Shelby is celebrating its 60th anniversary with the return of the King of the Road, the KR version of the Mustang GT500. The package is available both as an upgrade for existing Mustang GT500 models and as a new vehicle delivered in the upgraded configuration.
autoevolution 10 Mar 2021, 15:53 UTC ·
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When Ford came out with the GT500 variant of the fifth-generation Mustang back in 2007, the press mostly gave it a big thumbs-up. There were also those who found it heavy and not particularly agile through the twisty bits. Looking back, they weren’t wrong in voicing those concerns. 53 photos
It didn’t take Ford long to address those “issues,” the solution being the Shelby GT500KR, which arrived only a year after the regular GT500’s debut. Named after the original 1968 Shelby Cobra GT500KR, where KR stood for “King of the Road,” this newer model featured various performance enhancements over the standard GT500, including an extra 40 hp and 30 lb-ft (40 nm) of torque.