This 2008 Shelby GT500 KR came to us on trade from a large Shelby collection. It has 360 actual, original miles. It is perfect, as to be expected for the collector mileage. It is quote-unquote in the wrapper, as all the plastic on the interior pieces is still on the car, and the books and key fobs have not been unwrapped either. With only 1000 of these made, this is a great car to add to any Shelby collection. Below is the info on the KR model, credits to Car and Driver magazine:
In 1967, the New York auto show played host to the launch of the original GT500KR, a version of the Shelby Mustang powered by a 428-cubic-inch Cobra Jet V-8 rated at 335 horsepower. With the '08 model's supercharged 5.4-liter V-8 underhood wearing a Ford Racing Power Upgrade Pack (revised ignition timing and throttle calibration, plus a cold-air intake), the 2008 KR outdoes its predecessor by 205 horsepower—a margin greater than the entire output of some V-8 Mustangs of the 1980s—with 540. That herd travels rearward through a six-speed manual with a short-throw shifter to a shorter 3.73:1 rear end (stock is 3.31:1) for quicker giddyap, while snorts and whinnies get an extra edge from a revised exhaust system. The King knows that some of its subjects wind and dip, so the GT500KR gets a unique Ford Racing suspension tune. The production Shelby GT500 was maximized to deliver the perfect balance between ride and handling, says Jamal Hameedi, chief nameplate engineer, Ford SVT. In that same ride-versus-handling continuum, the KR will lean heavier toward all-out handling while still making it drivable on the street. Beyond the yawning hood vents and racing stripes already in place on lesser GT500s, the GT500KR gets the signature hood, reminiscent of the original KR, in carbon fiber with two forward-looking mail slots at the leading edge of the hood feeding the blown 5.4's appetite for air and twist-down hood pins for a more secure racer flair. The stick-through pins on the Shelby GT we tested recently actually vibrated out of their posts on rough roads. The Cobra badges in the grille and on the fenders add wings proclaiming them as the badges of not just any Shelby Mustang but the 40th-anniversary GT500KR. Rocker stripes on the Shelby mimic those on the original car, right down to the typeface used for the lettering. The Triton engine uses four valves per cylinder (versus three in the iron-block truck version) and the cylinder heads from the Ford GT, which has an aluminum block.
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