--- title: "2025 Shelby GT350 Mustang Packs 810 HP and Isn’t Built by Ford" date: "2025-01-23" modified: "2025-01-23" authors: - name: "Adam Ismail" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/adam-ismail" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/2025-shelby-gt350-mustang-packs-810-hp-and-isnt-built-by-ford" categories: - "Ford News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "Coupe" - "Ford" - "Mustang" - "sports car" --- # 2025 Shelby GT350 Mustang Packs 810 HP and Isn’t Built by Ford ![Shelby GT350 in red with white stripes]() *\Shelby American\* After five years away, the Shelby GT350 is back and based on the seventh-gen, S650 [Ford Mustang](). Unlike the previous car, this one isn't actually built by Ford Performance licensing the Shelby name. Rather, it's a full Shelby American product that sits below the Super Snake in the longtime Ford tuner's lineup. It also makes a stunning 810 horsepower, almost 300 more than the last car that bore the moniker. To get that power, Shelby supercharged the Mustang's 5.0-liter Coyote V8 (sorry—no flat-plane crank here, folks) and added a Borla cat-back exhaust system. Customers can pair that with either a manual transmission with a short-throw shifter, or an automatic. Elsewhere, the suspension's been upgraded with lowering springs and sway bars, and the pony car now rides on 20-inch flow-formed wheels. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although the premium for this package has almost doubled relative to the previous GT350—that car started at just above $61,000, while this new one begins at $109,999—Ford's last-gen version only made 526 hp, which was apparently a common point of criticism among buyers. Besides, you can get close to that from a [Dark Horse]() nowadays. "For all the great things that the 350 was from \[2015 to 2020\], the one thing that in today's world that people wanted is, quite frankly, more than 526 horses," Shelby American President Gary Patterson told *The Drive*. Shelby is planning to build just 562 of these, like [its original run of GT350s in 1965](), and cars can be ordered through participating Ford dealers. Comparable power figures against the more expensive, $160,000 [Super Snake]() kind of make the GT350's spot in Shelby's repertoire a little unclear at first glance, but the Super Snake has more going on across the board—a beefed-up cooling system, upgraded half-shafts along with a one-piece driveshaft for manual cars, better brakes, forged wheels, and of course, those wide fender flares. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A new GT350R will accompany the GT350, and it'll be even more exclusive; Shelby's building just 36 of those with hand-painted liveries, again, like it did 60 years ago. The brand is returning to Trans Am racing in 2026 with the assistance of Michigan-based Turn Key Automotive, and the GT350R is essentially a street-legal version of that Trans Am car with a carbon-fiber interior tub and exterior aero package, integrated roll cage, JRI adjustable struts and shocks, Alcon brakes, and many more chassis upgrades. Oh, plus it'll pack over 830 hp, which is a little more than the standard GT350 and considerably more than Trans Am allows. Pricing will be "announced shortly," though it's reasonable to expect the R to be even pricier than the Super Snake. While it's a little surprising to see the GT350 name returned to Shelby, Ford has indicated a desire to build out its own brands for hi-po Mustangs, between the Dark Horse and [GTD](). At the same time, Shelby certainly isn't slapping some extra decals on a Mustang GT and calling it a day. The new GT350 has serious power, and it has us wondering what will happen with—not to mention who will be building—the S650 GT500 that has got to be waiting in the wings. *Got tips? Send ’em to tips@thedrive.com* ## Author Adam is a Senior Editor at The Drive, concentrating on curating and developing the site's slate of daily journalism, from initial pitch to final copy edit. When he's not at his desk researching leads and working with writers, he's testing vehicles or reviewing racing games, new and old. He joined The Drive in 2023, following seven years of covering consumer technology and cars. A car lover and gamer since his earliest memories, Adam came to know the automotive world through video games. First it was Daytona USA, Sega Rally, and Ridge Racer; then came Need For Speed, which inspired an encyclopedic knowledge of '90s supercars, and, of course, Gran Turismo. If not for them, he'd assuredly be doing something else right now. Adam is based in the suburbs outside Philly, where there are ample roads for his hot hatch to stretch its legs. In his car, he's probably listening to indie rock, drum and bass, or Yankees baseball. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()