Shelby unveiling 950-horsepower, street-legal Mustang

(from Chris Woodyard, usatoday.com)

Speed demons tingling for even more brutal power are about to be able to come within a whisker of breaking one of their most hallowed barriers: 1,000 horsepower.

PHOTO GALLERY: See the Shelby 1000 in development and in action

The automotive aftermarket outfitter founded by auto legend Carroll Shelby is introducing a modified Ford Mustang that it calls the Shelby 1000 at next week’s New York Auto Show. As the name implies, the racetrack-only version of the car will get more than 1,100 horsepower. The street-legal version will come in at 950.

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