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The Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 musters up memories of ready-built race cars and road-racing glory. Nostalgia is sweet, but the pony-car performance war—now five decades old—is vicious and shows no signs of abating. Chevrolet has armed itself with the 650-hp Camaro ZL1, and Dodge is packing the 707-hp Challenger SRT Hellcat—and the 840-hp Demon drag-strip special. Ford’s response is the raucous Shelby GT350 and GT350R—the latter track-tuned up to 11. Both run a screaming, naturally aspirated flat-plane-crank V-8 (code-named Voodoo) that revs to 8200 rpm and channels its 526 horses through a gratifying six-speed manual gearbox. Despite the power gap to their Chevy and Dodge competitors, the Shelby twins are certified track stars that deliver face-melting grip, heart-stopping brakes, feedback-plentiful steering, and an exhaust note that frightens small children. The GT350 and GT350R deliver high and even higher doses of rock ’n’ roll and race readiness. Both are totally bad-ass. READ MORE ››
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