Shelby American Announces 2024 Super Snake, Its Most Exciting and Capable Version of the Ford Mustang In 60 Years

  

SHELBY AMERICAN – Shelby American, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International Inc. (CSBI:PK), shocked the performance community when it introduced the limited edition 2024 Shelby Super Snake on the international Barrett-Jackson stage in Palm Beach, Florida. One of the most highly anticipated vehicles of 2024, the 830+ horsepower sports car was designed to be the highest performing Shelby Super Snake in history.

“We designed the Shelby Super Snake to be the pinnacle of our performance cars based on Ford’s world-class Mustang sports car,” said Joe Conway, CEO of Shelby American. “It follows Carroll Shelby’s vision that each generation of car improves the breed. By collaborating with Ford Motor Company, Whipple and other top companies, our Las Vegas team created our best Shelby Super Snake yet.”

 

The 5.0L V8 powered Shelby Super Snake is offered in both 480 and 830+ (supercharged) horsepower versions, giving it super car capabilities. The suspension was tuned for sharper turn ins and the exhaust for better air flow, while the brakes and cooling were enhanced to leverage the powertrain’s potential.

 

“The roots of the Shelby Super Snake began with the race bred Mark IV Ford GT, which won Le Mans in 1966,” said Gary Patterson, President of Shelby American. “That car’s engine was the inspiration for the first Shelby Super Snake, a one-off experimental built for high-speed testing on the track. Over the years, the Shelby Super Snake has evolved but continued to keep its ‘competition-edged’ personality. The 2024 Shelby Super Snake is pure American performance.”

 

This is Shelby American’s first car based on the new S650 Ford Mustang platform. The 2024 Shelby Super Snake demonstrates the perfect balance of form and function.

 

“We set out to make the 2024 Ford Mustang the most technically sophisticated Shelby Super Snake in history,” said Vince La Violette, Shelby American Vice President of Operations and Senior Designer. “Through careful engineering, we were able to add much more power while working to keep the weight more balanced with a new aluminum hood and carbon fiber fenders that also redirect the wind for ultimate cooling. Our lightweight magnesium alloy wheels cut pounds off the rotating mass so you can run deeper into and accelerate faster out of the corner. The featherweight carbon fiber tail wing keeps the retuned suspension firmly planted.”   

 

Shelby American has spent the past years designing its elite version of the car. Lessons learned through thousands of hours spent on the track, the dyno and design studio over the decades have made the 2024 Shelby Super Snake truly a special car. 

 

“We have an unwavering commitment to the enthusiast,” said LaViolette. “With the Super Snake’s competition heritage, we knew it was critical to dial up a car that is enjoyable during daily commutes and deeply rewarding during spirited driving. While the styling inside and out is certainly handsome, functionality drove every decision. This car checks all the boxes.” 

 

The 2024 model roars with over 830+* horsepower from its supercharged** 5.0L V8; it is available with a manual transmission or automatic, as well as either a fastback or convertible. Pricing will be announced soon. Only 250 total 2024 model cars will be available in the US with production beginning mid-summer.

 

Each vehicle from Shelby American is documented in the official Shelby Registry. The cars come with a 3 year/36,000-mile warranty; the powertrain warranty from Ford remains intact. 

 

“The 2024 Shelby Super Snake is visually stunning,” said Patterson. “It is such a contrast in styling from European marques yet has the performance capabilities to compete with them at half their price. With only 250 available in the US, it will be ultra-rare.”

 

The Shelby Super Snake is offered through Shelby selected Ford dealers in the United States. A limited number may be built by select Shelby mod shops and distributors internationally. Individuals interested in a Shelby vehicle can visit their local dealer or go to shelby.com.   

 

* 830+ FWHP using 93 octane (US and 98 octane ratings in Europe and some other markets)

**Supercharger available for post-title sales only

 

2024 Shelby Super Snake Specifications*

 

Performance and Powertrain:                                                                                

• 830+ horsepower supercharger system
• Shelby extreme cooling system (radiator, heat exchanger)
• Shelby by Borla exhaust system
• Performance half shafts
• Short throw shifter (manual only)
• One piece drive shaft (manual only)
• Hardened extended wheel studs, open ended lug nuts
• Shelby suspension system
• 20” forged magnesium wheels with Shelby performance spec tires
• Shelby brake rotor upgrade

 

Interior:                                                         

• Shelby spec interior upgrade
• Embroidered floor mats
• Cobra puddle lamps
• Shelby shifter ball (manual only)
• Super Snake door sill plates
• Serialized dash plaque and engine plaque
• Engine cap set
• Convertible light bar (convertible only)

 

Exterior:                                

• Super Snake aluminum vented hood with hood pins
• Carbon fiber hood extractors
• Carbon fiber Wide Body front fenders with vents
• Wide Body front fascia assembly
  • Wide Body front bumper
  • Upper, lower, outboard grilles
  • Front splitter supports
  • Lower front splitter
  • Carbon fiber splitter wickers
• Side rocker assembly
• Carbon fiber rocker wickers
• Rear ducktail spoiler
• Carbon fiber Super Snake rear wing (fastback only)
• Carbon fiber rear lower diffuser
• Super Snake stripes and badges
• Deep tinted windows (per state regulations)

 

Notes:

Available in automatic or manual transmission, fastback or convertible.

*Subject to change

Shelby's legal battle over the "Eleanor" car is over and Shelby won

SHELBY AMERICAN - In what has been a decade long battle between the Shelby Trust, owner of “Shelby” trademarks and trade dress relating to internationally known and respected Shelby vehicles, and Denise Halicki, surviving spouse of H.B. "Toby" Halicki, producer of the 1974 “Gone in 60 Seconds” film, the 1982 “The Junkman” film, and the 1983 “Deadline Auto Theft film, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has finally and decisively placed Shelby in the driver’s seat.

Multiple fungible yellow and black Mustangs code-named “Eleanor” appeared in each of Mr. Halicki’s Gone in 60 Seconds and Deadline Auto Theft films, and one of the beaten up yellow and black prop cars from Gone in 60 Seconds was shown in The Junkman. In the 2000 Hollywood Pictures’ remake of Gone in 60 Seconds, the code name “Eleanor” was used to refer to rare Shelby GT500 cars, one of which was grey and black and the other of which was rusted and paintless. Mrs. Halicki claimed that all these multiple cars referred to as “Eleanor” appearing across the four above-mentioned movies comprised a single copyrightable character belonging to her and that her purported character copyright somehow prohibited the Shelby Trust from licensing other people and companies to manufacture, sell or auction Shelby GT500s.

Mrs. Halicki went so far as to sue and/or threaten to sue Shelby GT500 vintage manufacturers, customers and auction houses, because she claimed their cars violated her alleged copyright interests – in a purported “Eleanor” character because they looked like the grey and black “Eleanor” car from the 2000 Hollywood Pictures remake film, “which in fact was repeatedly identified in the movie as a Shelby GT500.” The Shelby Trust was thus forced to sue to protect its licensees and loyal Shelby GT500 owners.

In November 2022, the Court rejected Mrs. Halicki’s longstanding practice of trying to extract money from Shelby GT500 vintage manufacturers and car owners based on a nonexistent copyright and decisively ruled that the Eleanor code named vehicles shown in the Gone in 60 Seconds, The Junkman and Deadline Auto Theft movies are NOT deserving of any “character” copyright protection.

The Court, in a meticulous 41-page opinion, criticized Mrs. Halicki and her counsel for misleading prior courts through their “unfortunate practice of . . . embellish[ing] facts in their briefing” and causing “factual inaccuracies” to make their way into a Ninth Circuit opinion “that likely assumed the facts were true” when they were not. Based on its independent review of the movies in question, the Court found various of Mrs. Halicki and her counsel’s representations about the movies to be “plainly false” or “an embellishment, to say the least.”

After trial in 2023, the Court rejected Mrs. Halicki’s fallback argument, that a 2007 settlement agreement somehow prevented the Shelby Trust and its licensees from selling newly manufactured Shelby GT500s made under license to Carroll Shelby Licensing. The Court rejected Mrs. Halicki’s contract arguments, stating that Mrs. Halicki’s theories were “untethered to the text of the contract.” The Court also left the door open for Shelby to sue in the future should Mrs. Halicki attempt to impede the lawful commerce of Shelby vehicles in the future.

M. Neil Cummings, Esq., CEO of Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc., and Co-Trustee of the Shelby Trust who has overseen the entire process, is very pleased with the Court’s decision and happy for all Shelby customers and the Shelby legacy.

“Shelby was compelled to take this action to protect our valued licensees and Shelby GT500 owners,” said Mr. Cummings. “We can finally tell them that Mrs. Halicki has absolutely no right to complain about or file a lawsuit based upon the looks of any car licensed by the Shelby Trust. The true worth of all vintage Shelby GT500s is now secure with this news.”