Ford takes the wraps off its Boss 302 successor and sprinkles on some Voodoo.
What It's: The Shelby GT350 iteration of the new-for-2015 Ford Mustang, found lapping the Nurburgring.
The GT350 picks up the mantle of the astonishing Mustang Boss 302, a fantastically balanced track machine that dwelt through the tail end of the last for only two short years -gen Mustang's life cycle.
Platform: The 2016 Shelby GT350 will use the exact same fundamental coupe body as the Mustang that is standard, albeit possibly stiffened to hone its on-track sharpness. Where wore fat, staggered-width front and back tires and an insistently domed and vented hood, the GT350 hews closer to a standard 2015 Mustang GT in relation to appearances. There are standard-size wheels and tires, a ventless hood, with no rear wing that is enormous.
Having said that, there are a lot of body addons that support the idea the GT350 will be a track-strike creature along exactly the same lines as Chevrolet's Camaro Z/28. Up front, this mostly uncovered an upset maw is worn by model with a lot of net-covered openings. Given that that is a new SVT-developed merchandise, it is not surprising to view the inclusion of two kinked barbs in the grille opening; similar treatment is recalled by the visual flourish on the Fiesta ST as well as the Focus ST. Miniature canards forward of each wheel opening and a big front splitter reveal that Ford is taking the aerodynamics of the model seriously, and there's a narrow vertical slot behind each front wheel. Out back, an amazing quartet of exhaust exits juts out from a muscle-looking diffuser part; this is just another place where the GT350 and the GT500 differ --the latter did not have the small winglets of the former beneath the exhaust suggestions.
Powertrain: This can be the place where the Mustang Shelby GT350 will actually set itself apart. The GT500's engine bay is going to be stuffed using the same ridiculously strong supercharged, 5.8-liter "Trinity" V8 engine, probably making more than the last GT500's 662 hp. The agile GT350, on the flip side, will get a naturally aspirated V8 with--look out, Ferrari--a flat-plane crankshaft. In addition, it should seem totally freaking amazing. A guide should and probably will soon be normal; we suppose that, as using the Boss 302, Ford will not make an automatic accessible.
Estimated Arrival and Cost: We figure next year, the GT350 will go as an 2016 version. Just like the Boss 302, it will not be inexpensive, but it also will not be overly expensive, either.
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