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One of the rarest new Mustangs in the country is about to cross the auction block. Barrett-Jackson is offering a 2025 Ford Shelby Super Snake Convertible at no reserve at its Las Vegas sale, listed as Lot 755. With just 113 miles on the odometer and a production run capped at 300 units for the U.S. market, this drop-top Super Snake is about as close as a buyer can get to driving home a brand-new piece of Shelby history.
Shelby American builds the Super Snake package around Ford's supercharged 5.0-liter V8, and this example gets the full treatment: output rated above 830 horsepower, a six-speed manual gearbox, and a Torsen-equipped rear end geared at 3.73:1. Stopping power comes from red Brembo calipers clamping two-piece slotted rotors, while a Shelby-tuned suspension and a Borla exhaust round out the mechanical upgrades. The widebody conversion is hard to miss in person, with carbon-fiber fenders, front and rear splitters, a ducktail spoiler, and a hood scoop feeding the supercharger below. Inside, the cabin adds Shelby-embroidered floor mats, a serialized dash plaque, and a 12-speaker Bang & Olufsen stereo.
Shelby has leaned hard into ultra-limited builds lately. The brand's new Shelby GT350/TA program capped production at just 40 cars, with the first public example also crossing the block this fall. The Super Snake Convertible follows a similar script: Shelby built fewer than 40 droptops out of the 300-car run, making this Race Red example, build No. 39, a genuinely scarce find even by Shelby's own standards.
Modern limited-run Shelbys have generally held their value well once they reach the secondary market, and Hagerty's valuation tools offer a useful gauge of where things stand. Hagerty's price guide currently lists a 2014 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Super Snake Convertible, the closest prior-generation comparison, at roughly $77,800 in #3 (Good) condition, up 6.7 percent over the past year. Hagerty's broader market data shows 140 Shelby GT500s changing hands over the past 12 months at an average sale price above $50,000, with clean, low-mile Super Snake convertibles typically landing at the top of that range. If that pattern holds, a numbered, 113-mile example of the newest Super Snake could be well positioned whenever it eventually reaches the resale market.
The Super Snake Convertible is just one of the headline lots at Barrett-Jackson's Las Vegas auction, which opens Thursday, September 10. The sale also features a pair of Ram performance icons crossing the block together for charity and a resto-modded first-generation Camaro built around an LS3 swap. For a look at Shelby's Cobra lineage, this 580-horsepower Superformance Cobra continuation build that sold recently is worth a look too, a reminder that Shelby's performance DNA runs in more than one direction.
Barrett-Jackson's listing notes a manufacturer recall tied to the windshield wiper and washer system, since resolved, and financing is available through the auction house for qualified buyers. Bidding is open now for anyone hoping to add build No. 39 to their own collection.
