Of course, it’s not a complete shock to see the GT500 Code Red post such a ridiculous quarter-mile time. It is, after all, the pinnacle of Shelby’s upgraded Mustang lineup. The hardcore muscle car was ...

The Shelby Mustang CODE RED just raised the bar for street-legal brawlers by dropping an 8.593-second sledgehammer at 161.81 miles per hour (260.40 kilometers per hour) over the standing quarter-mile.

Now, they’ve created the Code Red, a machine using the Ford Mustang GT500 as its base, and tuned to a scarcely believable 1,300 horsepower. Oh — and they’ll cost US$209,000 per copy.

You should know immediately by the Mountain Dew-esque name that the Code Red Shelby isn't "just another fast Mustang." A "standard" 2022 GT500 made 760 horsepower from its supercharged 5.2-liter V8.

The engine wasn’t the only aspect of the GT500 that’s been reworked. The Code Red has also been equipped with Ford Performance front and rear sway bars, performance half-shafts and had its suspension ...

Shelby American announced a limited production run of a 1300-horsepower variant of the Ford Mustang GT500, named the GT500 Code Red. Shelby will build 30 total examples of the Code Red, 10 for ...

The Shelby GT500 Code Red is where we turn the page into dangerously fast cars. This is much like Shelby's other modified Mustangs in that it's an in-house version hand built to be as fast as ...

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You can add the Shelby GT500 Code Red to that list. The heavily modified Ford Mustang is even faster than initially thought, recently running the quarter mile in just 8.59 seconds at 161 mph.