Feast your eyes on the 2025 Shelby GT350, essentially the most highly effective Shelby GT350 in historical past, with a whopping 810-horsepower on faucet. This dangerous boy was launched virtually 60 years to the day that Carroll Shelby revealed the primary one in 1965, and we predict that he would undoubtedly approve.
Shelby-branded Mustangs have returned a number of occasions since, each as Ford Efficiency fashions and as customized builds by Shelby American — however the historic GT350 and GT500 nameplates have been usually reserved for the completed Ford merchandise over the previous 20 years. That adjustments with the most recent GT350, which is a Shelby American construct, quite than a Ford one.
The Shelby GT350 can be accessible as a avenue automotive, whereas the road authorized GT350R is track-ready with parts from Shelby’s future Trans Am spec race automotive.
“Sixty years in the past, the Shelby GT350 marked a brand new chapter in efficiency and motorsports historical past,” stated Joe Conway, CEO of Shelby American. “It was Shelby’s first mannequin primarily based on the Ford Mustang, the proper follow-up to the ground-breaking Shelby Cobra. Shelby American poured its efficiency experience into the 1965 Mustang, turning it into an iconic worldwide sports activities automotive. We adopted the identical technique for 2025 and collaborated with trade leaders to create this very particular Shelby automotive.”
For the GT350 avenue model, Shelby American tuned and upgraded the Mustang’s suspension, exhaust, styling and different parts for enhanced avenue driving expertise. As a substitute of a high-revving flat-plane crank V8, the Shelby GT350 is powered by the 5.0-liter Coyote V8 engine and is obtainable in each 480 and 810 (supercharged) horsepower variations, and with a alternative of guide or computerized transmission.
The Shelby GT350 has a beginning value of $109,999 for the supercharged model, together with the automotive. That’s massive cash for principally a Mustang GT with a Whipple supercharger and some mods.
“The Shelby GT350 and the Shelby GT350R are again for 2025,” stated Gary Patterson, President of Shelby American. “Simply as Carroll Shelby envisioned in 1965, this sports activities automotive is designed to be exhilarating and aggressive on each the road and observe. The Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT350R every have distinctive personalities which are very completely different from our halo Shelby Tremendous Snake. The 2025 Shelby GT350 fashions are pure sports activities automotive, whereas the Shelby Tremendous Snake is the best efficiency tremendous automotive in our lineup.”
“We elevated horsepower by virtually 70%, tuned the suspension, opened up the exhaust, smoothed the aerodynamics and gave it extra intercourse attraction,” stated Vince LaViolette, Vice President of Operations and Senior Designer at Shelby American. “The styling is predicated on performance, giving the Shelby GT350 a purposeful look. Nevertheless, the suspension remains to be supple sufficient to drive every single day with out sacrificing consolation.”
The road authorized 2025 Shelby GT350R has 830+ horsepower and can solely be accessible with a six-speed guide transmission. As in 1965, the 36 Shelby GT350R mannequin automobiles can be white with two non-compulsory painted stripes and graphics packages accessible; gold/silver/black representing the historic race bundle and blue/white Shelby heritage bundle.
The road-legal, track-ready Shelby GT350R includes a carbon fiber inside ‘tub’, non-compulsory carbon fiber racing seats and harnesses, carbon fiber trim, built-in roll cage, Flip Key Automotive/Motorsports, Trans AM spec excessive velocity carbon fiber Aero bundle, fully-adjustable, JRI race struts and shocks with distant reservoir, ProSystems Alcon racing brakes, quite a few chassis upgrades and extra. Pricing can be introduced shortly.
“Whereas the Shelby GT350 avenue automotive is civilized sufficient for a each day commute, the Shelby GT350R was constructed for the intense weekend observe warrior,” stated La Violette. “Embracing the character of the 1965 competitors mannequin Shelby, our focus was on lightening the automotive, sharpening the efficiency and holding it cool on the street course.”
The Shelby GT350R can be inbuilt collaboration with Flip Key Automotive/Motorsports in Michigan, which has a deep historical past in American efficiency and racing. The corporate has deep expertise in efficiency components, racing and low quantity area of interest packages, and supplies the experience, components, providers and assist to take a venture from rendering to actuality.
“We’re honored to assist Shelby American return one of the crucial iconic names to the observe,” stated Flip Key proprietor Wealthy Rinke. “We’re excited to help Shelby by bridging the connection between client and racing. For many who have observe expertise, the Shelby GT350R provides a excessive degree of efficiency in a street-legal bundle.
Along with collaborating with Shelby American on the road authorized Shelby GT350R, Flip Key’s serving to develop a future observe solely model of the sports activities automotive supposed for competitors in Trans Am. Flip Key’s an accepted Trans Am car builder of SGT and GT autos with a stellar popularity for achievement.
Shelby American constructed 562 Shelby GT350s in 1965, which is why manufacturing is restricted to the identical quantity for 2025. Manufacturing of avenue automobiles will start within the second quarter of the 12 months to be offered within the US by way of Shelby chosen Ford sellers. A restricted variety of avenue automobiles can be constructed by Shelby mod outlets and distributors internationally. And 36 Shelby GT350R fashions, once more matching the quantity inbuilt 1965, can be accessible straight by way of Shelby American.
“From the sixtieth anniversary badges to the aero bundle and Shelby spec wheels, the sports activities automotive visually displays the fashionable spirit of the primary Shelby GT350,” stated Patterson. “Behind the wheel, it’s very obvious that this automotive is worthy of the long-lasting Shelby GT350 title.”
Every car from Shelby American is documented within the official Shelby Registry. The Shelby GT350 comes with a 3 12 months/36,000-mile guarantee; the powertrain guarantee from Ford stays intact. For extra data or to put an order, go to Shelby.com.
