Shelby GT500KR special packs a 540bhp punch, and will be flexing its muscles at next week's New York Motor Show. It’s called the Ford Shelby GT500KR, in homage to the 1968 original, and just 1000 Coupes go on sale in spring 2008. KR means King of the Road, a name GM had intended to use until Shelby got wind of it and grabbed the crown first. A Ford Racing Power Upgrade Pack boosts the Ford Shelby GT500KR's 5.4-litre supercharged V8 to an estimated 540bhp. The hood wears twin scoops and twist down pins just like the original, but it’s carbon composite rather than fibreglass. Serious 14-inch Brembo brakes are cooled via chrome trimmed ducts in the lower front air dam.





