[RahulNagaraj]

Car rental platform Hertz has announced a three-year partnership with Shelby American to rent out tuned Mustangs to customers across 11 cities in the USA. The partnership pays tribute to the "Rent-a-Racer" program from 1966, which offered customers a Ford Mustang GT350H.



As part of the new partnership, Hertz will be offering customers a chance to rent a Shelby Mustang GT500-H fastback. The Shelby-tuned muscle car packs a 5.2-litre supercharged V8 engine producing 900 BHP. It comes with forged aluminium monoblock wheels, performance-spec tyres, tinted windows, a Borla exhaust and a carbon fibre bonnet which cuts out 14 kg of weight compared to the standard model.



There will be a total of 25 Shelby Mustang GT500-H models available for rent. Of the 25, 19 will be offered in Shadow Black with Gold stripes, while the remaining 6 cars will be painted in Oxford White with Gold stripes - in honour of Shelby American's 60th anniversary. The 900 BHP rental will be offered in Miami, Orlando, Fort Myers, Tampa Bay, Las Vegas and Phoenix.



Apart from the 900 BHP Mustang GT500-H, Hertz will also offer a more toned-down version in the form of the Shelby GT-H. This model will be powered by a 5.0-litre V8 producing 451 BHP. The Shelby GT-H will be offered in various colour options. The Shelby Mustang GT-H will be available in Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Tampa Bay, Miami, Orlando, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Fransico & Pheonix.



As per reports, Hertz will offer the Shelby Mustang GT500-H and GT-H on rent from June for US$399 / day and US$99 / day, respectively.

Hertz claims that the Shelby Mustang GT500-H is the "most powerful rental car ever built by Shelby".

Source: CarScoops

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[ChiragM]

This is not the first time Hertz and Ford and tying up to do this. This first happened in 1966 and the car, called the GT 350-H, went on to become a collector's item. If I am right, only 52 units of this car were made (please correct me on this figure if I am wrong). I think the initial order was for 1001 cars. The cars were also finished in an exclusive shade called Raven Black. The point of this exercise was to let any ordinary person rent out a powerful sports car.

Hertz and Shelby did it again after 40 years in 2006 and in 2016 with GT-Hs.

The first GT 350-H:






The 2006 GT 350-H came with performance upgrades including cold air intake, more power, different exhaust and stiffer suspension. 500 coupes and convertibles each were built:


The 2016 one was based on the regular GT and got performance exhaust, handling pack and carbon-fibre bits. It was limited to 140 cars:


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[lordrayden]

Wow! That black and gold combination is B-E-A-utiful.

Even though the rental is quite high, a lot of people who rent these will have no experience with cars this powerful. I sure hope they disable the option to switch off traction-control and possiblly speed-limit them, else a lot of these stunning cars will end up getting wrecked.

[auditya]

That is an awesome news. Calls for a Vegas trip and a Death Valley Nation Park visit

Any idea on how much will the insurance cost?