At the 2025 Barrett Jackson auction, in Scottsdale, Arizona, Shelby American introduced its new 2025 Shelby GT350 sports car. But what really shocked the crowd was when it unveiled its new track-focused Shelby GT350R model! The street-legal 2025 Shelby GT350R has over 830 horsepower and will only be available with a six-speed manual transmission. Just like in 1965, the 36 limited edition Shelby 1025 GT350R model Mustangs will be white with two optional painted stripes, and graphics packages available: a gold, silver, and black livery representing the historic race package, and a blue and white Shelby heritage package.
I recommend if you're buying a pre-owned GT350. Check to see if the engine is having burning oil issues or has been replaced by Ford. If you know the Voodoo engine. You'll understand why Ford hasn't used the Voodoo in other Mustangs.
@ I think Whipple has some exclusive deal with Ford to get the first access and then be the most pushed platform. Honestly the Roush blower looks better to me every time just cause it’s unique.
True, but they should have stuck with the 5.2L that makes the latest 350 what it is. Going back to a 5.0 is just dumb. This should have been a gen 3 voodoo. This car will be doa.
Check its vin number...the pervious Shelby Super Snake was a mustang modded by Shelby American but the vin number still came back to base GT ....and the insurance doesnt care...the insurance will still be for a GT ...be careful
@@GP80888the previous is more of a Shelby than this, this ain’t made from scratch is just a mustang gt with added mods nothing special same body, same transmission, and same interior with different seat covers and a serial number. A true gt350 should be built from scratch with a different engine and better transmission.
@@jordancourse5102 the 2nd gen was a supercharged GT too. Lmao. The voodoo car is the best version/generation but at this point it’s been a modified GT almost its whole existence.
Lebanon Ford was selling 2024 810 HP Mustangs with the Whipple AND a 3 year factory warranty for $49,995.00 Are badges and some minor morifications worth $60,000.00???.....HELL NO!!!!!
I like how Shelby American made a "super" snake s650 but there is no regular snake s650. And now they make a gt350R which is essentially the same car. They think people aren't going to notice. Shows how much they pay attention to their own fan base. 👨🦯
What made the GT350/R so good and unique was that it not only performed, but it also had its own unique engine that you could only get on the GT350/R. Now that the ordinary motor out of a regular Mustang GT, comes with it, it doesn’t make the.GT350/R unique anymore. And for $110k+, effectively making this a 100%+ inflation mark up over what the last gen GT350/R sold for…that is insane!!!
This is just laziness imo. I’m not paying over double the price of a base GT for a name and badging. A specialty spec deserves a standalone motor. The 5.2 would have been more than sufficient.
These cars aren’t going to sell much and the s650 isn’t that good of a platform so any special badge car is just a coyote with a supercharger pretty sad to see it with Shelby just going with it
So we're just gonna pretend the supersnake doesn't exist. It's the same thing but more expensive. I saw one around me for $170k which is insane for a SS. But a supercharged 5.0 it might as well just be called a Roush 5.0 like the s550. This is so sad of Ford. I think I'm officially not buying an s650
What’s the point of this GT350 if it shares the same engine as the GT, and for what I can observe is how is this one (normal gt350) and distinct than like a dark horse with the 700a and a whipple
This isn’t just a few more horsepower and some badges compared to the GT350. The GT350R is a totally reworked, track-focused road course weapon. The street-legal, track-ready Shelby GT350R features a carbon-fiber interior tub, optional carbon-fiber racing seats and harnesses, carbon-fiber trim, along with an integrated roll cage. The 2025 GT350R, being built by Turn Key Automotive/Motorsports in Michigan, will also feature a Trans Am-spec high-speed carbon-fiber Aero package that’s fully adjustable, JRI race struts and shocks with remote reservoirs, ProSystems Alcon racing brakes, numerous chassis upgrades, and more. MSRP will be announced shortly.
I personally was waiting for some kind of 25/26 Shelby announcement before I pulled the trigger on a car this year. They literally took the entire reason to buy a Shelby away by changing over to a regular mustache drivetrain. Wheels look great but non forged wheels on a $110K car is insane. Then having the audacity to do limited production with no limited production parts is even crazier
@@Braydon4V Both great cars. Do your research on think hard on what you want to do with the car. It's a very big decision and buying these cars is an opportunity that is not common.
Nothing really makes this car unique orher rhan some badging and a whipple. You could just buy a base GT, buy a whipple kit and be just as fast. Im sure its the exact same calibration you would get with a regular whipple kit.
A couple to about the Shelby America cars: They start as Mustang GT They’re Mustang GTs according to the title They are an Aftermarket custom manufacturer (Saleen, RTR, Roush, etc.) Does hold their value better than any Saleen or Roush or their custom manufacturer.
It might be just me but I think they should have had a N/A gt500 engine and added a track focused with suspension and aero. And than have the option the manual or auto and then just focus on track specs. But using the 5.0 I just feel it's just an expensive GT for 109k.
I guess Ford don’t like money. The 5.2 makes the car special. You can take a base 650 boost it change up suspension have the same car for half price. What a huge disappointment.
Tbh what they shouldve done was throw the 5.2 crossplane in the gt350 at least and then if they plan on releasing the gt500 throw in the 7.3 liter engine, the cars look amazing but performance is just an rebadged GT with a blower on it none really special under the hood sadly.
wtf? $110,000?? The 2020 GT 350 comes with the flat plane (naturally aspirated) v8 and you can get one for 50,000. And it looks so much better. Yeah no thanks
i hate that all new cars are absurdly powerful with a well over 100k price tag. we need more attainable, enthusiast centered cars that don't have 30k worth of tech and an extremely expensive motor + transmission combo
In all homesty, this car shouldn’t even sell well given its price tag. But there’s so many rich people out there that simply don’t care what they buy, and they’ll look at this as an investment opportunity, that I’m sure every single one will sell. And then you’ll have the people that say “if it wasn’t worth it then it wouldn’t sell” bullshit.
Great video as always Ears, but man.. Carrol Shelby is rolling in his grave with a 5.0 being called Shelby without anything that sets it apart other than badges and maybe a bodykit than a regular 5.0 with a supercharger. Ford is wildin rn, whats next a gt500 with 5.0 and supercharger with only body style changes? Then the price is insane 100,000$ lol might as well buy a Darkhorse tbh
@@Dpayne_S197I’m not defending it, it’s not as good as the 3rd gen Voodoo car, but it’s true that it’s been done before by Carroll. Look up the 2011 GT350, Carroll talks about why he built it. Lmao.
@@MaddNomad1015 I know what you mean bro, I'm not saying the 5.0 doesn't exist but going from a 5.2 back to the 5.0 is crazy and should be frowned upon
@@Dpayne_S197 Oh I agree. Lmao Look at the Super Snake. That use to be only for modified GT500s but ever since Carroll died the new bosses changed everything. Before Carroll passed he kinda had it set up better, now it’s all weird bro. Shelby GT= affordable/entry level Shelby with styling and handling upgrades. 2nd Gen GT350: GT with a supercharger, body kit. Limited Super Snake= modified GT500. Now it’s like: Shelby GT= Supercharged GT for 90k Shelby GT350= Supercharged GT with new front and rear bumper for 105k. Limited Shelby SuperSnake= Supercharged GT with body kit for 160k
Sadly this is just a GT, slapped with the Shelby GT350 label to make a sale. This car is not unique, nor intentionally built different like the 15-20 GT350. I will happily keep my 18 GT350, Ford isn't offering anything worth the cost anymore.
At the 2025 Barrett Jackson auction, in Scottsdale, Arizona, Shelby American introduced its new 2025 Shelby GT350 sports car. But what really shocked the crowd was when it unveiled its new track-focused Shelby GT350R model! The street-legal 2025 Shelby GT350R has over 830 horsepower and will only be available with a six-speed manual transmission. Just like in 1965, the 36 limited edition Shelby 1025 GT350R model Mustangs will be white with two optional painted stripes, and graphics packages available: a gold, silver, and black livery representing the historic race package, and a blue and white Shelby heritage package.
this is going to make the older gt350s go up in value for sure
I recommend if you're buying a pre-owned GT350. Check to see if the engine is having burning oil issues or has been replaced by Ford. If you know the Voodoo engine. You'll understand why Ford hasn't used the Voodoo in other Mustangs.
Another up-badged GT with a Whipple, almost like Whipple is trying to own the whole market. And it’s over 100k? Hell no.
It is weird how they’re all 5.0 with Whipple for the S650 haha
@ I think Whipple has some exclusive deal with Ford to get the first access and then be the most pushed platform. Honestly the Roush blower looks better to me every time just cause it’s unique.
It’s a plug n play. Personally I think the Roush Kit looks better but Whipple has a deal with Ford.
S550 is much better anyways🤙🏻
Exactly couldn’t have said it better nobody’s buying that shit
Already own one!
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I’m dead bro 😂😂
I don't think it will come close to the uniqueness of the 2015-2020.
I KNOW it won't come close to the uniqueness of the last gt350. There fixed that for you lol
110 bands and affordable should probably not be in the same sentence! LOL
Yeah that's a mortgage payment for a car. No thanks.
It ain’t a Shelby if it ain’t got the 5.2 voodoo that’s my opinion
It is a Shelby because it’s made by Shelby American not Ford. It’s more a Shelby than the previous GT350.
True, but they should have stuck with the 5.2L that makes the latest 350 what it is. Going back to a 5.0 is just dumb. This should have been a gen 3 voodoo. This car will be doa.
Check its vin number...the pervious Shelby Super Snake was a mustang modded by Shelby American but the vin number still came back to base GT ....and the insurance doesnt care...the insurance will still be for a GT ...be careful
@@GP80888the previous is more of a Shelby than this, this ain’t made from scratch is just a mustang gt with added mods nothing special same body, same transmission, and same interior with different seat covers and a serial number. A true gt350 should be built from scratch with a different engine and better transmission.
@@j0hnab0i97your right so it ain’t a true Shelby if it comes back as a mustang gt lol
The previous GT350 had a unique engine and transmission. This has the GT engine and transmission with aftermarket bits
Dark horse with a whipple and expensive badging, pass save 20-30k and just build the same thing from a base gt 😅
Should’ve been a gen 3 voodoo
Agreed.
Yup!
not a 5.2 voodoo, not a gt350
It's a gt in a dress with an optional blower.
So the first gen isn’t a gt350? It was literally a modified GT
@ guess not
@@MaddNomad1015350 had a Voodoo. This new gt350 ISNT A VOODO SO ITS NOT A 350
@@jordancourse5102 the 2nd gen was a supercharged GT too. Lmao.
The voodoo car is the best version/generation but at this point it’s been a modified GT almost its whole existence.
Lebanon Ford was selling 2024 810 HP Mustangs with the Whipple AND a 3 year factory warranty for $49,995.00 Are badges and some minor morifications worth $60,000.00???.....HELL NO!!!!!
The price is beyond insulting. Not paying that for ANY Ford
It’s basically a super snake with the different name
I like how Shelby American made a "super" snake s650 but there is no regular snake s650. And now they make a gt350R which is essentially the same car. They think people aren't going to notice. Shows how much they pay attention to their own fan base. 👨🦯
What made the GT350/R so good and unique was that it not only performed, but it also had its own unique engine that you could only get on the GT350/R. Now that the ordinary motor out of a regular Mustang GT, comes with it, it doesn’t make the.GT350/R unique anymore. And for $110k+, effectively making this a 100%+ inflation mark up over what the last gen GT350/R sold for…that is insane!!!
This is just laziness imo. I’m not paying over double the price of a base GT for a name and badging. A specialty spec deserves a standalone motor. The 5.2 would have been more than sufficient.
I agree
1. it doesn't have a flat plane
2. it doesn't have a flat plane
3. it doesn't have a flat plane
It’s a GT with a Whipple. Not authentic on the title so it won’t be worth jack to the bank.
At that price I’m getting a C8 zo6, or put 20k into my GT and I practically have that car.
What about the flat plain crank?
no i can go buy a 2019 gt350r for cheaper
These cars aren’t going to sell much and the s650 isn’t that good of a platform so any special badge car is just a coyote with a supercharger pretty sad to see it with Shelby just going with it
So we're just gonna pretend the supersnake doesn't exist. It's the same thing but more expensive. I saw one around me for $170k which is insane for a SS. But a supercharged 5.0 it might as well just be called a Roush 5.0 like the s550. This is so sad of Ford. I think I'm officially not buying an s650
Trash without the 5.2
lol, I kinda called it yesterday. Just a 5.0 with a whipple, nothing special.
Ford is doing what dodge did with their chargers and challengers what a shame ford.
Why so much?. The price is ridiculous.
5.2 voodoo or not a v8 powered manual fire breathing car in this day and age is a blessing..
5.0 with a supercharger they need to make a new engine like the 5.2
I would have liked that too
Mustangs are not the Everyman car anymore.
Shelby’s are supposed to be special and unique upgrading a GT is not worth it to me
That’s just rebadged 5.0
They take a stock Mustang and tweak them
Yes finally they bring the gt350 back
Are you saying flow forged is not forged?
starting from 110k 😮
The pricing for N/A has not been revealed yet
let me just get 2 s550 shelby gt350 for that price please. :)
Bro you can ligit buy 2 gt350s for the price of the new one lmao
If Ford makes a 1000+ HP Mustang it's game over for the sports car industry
Gotta agree with the majority here. Without the 5.2 Voodoo it's not as special.
Keep em coming 💪🏾🔥
Will do!! 🔥🔥🔥
Its NOT a GT350 cause it doesn't have the FLAT PLAIN CRANK
What’s the point of this GT350 if it shares the same engine as the GT, and for what I can observe is how is this one (normal gt350) and distinct than like a dark horse with the 700a and a whipple
What’s the price of the NA variant?
Probably 80K
I feel like this should’ve been the Boss Mustang
So a regular S650 with a Shelby badge, unless you buy the R version, in which case it's the same as the Super Snake just different branding
Z06
Not worth it should’ve came out with the udapted voodoo
This isn’t just a few more horsepower and some badges compared to the GT350. The GT350R is a totally reworked, track-focused road course weapon. The street-legal, track-ready Shelby GT350R features a carbon-fiber interior tub, optional carbon-fiber racing seats and harnesses, carbon-fiber trim, along with an integrated roll cage. The 2025 GT350R, being built by Turn Key Automotive/Motorsports in Michigan, will also feature a Trans Am-spec high-speed carbon-fiber Aero package that’s fully adjustable, JRI race struts and shocks with remote reservoirs, ProSystems Alcon racing brakes, numerous chassis upgrades, and more. MSRP will be announced shortly.
And then there’s the “reliability”😅 Shelby American products aren’t reliable.
So it’s a GT with a Whipple on it badged as a Shelby, let’s ask $90,000 for it. What a fucking joke nobody’s buying that bullshit.
I personally was waiting for some kind of 25/26 Shelby announcement before I pulled the trigger on a car this year. They literally took the entire reason to buy a Shelby away by changing over to a regular mustache drivetrain. Wheels look great but non forged wheels on a $110K car is insane. Then having the audacity to do limited production with no limited production parts is even crazier
Best bet is a used gen 2
@ I’m stuck between a 350 and a 500 honestly
@@Braydon4V Both great cars. Do your research on think hard on what you want to do with the car. It's a very big decision and buying these cars is an opportunity that is not common.
Already got a reservation and planning to get it in April
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you're getting scammed so hard brother. I'm sorry you fell for it
Bolt on gt
Please bring the analog gauges back!
GT350R LET’S GO
is a gt with whipple they should do a 5.2 with whipple i like better the old version
Nothing really makes this car unique orher rhan some badging and a whipple. You could just buy a base GT, buy a whipple kit and be just as fast. Im sure its the exact same calibration you would get with a regular whipple kit.
weight? 4000lbs?
Hope not
A couple to about the Shelby America cars:
They start as Mustang GT
They’re Mustang GTs according to the title
They are an Aftermarket custom manufacturer (Saleen, RTR, Roush, etc.)
Does hold their value better than any Saleen or Roush or their custom manufacturer.
I hope it has to tremec 6spd 🤔
MT82
It might be just me but I think they should have had a N/A gt500 engine and added a track focused with suspension and aero. And than have the option the manual or auto and then just focus on track specs. But using the 5.0 I just feel it's just an expensive GT for 109k.
15-20 350r all day
It is a nice car but why 100k tho?
Can someone tell Dodge that V8 muscle cars aren’t done yet? I had a 2018 ZL1 6MT I won’t buy a manual unless it’s a GT350R or the Z/28.
Perfect ✊🏽🏁
Those Barrett-Jackson buyers are accustomed to overpaying for cars... this car is just right for them.
Ford loves those tiny 307 cubes.
Pretty sure this is a Shelby production car, and not a FORD production car? If so that would explain a lot.. basically a Super Snake variant
Let’s gooooo💪🏻💪🏻
im just hoping the new GT500 has a unique engine, 7.3 megazillaaaa
I guess Ford don’t like money. The 5.2 makes the car special. You can take a base 650 boost it change up suspension have the same car for half price. What a huge disappointment.
Is it tunable?? if not I don’t care 🤷🏻♂️
Tbh what they shouldve done was throw the 5.2 crossplane in the gt350 at least and then if they plan on releasing the gt500 throw in the 7.3 liter engine, the cars look amazing but performance is just an rebadged GT with a blower on it none really special under the hood sadly.
That "tuned" suspension is nothing but a rebranded BMR stop the hop kit.
Haha heard about that
It needs a new or “2nd gen” voodoo
wtf? $110,000?? The 2020 GT 350 comes with the flat plane (naturally aspirated) v8 and you can get one for 50,000. And it looks so much better. Yeah no thanks
As long as the GT500 is a boosted Godzilla…this too shall pass
I think it’s gonna be a 5.0 lol
@ sounds like it’s time to buy a current GT500 then if everything is going 5.0
i hate that all new cars are absurdly powerful with a well over 100k price tag. we need more attainable, enthusiast centered cars that don't have 30k worth of tech and an extremely expensive motor + transmission combo
They need to remove that wing for christ sake😂
The old one was betta
In all homesty, this car shouldn’t even sell well given its price tag. But there’s so many rich people out there that simply don’t care what they buy, and they’ll look at this as an investment opportunity, that I’m sure every single one will sell. And then you’ll have the people that say “if it wasn’t worth it then it wouldn’t sell” bullshit.
Just seen a few pics on the ford mustang page might trade in my girl Lexus it got value lmfao
Only new thing about it is a manual with a whipple
MT82 tho
Great video as always Ears, but man.. Carrol Shelby is rolling in his grave with a 5.0 being called Shelby without anything that sets it apart other than badges and maybe a bodykit than a regular 5.0 with a supercharger. Ford is wildin rn, whats next a gt500 with 5.0 and supercharger with only body style changes? Then the price is insane 100,000$ lol might as well buy a Darkhorse tbh
The 2nd gen GT350 was literally a Supercharged 5.0 and Carroll had input on it. Lol
@@MaddNomad1015 defending the downgrade is wild
@@Dpayne_S197I’m not defending it, it’s not as good as the 3rd gen Voodoo car, but it’s true that it’s been done before by Carroll. Look up the 2011 GT350, Carroll talks about why he built it. Lmao.
@@MaddNomad1015 I know what you mean bro, I'm not saying the 5.0 doesn't exist but going from a 5.2 back to the 5.0 is crazy and should be frowned upon
@@Dpayne_S197 Oh I agree. Lmao Look at the Super Snake. That use to be only for modified GT500s but ever since Carroll died the new bosses changed everything.
Before Carroll passed he kinda had it set up better, now it’s all weird bro.
Shelby GT= affordable/entry level Shelby with styling and handling upgrades.
2nd Gen GT350: GT with a supercharger, body kit. Limited
Super Snake= modified GT500.
Now it’s like:
Shelby GT= Supercharged GT for 90k
Shelby GT350= Supercharged GT with new front and rear bumper for 105k. Limited
Shelby SuperSnake= Supercharged GT with body kit for 160k
These are not built at ford assembly line like the 2015-2020
All of you are forgetting that this is like 1965 again
You paying top dollars for name only 😂
Like the Shelby but the Whipple stuff is getting old. Seems like everyone had a Whipple.
Sadly this is just a GT, slapped with the Shelby GT350 label to make a sale. This car is not unique, nor intentionally built different like the 15-20 GT350. I will happily keep my 18 GT350, Ford isn't offering anything worth the cost anymore.
No carbon fiber wheels? IM OUT 😂
Another version of the 5.0 with a whipple. Not the same as a 5.2 GT350.
bro why isn't it affordable anymore? 810hp? nooo voooddoooooooo?
On top of everything ford still can’t get a marketing team to level the playing field with dodge 😅😅
Not tunable is 100% a “hell no” from me. And the only GT350 for me is the 2019 & 2020.
should have stayed a dedicated track daily
These are sold by Shelby American not Ford.
I'd rather get the s550 gt350 all day
Mark up
The super snake killed the GT350
MT82 transmission??? for $110k.......sorry pass
Definitely not as authentic as the S550 shelby GT350. Which had a unique bespoke engine. Which was a flat plane crank V8 5.2l displacement.
Let’s go!