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So you anticipate the 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is badass? Able-bodied the 2011 archetypal just exhausted — no, abandoned — its lap time almanac at Virginia International Raceway by a whopping nine seconds.

Autoblog reports: “Ford’s engineers had it in their minds that the new aluminum block with its 120-pound weight accumulation should advice the car bang off the 4.1-mile Grand West allocation of the clue about three abnormal quicker than the approachable car. Thing is, the 2011 GT500 managed to lap the clue in 2:58.5 — a abounding nine abnormal faster than endure year’s version.”

Best of all, Ford arise a video of one of its analysis drivers ballyhoo the almanac — and it’s attempt from his point of view. Analysis it out on AutoWeek.

According to Jalopnik, “The latest abundance of Ford’s beef car is lighter, added able and added active acknowledgment to the track-day SVT Performance Package, which includes lighter wheels, stiffer springs, and a college rear arbor ratio.” Not alone is the new Pony 120 pounds lighter than the approachable model, but it aswell provides a 10-horsepower advantage, for a absolute of 550 horsepower.

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