"King of the Road" Shelby
"King of the Road" Shelby Interesting story in the NY Times:
The performance guru Carroll Shelby introduced, or rather reintroduced, the King of the Road Mustang at the 2007 New York auto show. Shelby introduced the original King of the Road model in 1967 — at New York show.
The GT500KR, or just KR, was the most powerful Mustang when it was first introduced back then, and it sold in limited quantities; it is a valued and sought-after six-figure collectible today. The limited (to 500 initially) edition 2008 model introduced here ups the ante in its claim as the most powerful Mustang ever, with 540 horsepower from a supercharged 5.4-liter V-8.
Shelby said the King of the Road designation came about quite suddenly in 1967, when he was told by a manager at Ford that Chevrolet planned to announce a King of the Road Corvette within a matter of weeks. Shelby immediately called his attorney and had him find out whether the King of the Road name had been trademarked. Turns out Chevy had dropped the ball on that little detail.
“So we had it trademarked by the next morning,” Shelby said. “We had all the GT500’s we had in stock rebadged as GT500KR’s, and within two weeks we had 50 of them ready to go.”
Whatever happened to those King of the Road Corvettes?
The performance guru Carroll Shelby introduced, or rather reintroduced, the King of the Road Mustang at the 2007 New York auto show. Shelby introduced the original King of the Road model in 1967 — at New York show.
The GT500KR, or just KR, was the most powerful Mustang when it was first introduced back then, and it sold in limited quantities; it is a valued and sought-after six-figure collectible today. The limited (to 500 initially) edition 2008 model introduced here ups the ante in its claim as the most powerful Mustang ever, with 540 horsepower from a supercharged 5.4-liter V-8.
Shelby said the King of the Road designation came about quite suddenly in 1967, when he was told by a manager at Ford that Chevrolet planned to announce a King of the Road Corvette within a matter of weeks. Shelby immediately called his attorney and had him find out whether the King of the Road name had been trademarked. Turns out Chevy had dropped the ball on that little detail.
“So we had it trademarked by the next morning,” Shelby said. “We had all the GT500’s we had in stock rebadged as GT500KR’s, and within two weeks we had 50 of them ready to go.”
Whatever happened to those King of the Road Corvettes?
Last edited by Mr. B; Apr 4, 2007 at 10:30 PM.
That looks even more evil.
I sure would like one, but I'm guessing it'll be a 6 figure mustang, I rather have a c6 z06 and c05 z06 daily lol, or a condo...
Maybe just a ton of Kraft Mac and Cheese, I'm talking like a pool full of it.
I'll have to read up more about it but the looks are awesome.
I sure would like one, but I'm guessing it'll be a 6 figure mustang, I rather have a c6 z06 and c05 z06 daily lol, or a condo...
Maybe just a ton of Kraft Mac and Cheese, I'm talking like a pool full of it.
I'll have to read up more about it but the looks are awesome.
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they only add 40 more horsepower and 30 torque? whats the point of that? on a car with 500, i am sure an intake and exhaust will do the same and it'll be alot less than what the dealer wants to charge. it looks like alot of eye candy which is fine, the picture looks really nice.
we'll see if it's made though.
we'll see if it's made though.
Originally Posted by Joe "Preachers Sheets" DIESO
jeepers creepers, i'm the only one who likes it.
the gripe i have is that they keep hiding the fact that they are not able to perform up to their hype by releasing special edition cars. they can badge the car up and put on all the stripes in teh world, if it can't keep up in the performance department that is the end of the story. especially when dealerships are taking the already retarded sticker prices and tacking on $10k as a "market price adjustment" before they will let them go.