Two years ago, Hertz and Shelby launched a very controversial version of a program that has been running for nearly 60 years. Shelby built the rental car giant a run of Mustang Mach-E GT-H rent-a-racers so that customers at select locations could get a rental that was bold, brash, and silent.Following their rental duties, Hertz has been trying to sell the black-and-gold Ford crossovers. And well, the buyers aren't exactly coming in bold and brash. They sure are silent, though. Rent-An-Electric-Racer Didn't Have The Buzz Hertz Hertz first started listing the special electric Mustangs for sale in the fall of 2024. With just 100 Shelby Mustang Mach-E GT-H cars in the fleet, you might have expected them to sell out quickly. Instead, they sold even more slowly than charging your car using a standard 110 outlet.Like all used cars, when they aren't selling, they get discounts. Early on, Hertz wanted $65,000 for these cars. In 2025, it lowered that price to $60,000. Now you can get one for around $40,000, a price that's slightly less than the non-Shelby Mach-E Hertz has listed.This isn't just one or two remaining units, either. Hertz is still selling 29 of them. All have under 16,000 miles, with several of them under 5,000 miles. CarScoops first found the lower prices, and it seems that one or two have sold since then.What do you get with the Shelby Mach-E? Not much, as it turns out, and that could be part of the sluggish demand. The GT-H package is a storied one when it comes to gas-powered Mustangs, but the Mach-E just ain't it. It had the black paint and gold stripe graphics of past GT-H cars, and each one was fitted with a new body kit with carbon fiber trim, as well as GT-H-specific wheels.Inside each Mach-E GT-H, Shelby installed new accents on the seats and dash, and gave each one a special plaque. The ultimate insult might have been the special Borla exhaust simulation added to Ford's Mach-E performance sounds. We're definitely not anti-EV (and love Hyundai's N effects), but that Borla sound is a longer stretch than the taxi line at the Las Vegas airport. No Performance Boosts For This Shelby Ford You might have noticed a lack of any performance changes, and you'd be correct. Shelby started with a 480-horsepower Mach-E GT, and since you can't add some basic bolt-ons for more power, it left these vehicles alone.These EVs are definitely going to leave a black and gold spot on the long and storied Shelby-Hertz history. The first in that series was a run of 1,000 Shelby Mustang GT350-H cars that were offered for $17 a day. That was back in the 1960s when gas was cheap and Hertz didn't get people arrested for bogus claims of theft.In 2006, the program came back. A new run of GT-H Mustangs was built, this time with 325 horsepower from a Ford Racing Power Pack and more aggressive rear gears. In 2019, one was made with Ford Racing suspension and other changes.An original GT350-H can reach close to half a million at auction, even though it's really just a beat-up rental car with some stripes. We don't think any of these will reach those sums even 60 years down the line. Right now, Hertz would just be happy if you found $40,000 for one. Still, that price could just about get you into a used 2025 model, or even one of Ford's arguably cooler Mach-E Rally models.
