2021 Shelby F-150 unveiled with 578kW

America’s most iconic tuning house, Shelby, has just unveiled its latest creation – the Shelby F-150.

The performance brand has gone to town on the Blue Oval’s best-selling vehicle, turning the pick-up into an extroverted horsepower machine capable of conquering both bitumen and the road less travelled.

Based on Ford’s already punchy F-150 Lariat 4x4, Shelby then adds a suite of performance, dynamic, and aesthetic features to take the pick-up truck into a different realm of capability.

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Chief among the upgrades is a custom-tuned set of Fox Racing aluminium dampers at all four corners of the imposing truck.

According to Shelby, this trick suspension utilises Fox’s internal bypass technology and adjustable dual-speed control, ensuring the F-150 will offer a cosseting ride quality on-road and an imperious level of control off-road.

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Other features include a BDS lift kit, unique ‘Shelby’ badging, custom bodywork, and a bespoke set of 22-inch alloy wheels wrapped in BFGoodrich KO2 all-terrain tyres.

Inside, the interior quality has also been dialled up, with Shelby fitting a two-tone leather scheme, machined billet pedals, carbon fibre trim accents, and signature Shelby badging.

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Under the hood, as standard, the Lariat’s factory 5.0-litre V8 remains scores a host of performance upgrades such as carbon-fibre air intake, new injectors, upgraded throttle body, upgraded heat exchanger, and a performance Borla exhaust.

Throw Shelby an extra US$7900 (AU$10,600), however, and the tuning house will equip the bent-eight donk with a supercharger which turns the ICE into a 578kW juggernaut.

Limited to just 600 units in 2021, the Shelby F-150 N/A variant starts from US$107,080 (AU$144,000) and the blown version from US$114,980 (AU$154,000).