Shelby's New Mustang GT500-Based 1000 gets its Video Debut

In a fairly embarrassing moment for Shelby, it was discovered by USA Today that at least one of the official press pictures showing the company's new 1000 lifting its front wheels several inches up in the air was the product of photoshop. As pointed out by Jalopnik, this is something that Shelby itself was forced to admit through its vice president, Gary Patterson.

Of course, this doesn't mean we're less interested in Shelby's most powerful creation to date, which will be officially unveiled at next week's 2012 New York International Auto Show.

The crew over at Road & Track took a prototype for a ride and published a pair of videos of the 2012 Mustang GT500-based 1000 on the track. As a reminded, the 1000's re-engineered 5.4-liter supercharged V8 pushes out around 950-horses. You can watch the videos right after the jump.

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NY Auto Show: Shelby Powers up 2012 Mustang GT500 to an Insane 950-Horses

So you think that the 2013 Mustang Shelby GT500 with 650-ponies lurking under its hood is bollocks?

Then you've probably haven't heard about the street-legal Shelby 1000 and its track-only sibling, the 1000 S/C, both of which will make their world premiere at the New York International Auto Show in April.

The crew over at Shelby took a stock 2012 Mustang GT500 and made a whole lot of modifications starting with the 5.4-liter supercharged V8 engine that gains among other things, new rods, crank, pistons, supercharger system, cooling and exhaust.

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Florida Garage is a True Car Lover's Paradise

It’s probably happened to you at some point: for whatever reason, you fail to recall where you parked your car in the garage and you are going around in circles trying to find it.

In any other case, that would be a huge nuisance but not at this particular garage located somewhere in Northeast Florida.

If you're wondering why, then all you have to do is follow the break to watch the video and the answer will quickly become clear…

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Ford's 650HP 2013 Mustang Shelby GT500 Priced from $54,200, Convertible from $59,200*

America's most...muscular pony car has made its appearance on Ford's official website with prices starting from $54,200 for the 2013 Mustang Shelby GT500 coupe and $59,200 for its open-top sibling, not including a $795 (*) destination fee that bumps the total to $54,995 and $59,995 respectively.

In both cases, that's a $5,390 increase over the previous 2012 models. Intriguingly, the Mustang Shelby GT500 coupe's price is identical to that of Chevrolet's 580-horsepower Camaro ZL1 Coupe ($54,995 with destination and handling).

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