The all-new 2013 Mustang has just been revealed at the Los Angeles auto show.
The 2013 Mustang Shelby GT500 is the most powerful Mustang ever built and it definitively will be the least expensive 650 horsepower car available on the market.
A year following the commencing of the Boss 302, the lineup is still the same: V6, the GT 5.0, the Boss and the GT500. They all get a new design for 2013, a more aggressive design in front, high intensity diode (HID) and three-bar LED taillights signals that flash sequentially.
The GT version gets LED fog lights and a boost from 412 hp to 420 hp, due to internal-friction reductions in the engine. The six-speed Select Shift automatic now allow full manual control, with no default upshift at the redline. Recaro seats will be available all the way down to the V6, in cloth or leather.
There will be new performance packages, upgraded audio systems and a new option called Track Apps, with an on-board accelerometer. Track Apps can save and display lap times, quarter-mile times and g-loads on the new 4.2-inch LCD in the justify stack, not to mention a range of engine telemetry options, right down to cylinder-head temperatures.
Then there’s the 2013 GT500. Ford promises that 650 hp, up 100 from the current GT500, and top speed of more than 200 mph. That kind of speed required a thorough overhaul of the suspension, cooling system and aero package, according to engineers, though Ford was keeping details close to the vest before the L.A. show.
There is confirmed source saying that it’s 650 hp, and it’s not a blown version of the new 5.0 Coyote block used in the GT and the Boss 302. It’s the supercharged Ford GT engine used in the current GT500, with all of its high-tech metallurgy, bumped from 5.4 liters to 5.8 liters of displacement. Redline is 7,000 rpm, which will mean incredible piston speeds for a long-stroke engine. We’d also predict some sort of self-adjusting, variable-rate suspension.
Even with a bump of 25% from the 2012 GT500 base price of $49,605, we still haven’t hit $65,000. You won’t be able to find 650 hp and 200 mph from any other OEM for this price.
