Limited-Edition Shelby GT350, GT350R
Heritage Edition Package Honors 55 Years of Track-Focused Mustang Fastback
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Heritage Edition Package available on 2020
Mustang Shelby GT350 and GT350R models features a unique throwback livery
with Wimbledon White paint and Guardsman Blue side and over-the-top racing
stripes
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Car’s classic styling is a tribute to
Carroll Shelby’s historic 1965 fastback coupe that helped establish the
GT350 brand
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Heritage Edition Package is available for
ordering at Ford dealers now, with production starting in early 2020;
package adds $1,965 to 2020 Mustang Shelby GT350 and GT350R MSRP
DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 19, 2019 – A year
before Ken Miles set lap records at Le Mans in Ford’s famed GT40, the
noted race car driver and engineer made waves on the track in the first
1965 Mustang Shelby GT350 fastback coupe. Ford is celebrating this legacy
55 years later with a new limited-edition 2020 Mustang Shelby GT350
Heritage Edition Package.
Miles made Shelby GT350 an instant legend when he drove it to victory at
Green Valley Raceway in Texas on Feb. 14, 1965. Since then, the Shelby
GT350 has been a Mustang icon.
For 2020, Ford is producing a limited run of Heritage Edition fastbacks
finished in classic Wimbledon White with Guardsman Blue side and
over-the-top race stripes in a nod to the 1965 GT350 competition model
developed by Carroll Shelby. The United States has sported blue and white
as its assigned international racing colors since the 1950s. Additional
Heritage Edition cues include front and rear exterior badges finished in
Guardsman Blue and a unique dash badge inside. GT350R models will feature
all-black seats with red accent stitching.
“Looking back on it, what Ford and Carroll Shelby created back in the
mid-’60s was so important to Mustang,” said Jim Owens, Ford Mustang
marketing manager. “With their authentic exterior livery, unique
appointments and performance Ken could have only dreamed of, the Mustang
Shelby GT350 and GT350R Heritage Edition Package vehicles are a meaningful
tribute to the legacy of the Shelby brand.”
The throwback Heritage Edition Package comes a year after Shelby GT350
received a host of upgrades. These include revised front chassis geometry
for improved steering feel, plus revised antilock braking and MagneRide™
tuning for optimized aerodynamic components resulting in improved ride,
stability and handling for both road and track. Shelby GT350R gets a
redesigned high-trail steering knuckle leveraged from the all-new Shelby
GT500 for 2020. It also features a new steering rack and recalibrated
electric power steering control.
The 2020 Mustang Shelby GT350 has a starting MSRP of $60,440, plus taxes,
title, delivery and license fees; GT350R has a starting MSRP of $73,435,
plus taxes, title, delivery and license fees. The Heritage Edition Package
is available for $1,965. Dealers are taking orders for Heritage Edition
Package vehicles now, with cars slated to ship this spring. Mustang Shelby
GT350 and GT350R are proudly built with foreign and domestic parts at Flat
Rock Assembly Plant in Flat Rock, Michigan.
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