Hah you aint kiddin about it being rare... look at this.
Different comparison. First, the GT came a full 5 yrs after the last Cobra R. I think they both had a S/C v8, but can't remem the displacement. They built very few R's but the GT was only in production for 2 MYs. Performance wise the GT, by design, would blow away the last R.
Yea they're really just colletor's cars now. I'm glad Ford does such a good job keeping these limited runs truly limited. The Cobra R is the perfect example of how that preserves value and prestige of the brand.
Yea they only made a few hundred each run I believe. Saw a great article about the Cobra R in the last MMFF. Talks about how the car was designed for racing but due to its rarity they are mostly holed up in humidified garages. Ironic....
... These machines were never meant to be babied.I think you're right about the GT350 being the fastest prod Mustang for Shelby. Just saw an article all about it.
The 2013 Shelby GT350 takes a standard Mustang GT and adds more than $40,000 in performance upgrades — bringing the whole package to about $74,000. That's a lot for a Mustang.
But any doubts about spending Corvette money on the juiced-up Ford are erased after only moments in the GT350. This is a talented car. Key upgrades in the Shelby package include Wilwood brakes, a Ford Racing suspension, a short-throw shifter, Shelby 19-inch rims wrapped in ultra-sticky Goodyear tires and Borla exhaust, along with new front and rear bumpers and a new hood with a functional scoop.
Lurking underneath that hood on our test car was an optional $8,500 Ford Racing supercharger that boosted the GT350's total horsepower to 624 from the stock 420. Buyers do have the curious option of saving themselves $750 and opting for a supercharger that brings the total to 525. Our tester also had additional goodies like a high-performance cooling package, an upgraded interior package, and an Eibach suspension and sway-bar upgrade. The total for the changes — not including the price of the base Mustang GT — was $42,480.
As expected, straight-line acceleration is a specialty. First and second gears fly by quickly as the car roars toward a 6,500-rpm redline. After the supercharger gets wailing, this car moves forward with eyebrow-curling speed. Once you run of out of road — which won't take long — the deep-throated Borla exhaust burbles and pops with some of the nicest exhaust overrun you'll find on a car. But it is the GT350's handling of curves that really impresses. By no stretch of the imagination is this a small or light car, but the suspension is well tuned for control. This Shelby stays predictable throughout street and track time, no small feat when 624 horsepower might otherwise conspire to put you into a spin.
As Shelby President John Luft pointed out, Shelby has the benefit of starting with impressively engineered vehicles from Ford. The quiet and comfort of the GT350 in daily freeway cruising is a testament to this, given how capable the very same machine is around a track.
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-0413-shelby-drive-20130413,0,182736.story
