shelby. roush has the reputation of changing everything important to the car, whereas shelby always had the reputation of simply swapping engines/fitting a supercharger. look at the ac cobra if you think i'm wrong.
thats one fucken sweet car
Keeps getting better with each new version...Now if they improve the brakes and lose a little weight...it could do some real damage to all those expensive sports cars
all have solid rear axles
yea, a 3000 suspension setup or just a simple tune would make it almost even. And with the extra money you save from not buying the GT500, you could...buy a nice TV, a 360, and a nice home theater system and still have the most badass muscle are sitting in your drive way. Camaro ftw
i thought so too
@hispolarbear06 You forgot about the Viper tehehehe =)
Average more powerful car owner will mostly use its power for accelerating or for higher speeds on the highway. Most of those cars never see a track or go under a intense cornering at high speeds. So the car doesn't have a alot more expensive suspension from the factory.
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that or you could add a STS turbo kit and hook up the suspension a lil
It seems like European and Japanese cars are staying behind, if you look up "laguna seca production car record you will see the acr, the zr1 and the z06 carbon" even the z06 carbon is faster than the Nissan gtr now. Awesome
GT 500 is the best car on the world!
It'd be faster and more controlled around corners if it had rear independent suspension. The Roush Mustang with its upgraded suspension is actually faster around a track than the Shelby GT500, even though it produces less HP.
Heheh brate ovo gori! Znaci VRH auto!
Rather look like an egg, and drive like a beast, than look like a beast and drive like an egg.
@americanman911 yes you are right until ford revised the gt 500 again for 2011. That version can beat a corvette and if you pour say 10-15k into loosing weight and adding other things that would put more power down effeciently. You could possibly have a worthy opponent to take on the zo6. That is very commendable by ford/shelby.
0:19 coolest shift knob I' ve ever seen! Too bad it has that crappy rear axel.
its lost its look of the hard bulky style which i really liked, the front of the car know looks like some streeting raceing car =SS
and the back has jsut gotten smoother
I played Laguna Seca in Forza 2 in a Shelby Mustang.