2024 Shelby Super Snake starts at $160,000, offers four options

Shelby's newest Super Snake takes Ford's newest Mustang into territory the factory doesn't begin to approach yet — at least, not for street use. A 3.0-liter Whipple supercharger increases output to 830 horsepower, beefier ancillaries like a better radiator and heat exchanger, performance half shafts, Borla exhaust, and a one-piece drive shaft on manual-equipped cars ensures owners can use every last crumb of that potency. Outside, an aluminum hood with the traditional pin locks plus carbon fiber vents, a wide body front fascia flowing into wide body fenders, a carbon fiber Super Snake rear wing and rear diffuser, all on a set of 20-inch forged magnesium wheels.

Now that the online configurator is up, we know the traditional high price also comes along for the ride: The 2024 Super Snake starts at $159,995 before destination for a coupe fitted with a manual transmission. And when we write "traditional," we mean going way back. The 1967 Shelby Super Snake that Carroll Shelby created would have cost $8,000 at retail. when the standard Mustang didn't even cost $2,500, which is why Ford nixed the idea after just one example had been built. When the Super Snake officially launched in 2007, the package cost $28,000 on top of the $41,000 needed to buy the base Shelby Mustang GT500. 

Math for the 2024 Shelby Super Snake breaks down to $59,440 for the base Mustang and $100,555 for the Super Snake Package. Ford's 10-speed automatic bumps the price up $1,595, going with the droptop version raises the price by $5,500. The stripe packages are no-cost extras, but buyers who want a color other than Shadow Black, Oxford White, or Iconic Silver will pay $295 for Atlas Blue or Race Red, $495 for Rapid Red Metallic. And once you've made those four choices — body style, transmission, color, stripes — that's it for the configurator. The most expensive 2024 Super Snake on the standard menu tops out at $167,585 before destination, taxes, and fees.