First came the Dark Horse, and now we have the new Shelby Mustang Super Snake.
When Ford first dropped the seventh-generation S650 Mustang, we did get a new higher-performance variant with the Dark Horse. With 500 horsepower on tap, it’s plenty of power for most folks out there…but it’s no Shelby. Now, though, Shelby American has redressed that balance with a brand-new Super Snake. And as you’d expect, it’s a beast.
On the styling front, the first new Shelby-fied Mustang gets a far more aggressive look and tons of carbon fiber. The Super Snake gets an aluminum vented hood with hood pins, carbon fiber hood extractors, and carbon fiber wide-body fenders. Out back, there’s also a ducktail spoiler and a carbon fiber rear lower diffuser. Inside, Shelby fits special seats, embroidered floor mats, Super Snake door sill plates and a serialized dash plaque and Cobra puddle lamps. Manual models get a Shelby shifter, while convertibles get a light bar.
To create the 2024 Mustang Super Snake, Shelby took the standard 5.0-liter Coyote V8 and fitted a 3.0-liter Whipple supercharger. That cranks the total output way up from 480 horsepower to at least 830 horsepower. To keep all those horses in check, the Super Snake also has an “extreme” cooling system with a beefier radiator and heat exchanger. This powerhouse also gets a Borla exhaust system, a specially tuned suspension system, upgraded brake rotors and 20-inch forged magnesium wheels with performance-spec tires.
Clearly, just rattling through the specs don’t do the Super Snake justice as far as its special status. Exclusivity will, however, and that’s why Shelby is limiting the first-year run to just 250 units. Exact pricing is not available yet, but you can bet it will carry a significant premium on Ford’s own top-end Mustangs like the Dark Horse.
If you do miss out on this year’s run, as unfortunate as that would be, don’t fret. We almost certainly have plenty of other special editions coming down the pike, including the new Mustang GT500.
The Super Snake isn’t the only Mustang-related news this week, as Ford also revealed an appearance package for the pony car’s 60th anniversary and opened up orders on the GTD:
