Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
Why 6.5: Ford dropped the manual entirely for the fastest street Mustang ever built, betting a 7-speed dual-clutch would put down 760 hp better than any driver could — and it does, at the cost of the one thing Shelby buyers used to demand. Launch-year markups pulled in flippers chasing a scarce VIN; the used market since has sorted itself back toward people who actually track the thing.
Layout
Natural habitat
Ride comfort
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · €87k (2020) → €81k (2026), trending down · illustrative data
The long version
Ford built the GT500 as a drag-strip and road-course weapon first, wrapping the supercharged Predator V8 in a chassis with real aero, optional carbon-ceramic Brembos, and adaptive MagneRide dampers — then decided no clutch pedal would survive 625 lb-ft, a seven-speed dual-clutch only. That call cost it some of the purist crowd who wanted a third pedal on principle, but it also meant nobody buying one was signing up to row their own gears at a stoplight; the ownership pattern skews toward people who wanted the number on the spec sheet and the means to use it. Dealer markups at launch pulled in a flipper wave chasing scarce early-build VINs, the same pattern every hyped Mustang variant sees in its first year, and production ending in 2022 has since put a floor under that speculative premium. What's left driving it hardest are the track-day regulars who bought past the hype window specifically for the aero and the brakes, not the badge.