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Written by Jack Rix
In a high-friction durability test between a doughy Michelin Pilot Cup and a granite-hard road surface, you"d think the bitumen would walk itSurely the tread would erode first, evaporating into plumes of acrid smoke, moments before a catastrophic blow out? But the Shelby GT350R Mustang doesn"t play by the rules burnouts are its thing. The road doesn"t melt its tyres; its tyres melt the road.No, seriously. I"ve just created a miniature pond by pouring half a pint of mineral water into one of two blackened hollows that the Stang has burrowed into the tarmac using nothing but the power of line-lock and 519 all-American bhp. I"m surprised the road didn"t concertina up behind us like a Looney Tunes carpet and the Earth isn"t spinning a little quicker on its axis. Then again, perhaps it is.Photography: Webb BlandThis feature was originally published in the May 2016 issue of Top Gear Magazine.
Date written: 30 Apr 2016
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In a high-friction durability test between a doughy Michelin Pilot Cup and a granite-hard road surface, you"d think the bitumen would walk itSurely the tread would erode first, evaporating into plumes of acrid smoke, moments before a catastrophic blow out? But the Shelby GT350R Mustang doesn"t play by the rules burnouts are its thing. The road doesn"t melt its tyres; its tyres melt the road.No, seriously. I"ve just created a miniature pond by pouring half a pint of mineral water into one of two blackened hollows that the Stang has burrowed into the tarmac using nothing but the power of line-lock and 519 all-American bhp. I"m surprised the road didn"t concertina up behind us like a Looney Tunes carpet and the Earth isn"t spinning a little quicker on its axis. Then again, perhaps it is.Photography: Webb BlandThis feature was originally published in the May 2016 issue of Top Gear Magazine.
Date written: 30 Apr 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3242
