1965 Shelby GT 350

And the top prize for best Mustang ever goes to the 1965 Shelby GT 350, which is widely viewed as the very best ‘Stang ever produced. Manufactured only a year after the very first Mustang rolled off the assembly line in Detroit, Shelby and Ford combined forces to create a raw, performance-based version of the car. Using the Mustang’s 289-cubic inch V8 engine, the engineers at Ford and Shelby tweaked the power plant to produce a then mind-melting 306 horsepower. The 1965 Shelby also removed the pesky rear seats; a move that, at the time, was considered revolutionary.