# What is the best Shelby Mustang of all time?

> Sixties fastbacks built for SCCA racing and rental counters face supercharged modern track machines, all wearing the same snake badge.

*By YPB Team · Published November 11, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-shelby-mustang-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **1967 Shelby GT500** — score 1000/1000
   The first GT500, introduced for 1967 with a 428 cubic-inch V8 under a restyled fiberglass nose.
2. **1965 Shelby GT350** — score 897/1000
   Shelby American's first Mustang, a white 1965 fastback with blue stripes and a 289 V8 tuned to 306 hp for SCCA racing homologation.
3. **1969 Shelby GT500** — score 621/1000
   The last classic-era GT500, restyled for 1969 with a longer fiberglass front end and NACA hood ducts; unsold cars were retitled as 1970 models.
4. **2007 Shelby GT500** — score 621/1000
   Ford SVT's 2007 revival of the GT500 name, with a supercharged 5.4-liter V8 rated at 500 hp.
5. **2016 Shelby GT350R** — score 538/1000
   The lighter R version of the S550 GT350, with carbon-fiber wheels, no rear seat and a stiffer track setup.
6. **2006 Shelby GT-H** — score 538/1000
   A 2006 Hertz rental revival of 500 black coupes with gold stripes, followed by a convertible run in 2007.
7. **1965 Shelby GT350R** — score 538/1000
   The stripped competition version of the 1965 GT350, built in a run of about three dozen cars, that won SCCA B-Production national titles from 1965 to 1967.
8. **2020 Shelby GT500** — score 538/1000
   The 2020–2022 GT500, with a supercharged 5.2-liter V8 rated at 760 hp and a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
9. **1968 Shelby GT500KR** — score 440/1000
   The mid-1968 King of the Road version of the GT500, powered by Ford's 428 Cobra Jet V8.
10. **1966 Shelby GT350H** — score 323/1000
   A 1966 GT350 built for the Hertz rent-a-car fleet, about 1,000 of them, most painted black with gold stripes.
11. **2008 Shelby GT500KR** — score 323/1000
   A 2008–2009 40th-anniversary revival of the King of the Road, with its supercharged V8 raised to 540 hp.
12. **2013 Shelby GT500** — score 323/1000
   The 2013–2014 GT500, whose supercharged 5.8-liter V8 made 662 hp and gave it a Ford-claimed top speed of 202 mph.
13. **Modern Shelby Super Snake** — score 0/1000
   Shelby American's high-output package for new Mustangs, introduced in 2007 and offered for 2011 in packages of roughly 660 hp and 750 hp.
14. **2016 Shelby GT350** — score 0/1000
   A track-focused Mustang sold from 2015 to 2020, built around the 5.2-liter flat-plane-crank Voodoo V8 rated at 526 hp.

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