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title: "Upcoming Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Might Ditch Manual Transmission: Report"
description: "Instead, it might get a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission and carbon fiber driveline."
date: "2018-08-31"
modified: "2018-08-31"
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# Upcoming Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Might Ditch Manual Transmission: Report

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A new report suggests that Ford's upcoming Mustang Shelby GT500 may not be offered with a manual transmission option. This latest rumor emerged in the wake of an alleged [specification sheet that was recently leaked](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/23083/ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-specs-allegedly-leaked>) to *The Drive* by an anonymous source.

A source "familiar with internal spec sheets" claims that the upcoming super 'Stang will only be fitted with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic and that a manual variant isn't in sight, according to *[Jalopnik](<https://jalopnik.com/the-2020-ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-might-not-get-a-manu-1828716066>).* The report also states that the automatic gearbox that will allegedly be used will not be the same unit that's currently found in the mighty [Ford GT](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/23068/ford-might-be-going-for-a-nurburgring-lap-record-with-this-gt>).

[Past rumors pegged](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/20295/the-2019-ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-may-come-with-a-manual-gearbox>) a Tremec TR-6060 six-speed transmission to the new Mustang, which is the same unit that was fitted to the last-generation GT500 and can withstand up to 650 pound-feet of torque—the exact amount of torque the new car has since been rumored to produce. However, newer rumors claim that Ford will use Tremec's TR-9007 DCT instead which can handle 664 pound-feet of torque, 10,000 rpm and be adapted to [all-wheel-drive](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/23220/new-ford-mustang-coming-in-2021-might-get-optional-awd>) or rear-wheel-drive platforms.

According to the leaked specs, the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 will produce 720 horsepower from a supercharged 5.2-liter V8, weigh 4,225 pounds, have a 56/44 percent front/rear weight distribution, top out at 190 miles per hour, and feature a carbon fiber driveline. It is scheduled to arrive sometime in 2019 and will likely be one of the last and most extreme variants of the current-generation Mustang before [its replacement drops in 2021](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/23220/new-ford-mustang-coming-in-2021-might-get-optional-awd>).

We've reached out to Ford for further comment and will update this story when we hear back.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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