Ragtop men will have a new version of Ford's upcoming Mustang Shelby Cobra GT500 with which to lay rubber athwart the country club parking lot. The company confirmed it was building a droptop version of the GT500, which will be as nastily tuned by Ford's SVT speed bureau as the coupe, with a supercharged 5.4-liter V8 producing 450hp. The top will be fashioned from cloth, not vinyl like the standard GT, and the company says the droptop only gains 125lbs over the coupe. Expect it in time for the endless summer of 2006.
GT500 Gets Convertible Companion [The Car Connection]
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