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# Say hello to the most powerful Mustang with a warranty
- URL: https://torquecafe.com/say-hello-to-the-most-powerful-mustang-with-a-warranty/
- Published: 2025-08-15T01:30:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-04T10:56:02.000Z
- Description: Shelby has turned the Ford Mustang Dark Horse up yet again, with its Super Snake R becoming the most powerful version of the pony car.
- Author: Jordan Mulach
- Tags: News, Performance

Previously expected to be the new GT500, the Shelby Super Snake R is an even more hardcore version of Ford’s track-bred Mustang Dark Horse, with a few added bonuses.

Headlining the Super Snake R is a 3.0-litre Whipple supercharger under the bonnet, a common addition to most Shelby models. It takes the 5.0-litre Coyote V8’s outputs from 373kW to 634kW, making it even more potent than the racing-inspired 608kW Mustang GTD.

To keep the engine operating properly, Shelby has fitted its own “extreme cooling system”, while the addition of a Borla cat-back exhaust gives it a meatier tone. Buyers can opt for either a six-speed manual or 10-speed automatic transmission.

![Shelby Super Snake R](https://torquecafe.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2026-shelby-super-snake-r-1.jpg)

Shelby Super Snake R

Visually the Shelby Super Snake R is quite different from the Dark Horse, retaining the Mustang’s grille and headlights but gaining a wide-body kit, with carbon-fibre front panels and metal rear components.

A carbon-fibre splitter is fitted to the front bumper, while additional bonnet vents help to pull hot air out of the engine bay. An aggressive set of side skirts, a rear wing and diffuser help to add downforce and keep the Super Snake R stuck to the road at high speeds.

Under its wider guards sit huge 20-inch forged magnesium alloy wheels, measuring 11 and 13 inches wide at the front and rear, respectively. Behind the wheels sit new adjustable coilovers, aided in providing grip by a rear strut brace.

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Shelby Super Snake R

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Shelby Super Snake R

Inside the Dark Horse’s optional Recaro seats are retrimmed to bear the Shelby logo, while the rear seat has been removed, in its place sitting a harness bar and half-cage.

According to Shelby, the Super Snake R will start from US$224,995 (A$346,300), or significantly more than the US$69,375 (A$106,780) Dark Horse Premium.

There’s no word yet on whether it’ll come to Australia. Melbourne-based Mustang Motorsport are Shelby’s local distributor and have launched a majority of the US packages in Australia.

In the US, the Shelby Super Snake R is sold with a three-year, 36,000 mile (58,000km) limited warranty.

![Shelby Super Snake R](https://torquecafe.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2026-shelby-super-snake-r-2.jpg)

Shelby Super Snake R