2011 Shelby GT500: Latest and greatest of the monster Shelby
So, this week found me blasting around Virginia Int’l Raceway (VIR), in the brand-new 2011 Shelby Mustang GT500.
The track is mega intimidating — super fast, super curvy, with the possibility of very bad things happening to you. Like barrel rolling.
The 2007-model-year GT500 used to be pretty intimidating too (like, the chance of it barrel-rolling on you in, say, a parking lot, seemed pretty high). But the 2010 was pretty spectacular. And this new one, simply, rocks.
Bite the hand that feeds ya: 2011 Shelby GT500 icon.
I’ll do a review on it soon, but in the meantime, take a first look. Many new photos of the 2011 Shelby GT500 after the jump. (more…)
By Jason H. Harper – May 27, 2010 (Bloomberg)
A friend recently argued that it’s hard to find a bad car these days. He may be right.
Boring, generic, ugly and pointless cars? Sure. But astounding crap-cans with engines that sound like a bout of tinnitus and can’t handle a 2 percent grade? Much harder to find.
Just look at Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker after affiliate Hyundai Motor Co. Once the butt of jokes from comedians like Jay Leno, Kia expects to boost global sales by more than 25 percent this year, and a recent survey by ALG Inc., which tracks residual values, found that the public’s perception of Kia’s quality is rising — while stalwart Toyota Motor Corp.’s is dropping. (more…)
By Jason H. Harper – May 20, 2010 (Bloomberg)
There’s a $1,300 option on the 2011 BMW 5 Series called a head-up display. Your digital speed is projected on the windshield so the driver never has to look down at the gauge.
The fighter-jet technology just may pay for itself within the first year of ownership.
Why ante up? Well, I’m placidly motoring along a divided freeway in a new 535i that lacks that option. It feels like I’m doing 50 mph but I glance down and — gee whiz — 93 miles per hour (150 kph). And is that a state trooper up ahead? (more…)
Coming this week, one of my fave convertibles in the world — the Aston Martin DBS. And at just under $300,000… it ain’t cheap.
