The first is a carbon fiber hood vent, which replaces the standard plastic unit with a full carbon unit. Sticker price there is $1185, an absolute steal when compared to the $1820 carbon fiber splitter that is sure to get annihilated by any speed bump you happen upon. You can also get a carbon version of the bar that separates the upper and lower grille, prominent real estate for your $1150 investment. Last, the cheapest option is a rear decklid trim panel that slides a hunk of carbon in between the taillights. That one goes for $575. Wes Duenkel/Ford Wes Duenkel/Ford
These accessories, along with the $1000 carbon-fiber instrument panel and $18,500 Carbon Fiber Track Pack, mean you ll have to spend $24,230 on options to get your GT500 fully carboned-out. That s on top of the $74,095 base price, bringing your total to a cool $98,325. And that s before you add the $10,000 stripes.
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We reported on January 5 that Ford was planning on bringing a new option to the GT500 to split the difference between the Handling Pack and the Carbon Fiber Track Pack. Today reports suggest that the package will cost $10,000.
The information comes thanks to an order form shared with Musclecarsandtrucks by a customer. That price point would make the new “Carbon Fiber Handling Package” considerably less expensive than the $18,500 Carbon Fiber Track Pack, but would be equally considerably more expensive than the $1,500 Handling Pack.
For your $10,000, you would get, arguably, the CFTP’s highlight feature, the carbon fiber wheels. Whereas they are finished so that you can see the weave of the carbon fiber in that package, though, they would be painted black for the CFHP.
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Update: This story has been updated with official information and images from Ford.
Details of the 2021 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, along with the entire next model year lineup, officially
and accidentally came out as early as September last year. While the biggest addition to the 2021 pony car lineup was the Mustang Mach 1, we also learned that a new Carbon Fiber Handling Package, which marries the $18,500 Carbon Fiber Track Pack and the $1,500 Handling Pack, will be added to the options list for the supercharged Stang.
We didn t know the pricing back then, but we now have a definite number thanks to an order form shared by Ford. According to the company, the Carbon Fiber Handling Package is a $10,000 option, right in between the aforementioned Track Pack and Handling Pack. The 2021 Mustang configurator isn t up on Ford s website as of this writing, but we already know that the
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We all know that power-to-weight ratio is one of the most crucial stats when it comes to straight-line acceleration, and the two cars obviously have the same power output and gearing, so exactly what is going on here? The publication reached out to Ford to find out what s behind the counter-intuitive GT500 pecking order. It s not atypical to see a PS4S equal the Cup tire or go a bit faster, Lead Shelby GT500 Development Engineer Steve Thompson revealed.
To put it simply, the Pilot Sport 4S was developed with street use and the occasional drag race in mind, where the Pilot Sport Cup 2 was built for optimal road course performance. To those ends, the standard Pilot Sport 4S has thicker center tread blocks that can better retain heat, which helps with launch traction, and the internal construction of each tire is markedly different.