2020 Mustang Shelby GT350 Interior

Where the GT350's stylish exterior and satisfyingly brilliant performance capabilities never cease to impress, the interior of the GT350 is far more underwhelming and is almost indistinguishable from that of a regular Mustang GT. That wouldn't be such a cardinal sin if it weren't for the fact that this is a car that can reach 80 (EIGHTY) thousand dollars if you tick a few too many options. For that kind of money, we'd expect a less spartan interior. Nevertheless, you still get a pair of grippy Recaro seats with cloth upholstery and manual adjustments. Heated and ventilated power-adjustable leather seats are available, however, as are voice-activated navigation and heated mirrors. Nevertheless, the interior looks and feels a little cheap, and the Sync 3 infotainment system is not as impressive as it once was. On the plus side, the cabin is roomy, fairly comfortable, and acceptably solid.

2020 Mustang Shelby GT350 Interior Photos

Seating and Interior Space

The long doors of the Shelby GT350 make for easy clambering in and out. Once seated, you'll find yourself in a commanding driving position with a clear view out the front, and a fairly reasonable line of sight in the direction of your blind spots. The front seats are comfy and manually-adjustable in stock form with six-way power adjustment, heating, and ventilation available. While things are good up front, with great headroom and legroom even for the LeBron James body double, the back seats are pretty much pointless unless you intend to have the upchuck of a small child hurled at you while you try to outdo your best score on the in-dash G-force meter. Ford has conceded this in a roundabout way, by offering the GT350R without rear seats at all. Instead, you get recesses that can hold a pair of grocery bags each. This more hardcore variant can't be had with the comfier leather seats.

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Interior Colors and Materials

Ebony cloth with red accents is the color scheme for the factory upholstery on the GT350R, with no other choice available. The regular GT350 is only available in full black, regardless of whether you spec leather sports seats or stick with the fabric Recaros. A number of aluminum accents and the occasional red highlight are dotted about, but the overall ambiance is demure and monochromatic. Carbon fiber is optionally available for parts of the trim pieces to help spice things up a little, but it feels like a lazy attempt at polishing up the dull relic that is the Mustang's cabin. In base models, it really looks great, but for a Shelby model with a base price north of 60 grand, we're not impressed.

2020 Mustang Shelby GT350 Trunk and Cargo Space

The Shelby GT350, like lesser Mustangs, is impressively capacious in the trunk region, with 13.5 cubic feet of volume, which isn't a huge number, but it's pretty good for a sports car of this size. That said, the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody not only takes up a lot of space in this section's word count thanks to its ridiculously long name, but its trunk also swallows 16.2 cubic feet of volume. Thanks to its boxy proportions, the Dodge has a top-opening trunk that makes loading a little more difficult, but the Mustang doesn't do itself any favors either if you spec the Bang & Olufsen sound system, as that adds a subwoofer to the trunk, reducing space. On the plus side, if you have the regular GT350 with its rear seats, you can fold them down in a 50/50 split, increasing storage.

In the cabin, the 'Stang gets a pair of cupholders and a center armrest bin. You'll also find a tray in the console for your phone, reasonable door pockets, an overhead sunglasses storage cubby, and an average-sized glovebox.

2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Trunk and Cargo Space Photos

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2020 Mustang Shelby GT350 Infotainment and Features

Features

The GT350's features are almost entirely centered on performance, with standard equipment including an active exhaust system, magnetic dampers, line-lock, and launch control as well as additional apps like a G-force meter and a timer for acceleration and lap times. Other features include dual-zone climate control, keyless entry, push-to-start, a rearview camera, auto headlights and wipers, and blind-spot mirrors. Optionally available is blind-spot monitoring with a rear cross-traffic alert system, as well as heated mirrors and power-adjustable seats with heating and ventilation.

Infotainment

The eight-inch touchscreen of Ford's Sync 3 infotainment system makes a return once more, and although we've lauded this system in the past, particularly on more basic Mustangs, it seems out of place and a fraction too slow in a car that can exceed $80,000 in cost. Nevertheless, it's easy to use and features the usual amenities like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Bluetooth, SiriusXM, and a pair of USB ports. When the shriek of the flat-plane crank V8 out front isn't suitable, you can instead turn up the standard nine-speaker sound system. To truly drown it out, however, you can spec the Technology Package with its 12 Bang & Olufsen speakers including a subwoofer in the trunk. The package also adds voice-activated navigation, which is helpful for taking your latest track opponent to the nearest Gapplebee's.