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Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 Welcome to the first issue of Shelby American’s new digital newsletter. Once a quarter, we’ll be bringing you, our Shelby fans, the latest about our vehicles, Shelby Performance Parts, our event schedule and even provide you with a digital tour of one of our historic cars from the Las Vegas Heritage Center with our ‘Museum Minute’ by our historian, Jim King. As always, we’d love to get your feedback and any story or content ideas that you’d like to see. Thanks for reading! 1 Table of Contents Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 Shelby F-150 700HP. Putting the monster in truck. Try Before You Buy A day at the track to help you choose the right Shelby for you. Shelby GT EcoBoost Mustang’s world car platform gets the proper Shelby treatment. Museum Minute - 50th Anniversary Daytona Coupe Take a walk back in time with historian, Jim King, to learn more about the car that won the world. Shelby GT500 Super Snake Price adjustment coming Feb. 1. Take advantage of the savings now! SPP Feature - Wheeling and Dealing Shelby’s Venice wheel by WELD. Shelby on the Road Barrett-Jackson/Scottsdale January 23-31 Team Shelby - 2016 Shelby Vegas Bash March 3-6, 2016 - what to expect. 2 Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 SHELBY F-150 ALL NEW 700HP 3 Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 What happens when you take America’s best-selling pickup truck (hint: the Ford F-150) with a 5.0L V8 engine and let the Shelby American team overhaul it? You get the 700HP Shelby F-150 and the most refined monster truck for the street that money can buy. After a very successful media launch at SEMA in Las Vegas this past November, the phones have been burning up with orders for more than half of the 500 trucks we plan to offer for 2016. Want to hear more about what went into developing the Shelby F-150? We’ll let Gary Patterson, VP of International & Strategic Sales, walk you through our latest foray into the 4x4 space. 4 Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 5 Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 Interested in getting one of your own? These are pre-title trucks that come supercharged to the dealer. Drop us a note here: [email protected] and we’ll connect you with the nearest authorized Ford dealer that can help you with that order. Click here to view the Shelby F-150 brochure. PLACEHOLDER 6 Back to Table of Contents Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 TRY BEFORE YOU BUY SHELBY TRACK EXPERIENCE Thinking about picking up the new Mustang and having it converted to a Shelby but not sure if 670HP is going to be enough or if 750+HP is more your speed? Or maybe you’re wondering what’s the difference in how the 2013-14 GT500 Super Snake and the 2015-16 Super Snake drives? Now Shelby American will let you come and test drive these cars before making that decision. No really. 7 Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 For $1,750 customers have come out to Vegas and joined us at the Spring Mountain Motorsports race- track for a full-day of driving and riding in the latest (and earlier) models to get a proper tire-kicking in before making their purchase. Even for novices that have never driven a Shelby nor spent any time on the track, this experience will let them run (and ride) at a level that even they’ll find comfortable. Plus, everyone gets seat time with our factory drivers (Gary Patterson and Vince LaViolette) for the fastest, hot-laps you’ll ever experience. We’ve started to get some dates on the calen- dar for the Q1 months: Sat. Feb 13 and Sat. Mar 26 we’re heading back out. Space is limited so let us know if we can expect you, by dropping us a note here: [email protected] 8 Back to Table of Contents Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 SHELBY GT ECOBOOST 9 Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 2016 is destined to be the year of the Mustang. For the first time, Ford Motor Co. is making the Mustang a world car and with that, they hope to meet the pent-up demand for the pony car and in the process, make the Mustang the World’s Best Selling Sports Car. Shelby American is ready with a network of global mod-shops, as well as upfitments, for the entire family of new Mustangs including the hot-selling, 2.3L, 4-cylinder turbo EcoBoost – the best selling Mustang platform in America. As you will learn in the attached video, a lot of development and testing went into delivering a Shelby experience in the V8 Shelby GT’s little brother. The Shelby GT EcoBoost is more than bold, new graphics and carbon fiber. It comes with the proper Ford Performance suspension, Wilwood brakes, WELD Venice wheels and more power (to name a few) that make it a proper Mustang: A Shelby Mustang. Click here to view the SGT Ecoboost brochure. 10 Back to Table of Contents Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 MUSEUM MINUTE DAYTONA COUPE If you’ve yet to make the journey to the Shelby Heritage Center in Las Vegas, we’re about to bring a little bit of the eye-candy to you - starting with our 50th Anniversary Daytona Coupes (in Fiberglass and Aluminum). Jim King, our Historian and tour guide, takes you through the history of this vehicle that brought Shelby (and Ford) the first, and only, FIA world championship, for an American brand. 11 Back to Table of Contents Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 SHELBY GT500 SUPER SNAKE Price adjustment coming February 1 From now until January 31, you can lock in your Shelby GT500 Super Snake upgrade* before we adjust the price on February 1. And there are some serious savings you can take advantage of including the big 1000HP performance: 2013-2014 | 850HP $41,500 $38,000 2007-2012 | 800HP New price: $46,995 New price: $46,995 Or maybe you’ve already upgraded your power, but would like to dial-up the performance with adding these to your existing Super Snake: Anti-hop: Holeshot (Anti-hop included): 1000HP (Includes Holeshot, Anti-hop, & 9” rear end): $6,995 | New price: $7,995 $29,990 | New price: $33,200 $59,995 | New price: $75,995 12 Back to Table of Contents Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 SPP FEATURE WELD VENICE WHEELS When Shelby American was developing the 2015 Shelby GT based on the all-new Ford Mustang GT, a tremendous amount of time, resources and testing were dedicated to building the perfect platform for this 670HP monster. From the functional hood scoops in the carbon fiber hood (which help to dramatically lower the temperatures of the supercharger and engine by as much as 100F) to the best type of tire to use, we left no stone unturned. When it came to selecting a wheel partner, Shelby chose WELD Racing. The new Venice wheels WELD developed for the Shelby GT are CNC-machined from a single block of 6061-T6 aluminum and at only 28lbs and over 1,700lbs in Rotational Movement of Inertia (RMOI), these are the strongest wheels by weight that Shelby’s ever run. 13 Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 Polished Black Machined Black The 20” Shelby GT Venice Wheels are available in 3 iterations: Black, Machined Black, and polished Aluminum and perfectly complement the new (and old) Mustangs with 9.5” in the front and 10.5” in the rear. Plus the Venice wheels have been treated with Advanced Tactical Coating (ATC) - a nano-ceramic clear coating to help preserve and protect the finish and durability of the wheels. Meet the SPP Team: (From Left) Keith Criswell | Director [email protected] Jason Harlow | Shelby Performance Center [email protected] Daniel Velarde | Customer Service/Sales [email protected] Jeremy Sparkman | Customer Service/TS Memberships [email protected] Main SPP Phone Line: (702)405-3500 SPP Tech Tip: Customers with 2005-09 Mustangs can upgrade their band-clamp style TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) to late-model valve stem versions that will work with the factory monitoring systems. The original band clamp may become loose over time and cause pressure reading errors. And if you’re replacing wheels and tires, you don’t need to worry about sourcing larger bands to accomodate aftermarket wheels. Contact one of our SPP associates to order yours today. 14 Back to Table of Contents Shelby American Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2015 SHELBY ON THE ROAD Heading to Barrett-Jackson/Scottsdale in late January (23-31)? Come visit Shelby American in the vendor display area. If you’re part of Team Shelby, you can experience the auction as never before with exclusive perks that even VIP’s don’t enjoy! We’ve secured 50 very special tickets exclusively for Team Shelby and it will include VIP unveiling of a soon-to-be-announced Shelby vehicle. Exclusive Team Shelby Barrett-Jackson Ticket Package | Thurs. 1/28/2016-Sat. 1/30: $375/person For more details or ticket reservations, please contact Tracey Smith: [email protected] National Mustang Day is coming April 17 which will also be part of the Fabulous Fords Forever event at Knott’s Berry Farms in Orange County, CA. Come out and say hi to the Shelby team. We’ll have the latest iterations of the 670HP Shelby GT, 750+HP Shelby Super Snake and another surprise (hint: it has 4 wheels, sounds nasty and hauls the mail!) You’ll also be able to find us at the upcoming Petersen Museum (Los Angeles) re-opening on January 10.