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more about #shelbygt500kr more comments → Mobius: When the Mustang hood costs more than a base Mustang, something is wrong with our economic system. more » MushyHeirloom: Obviously, someone should buy a 'KR and sell the special parts at exorbitant prices on eBay, then repanel it as a Mustang GT and go smoke some Civics ... more » underwear-ninja: You should never ask Vegeta about these prices more » MikeHerbst: Someone with an intact Shelby hood should be making a damn mint by loaning it out to have molds pulled for making knockoff replacements. Hello, I've ... more » MarkB: Makes me feel much better about my $800 CF hood on my Suzuki. more » Mad_Science: I'll sell you a replica and letters that spell BLESHY for $4000 more » SubieBlast: for 20K you can hire someone to make you acustom hood no one else has. more » Senor Dos y Do: I find it very hard to believe that a Carroll Shelby related entity would put the screws to its customers. Oh wait, no I don't. more » Theimbellis: Aren't that what insurance is for? more » Pessimippopotamus: I don't understand. It's a limited production car with a bespoke carbon fiber hood made for a $80,000 car. Of course replacement parts are going to be... more » LegendaryC: I'm not sure about you guys but I'd totally buy a Replacement Carbon Fiber Hood for a Shelby GT500KR for the current price of $9700 then buy 24 more o... more » acarr260: I know a guy who put a Viper back on the road as his personal touring car after it had been badly wrecked. The door skins were $5k each. Luckily, he... more » Flathead Smith: Maybe I ought to go into the Shelby Hood making business. I bet I could get some made in China real cheap. more » wojo: This makes the whole GT500KR almost look like a bargain at $89,000.00! more » .357: I seriously doubt that the Shelby's hood is the only CF hood. more » -
#shelby
Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
One customer found when he hit an animal with his GT500KR how pricey it's snout is: hood $18,400; hood pins $632; front spoiler $3392. Shelby's since offered an interesting explanation — and lowered those prices. Here's what happened. More » -
#customcars
Who Chromes A Shelby GT500KR?
If we could imagine the perfect stereotype of the kind of guys who would chrome their $80,000 Shelby GT500KR, this group is exactly who we'd come up with. More » -
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#questionoftheday
What Would You Do With A GT500KR?
You already knew one of us was out here in sunny Southern California after our little photographic fun with all three new American muscle cars in one photo for the very first time. But that wasn't the only reason we were out here on America's Left Coast. The other reason? The 2008 Shelby GT500KR. We've been given the keys to the only super 'Stang in Ford's media fleet to drive longer than any other car outlet's gone in the car to date. We'll be taking this 580 HP über-muscle car on a 1,779 mile trip from LA to Dallas. Along the way we'll stop in Las Vegas and Phoenix, liveblogging the entire way. Follow along with us at our Shelby GT500KR Road Trip tag. Although this now begs today's question of the day, what would you do and where would you go with the GT500KR and a full tank of gas? -
#2008mustangshelbygt500kr
2008 Mustang Shelby GT500KR, Reviewed
While we haven't had a chance to drive the new 2008 Mustang Shelby GT500KR, others have. Our friends at Popular Mechanics spent some time behind the wheel of the new Shelby GT500KR and have come away with some driving impressions of the purported "King of the Road." After reading their final take on the KR as well as those from other outlets, we're beginning to think maybe "Prince" might have been a better name for it. Unless of course "King" is being used to mean "King's Ransom" — then the naming convention makes sense given the stratospheric $80,000 price for a ridiculously high horsepower car with a solid axle and a propensity to only go in a straight line. While we'd never call this Mustang a "Sally" and we'll obviously stop short from saying the 2008 Mustang Shelby GT500KR sucks, we're pretty sure there's better cars you could probably buy for the money. But that's just our take on it. Check out the full review from the Mechanics who are quite Popular here: More » -
#barrettjackson
KITT Shelby Mustang GT500KR Pair Sells For $300,000
Just when you thought you'd seen the last of KITT, it's back — at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Palm Beach. We wonder if this means there won't be a full television series based on the movie after all. Yes, these were the actual cars used in the made-for-NBC movie. That means that these actually aren't even GT500KR models, but a pair of dressed-up Mustang GTs "inspired by the GT500KR." Though for the final bid of $300,000 for both the "Attack-Mode" and normal KITT, Ford included the rights to buy an actual GT500KR at MSRP. Just don't get too worked up about the wretched excess, because all the money isbeing written-offgoing to charity. [Barrett-Jackson] More » -
#barrettjackson
Barrett-Jackson: Ford, Shelby to Auction One-Off Glass-Roof Shelby GT500KR on Saturday at the Big BJ
Looks like Ford's puckering up to take on every inch of the big BJ auction this weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona. Highlighting their car-love for the weekend will be their auction of a one-of-a-kind 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR with one of them new-fangled Mustang glass roods everyone's been talking about. We would like to thank Ford for claiming their rightful place in the lead of the "muscle car wars" — but we would like to remind them, as we reminded Dodge a month or so ago, that the use of our trademark and patent-pending term is exclusively prohibited. So pay up. We'll take cash, or a GT500KR of our own. Don't make us call our lawyers and get all cease-and-desist on your non-independent rear suspensions. Also, Pontiac may have something to say about headlining the press release with driving being in any way exciting. Full press release below the jump — including some love from Dr. McDreamy. More » -
#knightrider
Detroit Auto Show: KITT Heading to Detroit to Play on Ford Stage
We're hearing among the "plethora" of official reveals from Ford at the Detroit Auto Show this weekend will be an additional piece of product pr0n to feast our eyes on — for the second time (we know you remember the first time our Gawker LA videographer Molly caught KITT. That's right, our sources tell us the GT500KR-like Mustang GT playing the role of KITT in the new Knight Rider movie/TV show/Mini-Series/whatevs will be on display for the media come Sunday morning. Now if only they'd fly Will Arnett out so we could hear it say "Mark Fields, jump in!" Yes, that'd be epic. Of course you too can follow along live at our Detroit Auto Show tag page, or if you're technically inclined, hit up the RSS feed for your fave feed reader — or just keep madly hitting refresh on our main page — whatever works best for you. Because that's what we're all about here — you. And cars. And sometimes, the Hoff. More »
