Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 2020: Fastest, most powerful 'Stang ever revealed

If you're ever thought the 5.0-litre V8 in Aussie-delivered Mustangs was a little underdone (though you probably haven't) then we've got some exciting news for you; Ford has just torn the covers off the fastest and most powerful 'Stang ever in Detroit.

The Ford Shelby GT500 makes use of a hand-built 5.2-litre V8, only with a whopping great supercharger attached (bigger than the one in the Dodge Hellcat, slightly smaller than the one used in the Dodge Demon), which ups the outputs to somewhere that is "more than" 522kW.

That power is fed through a new seven-speed dual-clutch transmission inspired by the brand's GT Supercar, with big Brembo brakes providing the stopping power and new electronic power steering and the brand's 'MagneRide' dampers helping the Mustang to go around corners.

All up it's enough, Ford says, to trim the sprint to 60mph (around 98km/h) to "mid-three seconds", and to knock off the quarter mile in less than 11 seconds.

It's also enough to gift the GT500 "the quickest street-legal acceleration and most high-performance technology to date ever offered in a Ford Mustang", not to mention the most powerful production Ford ever.

"With its supercar-level powertrain, the all-new Shelby GT500 takes the sixth-generation Mustang to a performance level once reserved only for exotics,” says Ford Performance global director, Hermann Salenbauch.

“As a Mustang, it has to be attainable and punch above its weight. To that end, we’ve set a new standard among American performance cars with our most powerful street-legal V8 engine to date, plus the quickest-shifting transmission ever in a Mustang for all-out precision and speed.”

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