Suspected Shelby American S650 mule spotted testing

[Zig]

Is this it?

pinipple (hood pin + whipple) ?

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[Q6543]

Grille looks sexy AF…

 

[YamenGT650]

Some pics below of the upcoming Shelby American

 

[MustangMac67]

Holy guacamole!

 

[OppoLock]

People need to stop trying to make the DH-inspired eyeliner a thing. I see it on GTs, and now it looks like this Shelby American model is following suit. Even though it looks less forced than a GT with some vinyl on top, it would just look better without it. Keep that surface body color and those little faux GT500-ish fender-headlight vent decorations would pop even more if those were the only things in black..

 

[Darkness24]

Is that an air intake built into the headlight assembly? I think it looks good but need to see the whole thing not just small partial shots. Guess I'll make up my mind when they release full pics.

 

[OppoLock]

Is that an air intake built into the headlight assembly? I think it looks good but need to see the whole thing not just small partial shots. Guess I'll make up my mind when they release full pics.

Likely just some kind of fake plastic vent-looking bits for styling a la GT500

 

[Zig]

Likely just some kind of fake plastic vent-looking bits for styling a la GT500

Is that fiber? Turbulently functional?

 

[OppoLock]

Is that fiber? Turbulently functional?

I imagine they can claim it is on a technical level but I’m guessing practically speaking it’s just for styling. Just plastic, likely to highlight the added width to the fenders.

 

[Zig]

I imagine they can claim it is on a technical level but I’m guessing practically speaking it’s just for styling. Just plastic, likely to highlight the added width to the fenders.

Wheel ‘y hope not only purpose.

 

[RaceRedder]

People need to stop trying to make the DH-inspired eyeliner a thing. I see it on GTs, and now it looks like this Shelby American model is following suit. Even though it looks less forced than a GT with some vinyl on top, it would just look better without it. Keep that surface body color and those little faux GT500-ish fender-headlight vent decorations would pop even more if those were the only things in black..

Where do you see thw Shelby has an eye liner?

 

[MAVERICKFORD1]

So is this the Gt500 or is this like the Shelby Gt models?

 

[Tones GT]

This can't happen soon enough.

 

[OppoLock]

Where do you see thw Shelby has an eye liner?

This is what I'm referring to. The Shelby American model would look totally fine without it. It just looks like a forced me-too fad inspired by the DH with some more inspo from the S550 GT500's fender decorations mixed in. You can see the surface trailing upward from the outer edge of the brake duck (the "cheekbone" if you will) and how it sweeps up into the headlight's border. That should all stay body colored, and sure, keep the little fender fake vents black, and maybe the little swoop that extends below it, but otherwise it just feels unecessary.

Works on the DH because the whole unit is designed like a big ninja mask. Not dissimilar to a late-model Camaro's down-road-graphics (DRG), which is a pretentious way to refer to what design elements you see on a macro level when looking at a car from a good distance. For the record, I'm not a fan of this design idea at all, but at least it works from a design theory level.

But the dreaded eyeliner is popping up on a bunch of cars. I found this on reddit so hope the owner's not on here, to each their own, but this ain't it fam (to quote Ricky Bobby "no offense but"). It wasn't designed around this element so the end result looks like a Great Value DH knockoff.

 

[Crayon]

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