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This 2022 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 presents in Brittney Blue Metallic over an Ebony leather interior with Gray accents, showing 514 miles from new. The S550-generation GT500 represents the culmination of Ford's modern high-performance Mustang development — a car that arrived as the most powerful street-legal Mustang ever produced and has since settled into its position as the definitive chapter of the S550 story, a platform whose performance ceiling was raised with each successive GT350 and GT500 iteration until this final expression made further development within the same architecture effectively redundant.
Power comes from Ford's 5.2-liter supercharged cross-plane V8 producing 760 horsepower and 625 lb-ft of torque, paired with a Tremec seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and rear-wheel drive. The supercharged 5.2 is a different animal from the naturally aspirated flat-plane unit found in the GT350 — where the Voodoo engine rewarded commitment and revs, the GT500's Predator V8 delivers its power across a broader, more immediately accessible band, with the dual-clutch transmission executing shifts at a speed no conventional manual could replicate in competition use. The result is a straight-line performance envelope — Ford's claimed 0–60 in the mid-three-second range — that places the GT500 in conversation with vehicles from manufacturers charging three times the price.
The S550 GT500's chassis tuning is equally considered: MagneRide adaptive dampers, independent rear suspension, a Torsen limited-slip differential, and Brembo six-piston front brakes combine to produce a platform capable of exploiting the drivetrain's output with a precision and composure that earlier supercharged Mustangs could not approach. The wide-body fender flares, functional front splitter, and rear spoiler announce the GT500's performance intent visually while performing genuine aerodynamic work — Ford's development program producing measurable front and rear downforce at speed rather than the decorative aero treatments common to the performance market segment.
Brittney Blue Metallic is among the more distinctive color offerings in the GT500's palette — a deep, complex metallic that reads differently across lighting conditions, shifting between a vivid mid-blue in direct sun and a richer, more saturated tone in shade. Against the Ebony interior with Gray accent stitching, the combination presents the car's cabin with appropriate restraint, allowing the GT500's performance-oriented cockpit architecture — deeply bolstered seats, driver-focused instrument layout, and the prominent supercharger heat exchanger cover occupying the forward cabin — to communicate the car's character without excess.
At 514 miles, this example has been driven sufficiently to confirm mechanical health and proper function across all systems without accumulating the exposure that begins to detach a preservation-grade car from its original condition. The 2022 model year represents the final iteration of the S550-generation GT500, and the collector market's recognition of the platform's significance has already begun to compress supply of genuinely low-mileage examples. This is a car that was serious when new and is becoming more so as the distance from its production grows.
