GT500 Convertible will have its premiere at the Auto Show in Chicago. Division of Special Vehicle Team has issued the first two pieces of his team: Mustang Cobra and F-150 pickup Lightning in the same place just twenty years ago. The emblems have been boasted since all kinds of American products, including the Ford Focus and Contour sedan (overseas version of the first Mondeo).

No, this time we do not talk about downsizing, artificially reducing consumption and emissions, or a start-stop, hybrids and electric vehicles. Under the hood of the Mustang is forked thunders 5.8 liter eight-cylinder volume at atmospheric.

Although the performance remained, the unit (here the term is somehow appropriate) doping the good old mechanical compressor. Changes undergone block and cylinder heads, had incorporated the cam, clutch, gearbox and axles. In short, the entire drive train and chassis.

Like the coupe, the open version will be up to grab packages and Performance Track. Cannot choose one or the other Performance Track is an upgrade. It features electronically adjustable Bilstein dampers (but designed for SVT) and Brembo disc brakes with six-caliper front.

The stiffness of the chassis can be controlled by button on the dashboard. There are two modes: Normal and Sport. Normal is a comfort for everyday driving, the sports and everything freezes open body with less curls.

Shelby GT500 Convertible Performance was on track at Sebring about 3.5 seconds per lap faster than predecessor models 2011 and 2012 (this year it is marked 2013). The SVT for the series followed the German manufacturer and GT500 has an electronic limiter that you curbed in 250 km / h. This speed is illegal almost everywhere anyway. However, it can be deactivated and then proves convertible dash to 322 km / h, which was verified in tests.

The track also includes an additional engine oil cooler, the temperature of the gearbox and rear differential is maintained in the normal thanks to the extra cooling. It is to the ravages of the circuit with the wind in your hair did not get any chance in hell itself.

Although bears the mark Shelby GT500 will be produced under the direction of Ford factory Auto Alliance International Plant in Flat Rock (Michigan). Incidentally, a division of JIT built in two decades of 210,000 cars.