The 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 has made it possible. This Camaro fighter, packing all the design revisions and hardware upgrades of the 2010 model plus Ford’s new 5.0-liter, DOHC, all-aluminum V-8, gave today’s Shelby American (formerly Shelby Automobiles) the foundation it needed to reseed the icon. It’s white-with-blue-stripes time, all over again.
As expected, it didn’t take long for Shelby to introduce its latest take on the new 2011 Ford Mustang GT that signals the return of a 5.0-liter V8 engine. The launch of the 2011 New Shelby GT350 in concept form took place at the Barrett-Jackson Auction Opening Night Gala in Arizona and coincided with the 45th anniversary of the first 1965-1970 GT350 and first Shelby big block Cobra.