Friday, April 8, 2011

Shelby GT500 Super Snake 2012: a cobra with 800 hp

Forthcoming exhibition in New York (April 21-May 1) will make its official debut the new Shelby GT500 Super Snake 2012 reissue of the now-classic muscle car made on the basis of the Ford Mustang from Carroll Shelby, who in this new version brings with it a powerful 800-hp supercharged V8, which is the most powerful engine ever made by the coach from Texas when he was born in 1965 the legendary sports yenkee.

Externally, the Super Snake maintains the typical stylistic features that have made the fortune of this pony car: air inlets scattered throughout the body, the bonnet bulge to house receives a massive boost, while the wheels even larger host Dick Alcoa 20-inch rims, not to mention the legendary livery incattivita inevitable by strips of blue or white, which run longitudinally across the car body.

The interior of the car while being very sporting, they are not at all Spartans: The carrier was completely covered in leather, with every detail such as floor mats, steering wheel and head restraints have superimposed the mythical cobra reminiscent of what we are talking about Yankee legend.

Obviously the most interesting part of the car is one that is concealed under the long bonnet. We're talking about powerful supercharged 5.4-liter V8 that came in this 2012 version the incredible power of 800 hp downloaded via a six-speed manual transmission rear wheel drive. Unfortunately were not revealed to the speed performance of the car, but it is not difficult to imagine acceleration guncotton able to smoke the big rear wheels every time you press the accelerator.

The abundant power has been assisted by a new structure and a revised braking system. Adjustable type shock absorbers have been coupled with shorter springs and rigid with stabilizer bar to an unprecedented promise a neutral and safe behavior even at high speed. "Bridle" the enormous power was also replaced with a more powerful brake system characterized by enormous self-ventilated discs with six-piston calipers bite.

Yet it was not yet revealed the price of this muscle car, but we can assume that the price does not deviate too much from that of the previous edition that did not exceed the $ 80,000 (about € 56,000 at current exchange rates).

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