Ford Shelby GT350 for Sale in Florence, KY

Timeless good looks, exotic engine with an intoxicating sound, fantastic tactile feel with the bad ass Cobra and Shelby branding! What could possibly be wrong with that, right? It has all of those elements that makes for such a special sports car...Until you put some miles on it and the honeymoon wears off. Thats when the reality of this car sinks in. I'll start with the final nail in the coffin... As awesome as the Voodoo engine is, it has some fatal flaws. They are notorious for drinking oil at various rates. My consumption logs at its worse was about a quart every 350 miles. With a lot of cars not uncommonly being even worse than that. The build quality is also not what it should be for a car of this price and specialty. Interior material quality isn't great but that didn't bother me as bad as all of the annoying panel buzzes and vibrations that I kept chasing like a game of wack a mole. The performance is also a mixed bag. It handles great (for a mustang) but does have a bad case of tramlining. You have to mostly keep two firm hands on the wheel, high speed straight line pulls on most public roads are far from rock solid and straight. The engine does make incredible top end horsepower per liter, but falls short of being impressive in todays world of monstrous engines especially with the curb weight of modern american sports cars. Maybe I'm being too harsh. Had it not of been for the major engine problem one could conceivably hot rod this car and remedy a lot of the issues, but the point I'm trying to make is that for this kind of money Ford should have Ironed out a lot of this before bringing it to market. I loved so much about this car but ultimately it was a disappointment. I really hope that Ford revisits the GT350 in the future with a better chassis and an even more powerful and more importantly more robust flat plane V8. -Thomas