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1,100 HP Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Shows Tesla Model S Plaid It’s Not Invincible

With customer deliveries of the Tesla Model S Plaid well under way, it’s hardly a surprise that videos of the EV being put to the test on the drag strip have started to flood the net.

As expected, the tri-motor electric powertrain of the Model S Plaid makes it astonishingly quick. So quick in fact that it can hit 60 mph (96 km/h) in less than 2 seconds (with 1 foot of rollout…) and launch down the quarter-mile in around 9.2 seconds, making it the quickest production car right now.

With this in mind, does an internal combustion engined car have any hope of beating a Model S Plaid down the drag strip?

If we’re talking stock cars, it’s hard to think of something; however, if we include modified cars, a tuned Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 can apparently get the job done.

The Shelby GT500 featured has been modified to pump out 1,100 hp, significantly more than the 760 hp which its 5.2-liter supercharged V8 ordinarily delivers. It was lined up against a Model S Plaid for a series of rolling drag races at the recent MITM Elite event.

In the first video, the Mustang is in the inside lane and builds speed just as quickly as the Tesla. It crosses the quarter-mile mark in 7.91 seconds at 159.63 mph, narrowly beating out the Tesla with its 7.97-second run at 154 mph. In the second race, the results are similarly close, with a 7.66 at 160.94 mph set by the GT500 and a 7.68 at 155.19 mph by the Tesla.

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Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Goes For A Top Speed Run On The Autobahn, Hits 172 MPH

The Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 and its GT350R sibling are very good at two things: going fast, both on a straight line and a track, and sounding amazing. In the following clip, Youtuber AutoTopNL takes a GT350 to the Autobahn to let it stretch its legs.

He begins the video with a very brief walkaround of the car, highlighting its muscular exterior, and gives us a few shots of the interior. He then takes the car onto the road, where he does a few short pulls and a quick tunnel run before getting to the no-speed-limit part of the highway.

While the GT350 was designed for the track more so than for the drag strip, it’s certainly no slouch. Its flat-plane crank Voodoo V8, which displaces 5.2 liters, makes 526 hp (533 PS / 392 kW) and 429 lb-ft (582 Nm) of torque. The sprint to 60 mph (100 km/h) takes 4.8 seconds, and Ford claims a top speed of 173 mph (280 km/h).

In the final pull of the video, AutoTopNL rows through all six of the Shelby’s gears on his way to a top speed of 172 mph (277 km/h), just 1 shy of that manufacturer-claimed figure. Something interesting is the difference in ratio between the last two. In the video, the jump from 5th to 6th results in the engine that was screaming at 8,250 rpm to go to just growling at a comparatively-low 5,000 or so.

However, the real treat here isn’t the Mustang’s top speed (although it’s still impressive); it’s the sound. The flat-plane crankshaft, combined with the 8,250 rpm redline, result in one of the best-sounding engines to grace an American car.

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2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Is An Animal On The Track

There was a time when American muscle cars could do nothing more than accelerate quickly in a straight-line but would fall apart at the slightest sight of a corner. Today, things have changed – and in some cases, dramatically.

The muscle car of the moment is unquestionably the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, which not only sprints down the quarter-mile at frightening speeds but, as this video shows, is also heaps of fun to drive on a racetrack.

This GT500 is owned by YouTuber Speed Phenom and was recently taken to Laguna Seca and driven around the challenging circuit in fury. While there are lots of faster cars on sale at the moment than the GT500, few, if any, have a soundtrack to match the Mustang nor are they as competitively priced.

Watch Also: Can A Stock Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Keep Up With A Slightly Tuned C7 Corvette ZR1?

Under the hood of the GT500 resides a supercharged 5.2-liter V8 that produces 760 hp and 625 lb-ft (847 Nm) of torque and is mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission that sends its power exclusively through the rear wheels. As the YouTuber discovered while lapping the pony car, it loves nothing more than spinning up the tires in second gear if the driver is a little too aggressive with the throttle.

While there are far more efficient ways to get around a racetrack quickly than having 760 hp in a rear-wheel drive car that weighs over 4,000 lbs, there are few cars that provide the theater of the GT500.

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