Road & Track tested a Shelby Super Snake, based on the Ford Mustang, which claims to have 850 horsepower at the crank. However, the smaller supercharged car failed to match up to the magazine’s Challenger SRT Hellcat’s run, doing the quarter mile in 12.3 seconds at 116 mph vs the Dodge’s 12.0 seconds at 125 mph.
The magazine also slammed the brakes (“nearly an on-off switch”) and, while it praised the lateral grip, noted that loss of control tended to be non-recoverable. The writer talked about “driveline slop,” vibration, bucking, noise, and failing to match stock Camaro ZL1 times, even with the “750+ HP ” package (Shelby made the “850 hp” claims). (...) →
