Head to Head: 2020 Shelby GT500 vs 1967 Shelby GT500..

Then vs. Now: How the 1967 Shelby GT500 compares to its 2020 Shelby GT500 reincarnation.

The 2020 Mustang GT500 is, to borrow a phrase from sports, goat AF. Augean horsepower, wheels stickier than a student loan, track times measured in lux, and a cooling system rivaling the end-Devonian extinction.

 

Believe it or not, the 1967 GT500 could have been described in the same words. Carroll Shelby said himself of the debut model, “This is the first car I’m really proud of.” Its race-derived 7.0-liter engine wowed critics. It was the fastest car to ever lap the Ford test track at the time.

 

Even though the new model reaps fifty years of performance advances, most fans would have a hard time deciding between the new GT500 and the first one. So, though it may seem crazier than a demented orange elephant with a twitter account, we decided to compare the two.

 

And for the record, Ford has used various spellings of “GT500” over the years. For the sake of simplicity, we’re using the latest

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