The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Aerodynamics in Photos

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March 13, 2019 at 9:00 AM

<p>Dearborn is still mum on nearly every critical specification of its <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.caranddriver.com/ford/mustang-shelby-gt500" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:new GT500;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">new GT500</a> other than these: it is Mustang based. It will feature a supercharged 5.2-liter V-8 cranking out at least 700 horsepower. And now, that this, the most powerful production car Ford has ever created, is governed to 180 mph.</p>

<p>This should make for the most track-capable Mustang of all time and something that should rival <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15083050/chevrolet-camaro-zl1-1le-at-lightning-lap-2017-feature/" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE's pony-car record at C/D's Lightning Lap.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE's pony-car record at <em>C/D'</em>s Lightning Lap.</a> Also, some of you may recall the mild embarrassment Ford suffered when many media outlets, <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15119188/flat-out-we-gun-for-200-mph-in-the-2013-ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-feature/" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:including us;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">including us</a>, could not confirm the automaker's claim that the 2013 GT500, with its 662 horses brought to you by a supercharged 5.8-liter V-8, was capable of 200-mph travel.</p>

<p>At top speed, the GT4-borrowed airfoil of the Exposed Carbon Fiber Track package contributes to a net downforce of 440 pounds. The Handling package–equipped GT500s, with a Gurney flap attached to its hybrid spoiler-cum-wing "swing," develops about 220 pounds of total downforce. The base GT500 gets by with no downforce-aiding elements but the prize of being the quickest GT500 in a straight line, says Ford.</p>

<p>Ford utilized 3D printers to cut development time while engineering the front-end package for the GT500. The massive hood vent, which can be removed to maximize downforce, started as a vent the size of an iPad and quickly developed into the size of an iMac.</p>

<p>The front splitter wickets, L-shaped add-on strakes to aid net downforce, were also developed in a fraction of the normal time thanks to 3D printing.</p>

The Shelby GT500 will deliver the goods in corners, not just a straight line.

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