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Auctions: Barrett-Jackson 2012: $300,000 takes home 2013 Shelby GT500 prototype [w/video]

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Filed under: Auctions , Ford This beaten and battered 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 prototype is proof that you can buy just about any type of vehicle at Barrett-Jackson . The car was used as an SVT test car to develop the 2013 Shelby GT500, and was piloted at race tracks like Sebring Raceway and at Ford’s Arizona proving grounds. Even Carroll Shelby himself had a stint in the car to test its merits. From the look of it, the GT500 prototype is still in testing condition

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Exclusive: Camaro chief claims ZL1 will outperform Shelby GT500

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Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Chevrolet , Ford It would seem on paper that the 2013 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 should easily slay the heavier and less powerful 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 . The former weighs 3,850 pounds and brings 650 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque to the table, the latter carries 4,120 pounds and 580 hp/556 lb-ft. “We’ve done simulations. We predict that the ZL1 will be quicker to 60 than the [2013] GT500.” Not so fast, says Camaro Chief Engineer Al Oppenheiser (above).

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2013 Shelby GT500 development prototype headed for auction

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The racetrack durability car that was used to develop the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 will go under the hammer at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona this weekend.

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Official: 2013 Shelby GT500 development car to be auctioned at Barrett-Jackson for charity

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Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Auctions , Ford For the last several years Ford has partnered with Barrett-Jackson to auction off some very special vehicles for charity. Past cars have included the first production examples of the Shelby GT500KR and Shelby GT as well as special one-offs like last year’s Grabber Blue Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca , all of which have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). For 2012 Ford is once again auction off a Mustang for charity, but this year’s car is a little different.

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Life After 8000 RPM: Lotus Elise and Mazda RX-8

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Life After 8000 RPM: Lotus Elise and Mazda RX-8 As they make a quiet exit, we push these underappreciated, incomparable sports cars to redline one last time. The auto industry moves too fast to fully appreciate the cars it builds. We haven’t even driven the 580-hp Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, and the mere announcement of a 650-hp Ford Shelby GT500 has already hijacked the Chevy’s supercharged, eight-cylinder thunder.

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Spy Shots: 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible caught enjoying the weather ahead of Detroit reveal?

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Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Spy Photos , Convertible , Performance , Ford Detroit in January isn’t exactly the proper place to go topless in a 650-horsepower tire smoker, but that doesn’t mean rumors of the 2013 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 Convertible’s impending debut at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show aren’t accurate. And these spy shots prove that the car is very much ready for its big unveiling. We’re expecting the soft-top Shelby to pack the same 5.8-liter supercharged engine as its hard-topped sibling, which means the asphalt will be punished with those aforementioned 650 ponies along with 600 pound-feet of torque.

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