So for this 650-hp car Ford says \"the new Shelby GT500 even manages to avoid the United States\' Gas Guzzler Tax\"....really responsible and environment-friendly statements. Just because of that, the Environmental Agencies should BAN this model.....

I don\'t care what anybody says about not needing a car like this , how no one can use the speed , or any of the other negative comments that always seem to come out when a car with spec\'s like this are announced. I really want one of these. I really want a 2012 BOSS 302 but I really really want one of these. Do I need go go 200 MPH ...no would I go 200 MPH probably not ... but I still like the thought of being able to if I wanted to.
Go FORD!!

People are getting tired of seeing these noisy, gas guzzling, air polluting, piles of junk. Their children and grandchildren are sick (literally) and tired of breathing carbon monoxide and experiencing global warming. Get a clue Ford. The macho voiced dramatic commercials suck. Think electric - solar charged batteries... free sunshine...higher efficiency...

Pretty juvenile to continue to produce cars with a bigger is better attitude. Car performance should be viewed on overall handling and not how many seconds it takes a car to reach 60mph with the assumption that if a car takes 4 seconds it is 20% better than a car that takes 5 seconds. Especially ludicrous when there are battery powered cars that are faster than any gas engine powered car.
The future for performance vehicles is going to be electric and gas powered cars are rolling dinosaurs whose time is passing.

@Charlie Channels - you have just stated the very reason why all Environmental Agencies themselves should be banned. The nanny state is upon us. So help me, Moses..... I would love it if they decided to ban something you loved, Charlie... I would like to see you smile with your pontificate smile and hand over the goods to some bureaucrat.
You would not.. you would fight and scream and yell and complain.... just like we car guys do. God Bless America, God Bless Henry Ford and God Bless Carrol Shelby!!! -Amen
Can i get a witness here?

Wow! I had no idea that a car that is being produced to showcase the company\'s ability to push sports parameters would draw so much hatred. I don\'t even like Fords but I like that they finally made something that is technologically advanced. I don\'t think the total number sold will be that great.
I suspect I am in the minority in this venue but \"global warming\" theory has many flaws. I am not a buyer. Additionally, there is no reason to suspect that because the world goes through warming trends, they will experience runaway heat build up. Just as global cooling should not be expected to continue in a single direction. Climate change is something we want. When the climate stops changing I will be worried.
In any case according to the IPCC\'s Third Assessment Report, Ruminants have been calculated to produce more \"greenhouse gas\" than the transportation sector. Let\'s stop raising cattle and other farm animals and stop eating meat. That way we can drive cars without guilt!? ??
I don\'t eat meat so I guess I can feel okay driving a petrol car around or should I mandate others not eat meat??
Don\'t lump me as an environmental rapist just because I disagree with one position. For a a really well researched book check out Superfreakonomics! One of the best books in print. Better I think than its prequel Freakonomics. Both are very good.

I LOVE everything about this car! I\'m pretty sure the after market will kick in pretty quick for those of us who can\'t afford a factory version of one of these to make our own \"clone\" of it. By the way electric38, I\'ve never met a soul in my life that didn\'t like a cool sounding car? What chocking on what fumes? These cars are so clean the air coming out of them is almost cleaner then what they sucked in and they are getting better every day! Last time I saw the air is by FAR and away cleaner then it was 40 years ago? I\'ve said this before and I\'ll say it again...the earth will not die because anybody has a car like this! This is innovation at it\'s best and I want more of this! :-)

@calson A car that can accellerate to 60 mph in 4 seconds is at least 50% better than a car that would take 5 seconds. At 60 mph that second translates into 88 feet - over four car lenghts. That is a pretty large margin. I would be interested to know exactly which electric car or cars you are refering to. When you state \"there are battery powered cars that are faster than any gas engine powered car\" what kind of car are you refering to? When you say faster do you mean top speed? Or do you mean quicker as in acceleration? Post some specs to back up what you are talking about, untill you do all you are doing is making noise. Either way however I bet I will still find an ICE powered car that outperforms any batter powered car.
Another thing you want to judge cars on overall handling and not acceleration? I think that the GT500 satisfies in both categories. I would have thought from the tone of your post that you would think that cars should be judged by thier enviromental footprint or at least the amount of energy that they require to transport thier cargo from point A to B.
Personally I like accelleration. It is something that I can easily feel , it is very usful when merging into traffic and I don\'t need to experiance the risks of speeding on an entrance ramp to a highway to experience it.
I suggest that you go get in a Nissan Leaf or on your bicyle equivalent and save some oil (more for me)
If I can swing it I will happliy drive off into the sunset in a 2012 Shelby GT500.

\"So for this 650-hp car Ford says \"the new Shelby GT500 even manages to avoid the United States\' Gas Guzzler Tax\"....really responsible and environment-friendly statements. Just because of that, the Environmental Agencies should BAN this model..... \"
If the vehicle doesn\'t guzzle gas, then it avoids the gas guzzler tax, doesn\'t it? I\'m surprised no one objected to the fact that this article made that tantalizing tax statement and then failed to explain how. The answer is that the 2013 Shelby gets 15 MPG city, 23 highway, which means it just avoids the 2011 bar for the tax.
I\'m glad to see that the Cadillac CTS-V coupe finally has a worthy competitor (depending on price). I\'m anxiously awaiting price info and the inevitable car mag match-ups.
To the rest - just because sustainable this and that and eco-friendly whatchamacallits are good, that doesn\'t mean you can\'t appreciate something else. Just because a house doesn\'t have solar panels or geothermal heating, does that mean I can\'t pass by a mansion and say \"Beautiful?\" Does it make us warmongers if we read an article about a new stealth fighter or invisibility cloak and say \"Cool!\"? I don\'t know about the 2013 Shelby, but the 559HP Cadillac CTS-V coupe is about $70K, which means most of us will never own/drive one. There\'s nothing wrong with admiring it, though.
For all you know, though, those who do own it could use an environmentally friendly hybrid, electric, or two-wheel vehicle for routine use and only use their muscle car on weekends or to take to the track. They might also take public transportation to work and thus produce less CO2 overall than someone with a less powerful vehicle who drives it everywhere. Like so much in this world, almost everything can be ok if done in moderation.
Dr. Veritas - \"Additionally, there is no reason to suspect that because the world goes through warming trends, they will experience runaway heat build up.\" There is if the reason for THIS warming trend is the greenhouse effect.

new bunker bombs, drones, 5.8ltr v8s, and climate change deniers ... what a nation ... do the usa parameters for determining gas guzzlers need to be reexamined? yes, yesterday ...