Shelby limits 2010 Mustang GT500 production run to 2,000 units
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
We all know that the 2010 Ford Mustang GT500 is one of the hottest American made cars on the market. The 2010 has 0-60mph times down to 4.3 seconds, The new design, stiffer springs, larger tires and other damping actually makes this model year less dangerous when going anywhere but in a straight line. Side that along with other tweaks and that shoots the 540 horsepower automobile into the American supercar stratosphere.
Now it just got a lot harder to find.
This reportedly from Shelby’s ordering information for dealers:
Production cut on Shelby GT500. To date, 1,700 GT500s have not been scheduled and the plant only had the capacity to build 2,000 for the 2010 MY (model year). If you signed the agreement, you are guaranteed 1 Shelby GT500 for the model year.
So Shelby is only planning on creating 2,000 GT500s this year. This is sure to make the 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 the most collectible in quite some time. You can also expect that if you have not ordered one by now, either you’ll have trouble finding a dealership who can get one, and if you DO you’ll be paying a much heftier price than just last week.
of course there’s always the Shelby Super Snake…
hee-hee, well played, Mr. Shelby!
***update July 10,2009***
As of this writing, Ford is categorically denying any limitations on the production run of the GT500, and they do not release production numbers. The document that has been quoted came from Team Shelby, so it will be interesting to see where production units actually fall (estimated of course, since there are no confirmed nummbers released) for the 2010 model year. If it is more than 2,000 though, it should be abundantly evident because past years far surpassed the 2000 mark.-brett garrett
