Ford’s epic-looking Mustang Shelby GT350 needs to go on sale, and it needs to do so now. Having fraternized with the high-performance Mustang in nearly every way—we still haven’t driven it—the only remaining question marks pertain to the car’s price. Option pricing for the limited run of 2015 model-year GT350s leaked out a few weeks ago, but those cars’ base prices are still a mystery. Now the Mustang fiends over at Mustang6G.com have uncovered full pricing for the 2016 model-year GT350 and GT350R, and all we can say is look out, BMW M4.
-Surprisingly, the 2016 GT350 will be less expensive than expected, ringing in at $49,995 to start. (Technically, the base price is $48,695, but the order guide on Mustang6G appears to show a $1300 gas-guzzler tax, and we always include such fees in the base prices of cars so affected.) The even harder-core, track-focused GT350R treatment requires an additional $13,500, meaning you won’t be able to pick one up for less than $63,495. As seen on the leaked 2015 GT350 order guide, buyers of the 2016 models will be offered a host of upgrades, including a black-painted roof ($695), racing stripes ($475), a Technology package ($7500), and—for GT350 models only—a Track package ($6500).
-We must admit that Ford’s top-dog GT350R pricing seems aggressive, especially when you consider how the similarly endowed outgoing Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 was a party with a $75,000 cover charge. That mighty muscle coupe features a 505-hp, 7.0-liter V-8 cribbed from the last-generation Corvette Z06, as well as fully track-prepped suspension and aerodynamics, not to mention barely DOT-legal track tires. Final output figures for the GT350’s unique 5.2-liter V-8 (it has a Ferrari-style flat-plane crankshaft) are forthcoming, but indications point to at least 500 horses, and reports suggest the hottest Mustang even bested the Z/28’s Nürburgring lap time.
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- Ford Mustang Shelby GT350/GT350R Chassis Detailed: The More We Learn, the More Impressed We Are
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- Video! Track Test of the Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 at VIR
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- Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Research: Everything You Need to Know
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The base GT350, meanwhile, fits neatly between the outgoing, 426-hp Camaro SS 1LE ($38,000) and the more-powerful but more expensive and less track-focused Camaro ZL1 ($57,800). With those cars bowing out soon as Chevy re-chambers the Camaro for 2016, the Mustang won’t have much direct competition, at least for a time. So look out, BMW M4 drivers, and try not to think about how your so-called German rocket cost more than a Mustang with at least 75 more horsepower . . .
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