The car has a front mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout, with a 55R/45F weight distribution.

The cars occupy a pricepoint above a Porsche 911 or Aston Martin V8 Vantage but below a Lamborghini Gallardo or Aston Martin DB9 where few other front-engined GT cars with more than 500 horsepower are available.

One special Superformance Shelby Daytona Coupe was painted Portofino Blue and given white roundels and number ten racing numbers to make it visually similar to the car that won the GT class at 12 Hours of Sebring 1964.

This so-called "tribute" car sold for $270,000,[1] at Barrett-Jackson's autumn 2006 auction, though much controversy continues in the enthusiast community as to whether this price was representative of the state of the market in such cars.

Example of a Shelby Daytona coupe produced by Superformance (chassis #0121, manufactured in South Africa).