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2008 Ford Mustang Shelby KR to Debut in New York - Daily Auto Insider

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
BY ALISA PRIDDLE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOM DREW
March 2007

Ford Motor Co. continues to bolster its Mustang lineup—how many more versions can the world handle?—with yet another special edition. The Shelby KR should be on display at next week’s New York auto show.

More details are promised by week’s end, but one sad fact has leaked out: this won’t be the first look at the long-awaited V-8 “Boss” engine that has been in perennial development.

Plans for the Hemi-fighter from Ford, on and off the product plan in recent years, are back on track but still months away, it appears.

The expectation is the Boss will range from a 5.0-liter V-8 in a future Mustang—Ford used this year’s Detroit auto show to display a Ford Racing 5.0-liter V-8 Cammer engine in the Interceptor concept sedan that rides on a stretched Mustang platform—to a 6.2-liter OHC mill in the pending new F-Series due later this year.

As for the new KR, it harkens back to a special-edition version of the 1968 GT500, a nostril-flaring beast dubbed KR for “King of the Road.” The original had a Cobra Jet 428-cubic-inch engine, a live rear axle, and rear drum brakes. Base price for the ’68: $4473.

A few sources have confirmed that Ford will be uveiling the Shelby GT500 KR Mustang at the New York International Auto Show the week of April 8th but nothing has been said what car will be rolling across the auction block at Barrett-Jackson this weekend. It could be the GT500 KR #001 or the Shelby GT-H #001, nobody really knows. Check out this video below, Carroll Shelby confirms the Shelby GT500 KR is coming to New York. Stay tuned for more info on both models.