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Shelby American

Shelby America has taken the Mustang GT500 to the next level, and it’s a car you can’t buy—but you can rent. Just $399 puts 950 horsepower in your hands. Please use it wisely.

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The Ford Mustang Shelby GT500-H resurrects a classic color scheme from the famed Rent-a-Racers of the 1960s—but with a lot more horsepower.

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The car will come in Shadow Black or Oxford White, both with gold racing stripes. Only 25 are being built.

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The standard Shelby Mustang GT500 is no slouch with 760 horsepower, but the GT500-H pushes that total to 950 horsepower.

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The extra grunt comes from a larger 3.8-liter Whipple supercharger that replaces the standard 2.7-liter unit atop the 5.2-liter V-8.

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A revised seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission is used exclusively, and a Borla exhaust provides an appropriate soundtrack.

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An exclusive carbon-fiber hood shaves 30 pounds and also extracts more heat and reduces lift.

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Hertz will have the cars in Las Vegas, Phoenix, and four locations in Florida.

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The GT500-H rents for $399 per day, which includes 75 miles. Additional miles are charged at $0.75 each.

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Unlike the 1960s Hertz Shelby Mustangs, the GT500-H is expressly forbidden from being entered into any motorsports competition.

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We’d say they should also exercise restraint when doing burnouts at car shows, lest they end up on YouTube—for all the wrong reasons.

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