How the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Beat the Lamborghini Huracan Evo (Automobile)
Automobile All-Stars: It's not all about power — but it plays a big role.
The varied field of our 2020 Automobile All-Stars contenders proves we live in very strange automotive times. All of these disparate cars convened on equal proving grounds, each bringing different strengths to the tarmac while remaining quite distinct from each other. All-Stars also created an environment of fundamentally incompatible pairings that slowly — over time — began to make a worrying amount of sense.
Take, for instance, the victory of the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 over the Lamborghini Huracan Evo on the All-Stars ballot. The very idea of pitting a Mustang of any caliber against a Lamborghini of the same vintage may seem strange today, but doing so in the 2000s would incite ridicule; in the 1980s you'd run the risk of inviting written death threats; and in the 1960s, you might be committed against your will.
Thank goodness we've moved on from those dark days when the hottest of hot Fox-body Mustangs sported a heady 235 horsepower. Now, the ongoing horsepower wars have all but closed the performance gap between Italy and Detroit, both regions spawning track weapons that shoot far, far past the 600-hp mark and eclipse the driving skills of the average buyer.
