As much as I’d like to take the GT500 on the Batangas Racing Circuit, today’s test is restricted to public roads, and in a car that can break 120 km/h in second gear, I put my license on the line each time I squeezed the throttle.  I could go on in great detail how it feels to drive this beast—the rush, the terror, but I still have to recover from wetting myself silly.

In my all-too short time behind the wheel of the Ford Shelby GT500, the trip computer recorded a mileage of 4.3 km/L.  It seems that the only green concern this car has is with the color of the traffic lights.  That said, the asking price of this over-the-top sports coupe is US$ 41,930.00 (~ PHP 1.98 million)—a steal considering this car has the most horsepower per dollar in any of Ford’s passenger car catalogue (perhaps even compared to any production car at the moment).  The Shelby GT500 is a brash, brawny, barn burner.  Its stripped down interior and the absence of rear legroom are eclipsed by the glory of its blown V8.

This is an experience not easily forgotten. We'd like to drive the GT500 one of these days again.