Final 2020 Mustang Bullitt, Shelby GT350 Have Already Been Produced
It’s the end of two eras as the last 2020 Mustang Bullitt and Shelby GT350 roll off the assembly line in Flat Rock.
With each passing model year, we see various automotive models and variants come and go. However, the passage between 2020 and 2021 is a particularly sad one for Ford Mustang fans, as we’re losing both the Bullitt and the GT350, even though we’re also gaining the Mach 1. And while we already knew that both of these models were being discontinued, it’s still sad to learn that the final 2020 Mustang Bullitt and Shelby GT350 have already been built.
Those tidbits of information were recently shared by Ford Authority, which reached out to Ford to confirm both the 2020 Mustang Bullitt and GT350‘s end of production, which occurred sometime late last year at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant. This isn’t the first time either of these cars has been discontinued, of course, and it probably (hopefully?) won’t be the last. But it’s still sad to see them go.
The S550 Bullitt marked the third iteration of Ford’s rolling tribute to the legendary Steve McQueen movie of the same name. It lastest just two model years this time around – 2019 and 2020 – but like its predecessors, is unmistakable thanks to its Highland Green paint (or optional Shadow Black hue), Bullitt logos everywhere, and black 19-inch wheels that look a lot like a play on the original’s Torq Thrusts.
As bad as the Bullitt’s departure stings, however, we’re arguably even sadder to see the S550-gen Shelby GT350 go away. It’s hard to find anyone that doesn’t like this car, thanks to its amazing handling characteristics and the incredible sound its naturally-aspirated flat-plane crank 5.2-liter Voodoo V8 generates. That engine shares some components with the GT500’s supercharged Predator, save for its flat-plane crank, but otherwise, Mustang fans will have to settle for various versions of Ford’s 5.0-liter Coyote V8.
Some will argue, and perhaps rightfully so, that the 2021 Mustang Mach 1 is a suitable replacement for both of these cars. It does offer the same output as the outgoing Bullitt, albeit with a far superior manual transmission option – Tremec’s TR-3160 six-speed versus the much-maligned MT-82 – along with a host of components borrowed from both the GT350 and GT500.
Regardless, for those that love the current-gen Bullitt and GT350, this will come as little consolation. And since we’re seemingly not too far off from a future that includes an electric Mustang and little or nothing else, it’s worth wondering if we’ll ever see an ICE-powered Bullitt or GT350 ever again.
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