Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as part of Motor Trends 2012 Best Drivers Car competition. The 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 is one of 9 contenders competing for the title of 2012 Best Drivers Car.Ê
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00:02 Last year's Los Angeles Auto Show was supposed to be
00:06 the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1's big coming out party.
00:10 But then the Ford folks crashed it
00:12 with the announcement of a new Shelby GT500.
00:15 With an all new supercharged 5.8 liter V8 on board,
00:18 the Shelby now boasts a stunning 662 horsepower
00:22 and 631 pound feet of torque.
00:25 With selectable sport steering and a new front wheel drive,
00:28 selectable sport steering and two mode Bilstein shocks,
00:31 not to mention untold hours of tuning
00:33 on the world famous Nurburgring,
00:35 the new GT500 was designed to do more than win drag races.
00:39 A lot more.
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00:50 Some horsepower right there, people.
00:55 We're liking that.
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00:59 Little power oversteer in turn two.
01:04 That's a car I like.
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01:09 Big drift on the way out.
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01:26 Less understeer in the middle of the corner than the Camaro.
01:45 Woo, less confidence on the brakes.
01:47 The Mustang will get in kind of a weird slide mode.
01:51 It's disconcerting.
01:53 Let's break a little early up here for the course.
01:57 Yeah, down boy, sit, sit.
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02:01 Yeah, the braking not as confidence inspiring as the Camaro,
02:18 but it has less understeer in the middle of the corner.
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