"Somewhere, Carroll is smiling," stated Hermann Salenbauch, worldwide director for Ford Performance automobile packages. "The new Shelby GT350 is our remaining tune Mustang. We've caught to Carroll Shelby's authentic method for prevailing championships and made our Shelby GT350 even higher with the present day in race-confirmed aerodynamics, tire and chassis era."
Next-stage chassis era and aerodynamics
Building on a avenue route racing and tune-targeted legacy born in 1965, Ford Performance engineers and architects included the present day advances in tire, aerodynamics and chassis era into the 2019 Mustang Shelby GT350.
Working solely with Michelin, the group additionally engineered new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires with a Shelby GT350-unique tread sample and specific compound to supply greater grip for substantially progressed acceleration and lateral acceleration, in addition to braking. The 295/35 the front and 305/35 rear tires are suited to progressed stiffness and optimize new 19-inch aluminum wheels.
An all-new rear spoiler with elective Gurney flap and optimized grille closeout turned into designed and tuned with revel in received from wind tunnel improvement of the Ford Performance Mustang avenue route racing automobiles and upcoming Shelby GT500 model. Together, they supply vast rear more aerodynamic performance while ready with the brand new elective Gurney flap at the rear spoiler, as a way to be to be had after launch.
Upgrades to Ford Mustang Shelby GT350's wellknown MagneRide lively suspension supplement the aero and tire upgrades with recalibrated springs and revised damping to take complete gain of the improvements.
Stopping energy is supplied with the aid of using six-piston the front and four-piston rear caliper Brembo™ brakes. For brought manipulate and progressed driving force feedback, Shelby GT350's electric powered energy-help guidance and three-mode digital balance manipulate settings function upgrades taken from Ford Performance's masses of hours of aggressive tune testing.
Tuning with Billy Johnson withinside the driving force's seat
Billy Johnson is aware of racing. As a driving force for the FIA World Endurance Ford GT and IMSA Mustang GT4 packages, Johnson has large knowledge in what makes for a notable driving force's automobile. He labored with Ford Performance to dial withinside the Shelby GT350 for 2019.
Shelby GT350's special high-revving 5.2-liter V8 stays the maximum effective certainly aspirated Ford manufacturing engine ever and the best one in all its kind withinside the segment - turning in 526 horsepower and 429 lb.-ft. of torque at a blistering 8,250-rpm redline. It's mated to a tune-confirmed and precise-moving Tremec® 6-velocity guide transmission.
Johnson stated the end result of the brand new Ford Mustang Shelby GT350's aerodynamics tuning, revised brake calibration, and lots more downforce is a greater balanced, higher-acting automobile at the straightaways and particularly withinside the corners.
"Along with progressed grip, brake and chassis refinements, Shelby GT350 brings an entire new stage of overall performance riding," he stated. "It's a worthwhile automobile to force on the right track for amateurs and professionals alike, even as making the driving force sense like a superhero. It's self belief inspiring in corners and begs to be driven more difficult and to take corners faster."
More craftsmanship, era and style
Inside, driving force and passengers of the 2019 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 are handled to a comfortable, fashionable and purpose-constructed cockpit boasting the present day in superior era and top rate substances predicted of a world-magnificence sports activities automobile.
Fresh wearing cues encompass a wellknown machined aluminum device panel appliqué with an to be had uncovered carbon fiber version, plus newly designed door panel inserts in darkish slate Miko® suede with accessory stitching. A wrapped middle console gives wealthy world-magnificence craftsmanship. Standard Recaro race seats with company facet bolstering and open pass-throughs for protection harnesses provide the very best stage of overall performance, even as new energy-adjustable seating is to be had with Miko suede inserts for the ones searching out brought comfort.
A new high-overall performance, custom-tuned 12-speaker B&O PLAY audio gadget with the aid of using HARMAN is now to be had for the 2019 Mustang Shelby GT350, managed thru the now wellknown 8-inch SYNC® three contact display that capabilities SiriusXM and FordPass™ Connect. Dual-region digital computerized temperature manipulate is now wellknown, along side a commonplace storage door opener.
New colorations for the 2019 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 encompass Velocity Blue and for the primary time, Ford Performance Blue. Optional factory-painted over-the-pinnacle racing stripes are to be had in high-gloss Shadow Black, Oxford White or Kona Blue. Mirror-set up Shelby Cobra Projection Lamps come wellknown withinside the to be had Technology Package.
The 2019 Mustang Shelby GT350 may be to be had beginning in early 2019 and may be constructed at Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Flat Rock, Michigan. Enrollment in an special, complimentary Track Attack riding software from Ford Performance is covered with every automobile.
