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30 October 2018

700hp Shelby GT500 leaked on Instagram!

By Iain KellyIain Kelly
The leaked image was posted by Instagram user @sinner_lifestyle. (this version is from motorauthority.com)

The Blue Oval suits were sent into a flat-spin the other day when a 20-year-old Instagrammer called Sinister_Lifestyle leaked images of what is purported to be the next Shelby GT500 Mustang!

In the wake of the 707hp Chrysler Hellcat models and 755hp Chevy Corvette ZR1, Ford has been teasing a new model with "over 700hp" and most industry experts figured that meant a new GT500 model was on the way.

The leaked images show a be-scooped Shelby Mustang wearing the GT350R’s carbon-fibre wheels, but with a much beefier front-end and bonnet treatment, likely hiding a supercharged variant of the 5.2-litre flat-plane crank Voodoo V8 used in the GT350. The model is expected to be officially unveiled in January 2019 at the Detroit Auto Show.

Are you more excited for the new Shelby GT500 Mustang or the Corvette ZR1? Let us know in the comments below.