It's amazing how quickly time passes when you really are "having fun." My week with Ford's 2008 Shelby GT500 KR Mustang has been awesome. Unfortunately, though, the car's handlers will pick it up today and prepare it for the next lucky magazine guy's opportunity to check it out. One thing I have to say before handing over "The King" is, while I'm not sure how other editors (Motor Trend and Mustang Monthly had the KR before I got it, and I have no idea "who's next" tested this bad-ass 'Stang, I certainly put the car through its paces--on the street, on the simulated dragstrip, and, on the chassis dyno--and gained a lot of respect for the very expensive ($80,000 sticker, plus however many Gs the dealers are tacking on), limited-edition Shelby. With only 1,500 KRs in the production plan, "The King" is sure to be more of a collector's item than standard Shelby GT500s are, and even though the modify maniac in me says, "change this, add that and make it even better," I guess I can ultimately be a little more understanding about not doing anything to a KR, and simply letting it be the King of the Road that Ford...and Carroll Shelby want it to be.

via blogs.mustang50magazine