The catalyst for the improvements was the Eurostar, the popular locomotive that breezes 25 times a day through the English Channel tunnel between London's Waterloo Station and Paris's Gare du Nord in less than three hours. Train travel across Europe is faster and more efficient than ever. Now it's possible to take a jet or train from just about any urban area between northern Sweden and southern Italy at relatively low cost and with far less bother. But the arrival of low-cost European air carriers and high-speed rail services has changed all that. Until recently, traveling from one far-flung European city to another was often a costly, time-consuming hassle. Want to go from Rome to Gothenburg, Sweden, on a whim? Or hook up with friends in Vilnius, Lithuania, following a vacation in Barcelona? Customers will have to supply their own Mustang Mach-Es - and Shelby keeps any parts removed during the modification work.Europe 2000: Foreign Correspondents' Reports Only 100 will be offered at an MSRP of €24,900 - or $31,062. The upfit package for the Shelby Mustang Mach-E GT will go on sale in Europe this coming July. The company is taking a “dual path” that will no longer be limited to working with internal combustion engines. “The jury is still out,” Patterson cautioned during a telephone interview, while adding that “you can speculate” Shelby American will explore ways to enhance the EV experience. But he also said the raw power - and instantaneous torque - that electric motors can deliver could click with future fans. For his part, Patterson said he’s not yet convinced that EVs will click with serious performance buyers due to limitations like range and slow charging times.

What might be next for Shelby American? Officials aren’t saying.

“Based on that experience, we lowered the SUV over an inch, cut weight off the top of it, reduced rotating mass to enhance stability and enhanced the aerodynamics.” What’s next? “This is our first foray into a production electric vehicle, so we spent a great deal of time testing EVs on the track to understand their unique handling dynamics,” said LaViolette. The custom package also provides carbon fiber mirror caps and door trim, racing stripes, Shelby-badged floor mats and an “official” Shelby CSM identification number. “If we don’t look at the future,” he added, “we’ll wind up like all these companies that took their eye off the ball and are now out of business.” Indeed, with EVs rapidly gaining traction in the automotive market, “we’d be foolish not to” look at other projects going forward, Gary Patterson, the president of Shelby American, told in an exclusive interview. With higher sales and more charging stations across the Continent, he added, “it just makes good business sense.” “We’d be foolish not to” “We elected to initially offer the Shelby Mustang Mach-E GT only in Europe because sales of EVs are growing much more rapidly there than in the USA,” explained Aaron Shelby, Carroll’s grandson and a board member of Shelby International, which owns Shelby American. Disappointingly, they will only be available for European owners - though that could change later, officials told.

And to honor the 100th anniversary of Carroll Shelby’s birth, it will produce 100 of the packages. Shelby American announced Tuesday it plans to offer a custom upfit package for the sportiest version of that all-electric SUV, the Mach-E GT. The names “Shelby” and “Mustang” have been linked for decades - and pair up once again with the Shelby Mustang Mach-E GT.

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