2023 is the yr the American automobile trade (and maybe the world’s) celebrates the Carroll Shelby centennial. That’s proper, that may be the one centesimal anniversary of the delivery of one of many nation’s most essential automotive figures, so the proper alternative to have some very particular automobiles made.
Photo: Carroll Shelby International
Based on essentially the most recent incarnation of Ford’s best-selling pickup truck, the Shelby model acquired a formidable increase of energy to a formidable whole of 800 hp, double what it’s able to releasing in inventory, manufacturing unit type. It was additionally extremely restricted, to only 100 items.
It solely took a few months for the truck’s maker, Shelby American, to be glad all of them could be bought, so it determined on the finish of September to disclose the identical type of therapy for the Super Snake.
The upgrades the truck acquired are just about the identical because the one used for the earlier model. Starting off from a 2023 Ford F-150 of the Lariat 4×4, SuperCrew selection, the store boosted the 5.0-liter engine’s output to the identical quantity of 800 horsepower (when utilizing 93-octane gasoline), making it, identical to the one again in June, the “most street-legal horsepower of any Shelby street-focused truck but.”
Responsible for the bump in energy is the non-compulsory supercharger slapped over the V8 (a naturally aspirated model can be on the desk), however that is not the one change made to the inventory F-150. To deal with the elevated energy, the suspension system was tampered with, getting Ridetech gear, Fox coilovers and modified upped management arms. At the rear new sway and monitor bars have been fitted.
The truck was upgraded on the inside as properly to be on par with the Centennial Edition moniker. It now is available in black stitched leather-based, the right devoted logos, and particular lighting. The complete cabin is surrounded by deep-tinted home windows.
Shelby will make simply 100 of those as properly for the 2023 mannequin yr, and it’ll provide them to potential consumers by way of choose Blue Oval sellers. The beginning worth for the variant of the F-150 shouldn’t be for the weak of coronary heart: Shelby has set a $127,995 tag for the naturally aspirated model, and a minimum of $136,995 for the supercharged one.
The money won’t land prospects the truck alone, but in addition membership in Team Shelby and eligibility for the Shelby Registry. A Stetson hat the likes of which Carroll Shelby used to put on is thrown into the combination as properly.
