It seems Automotive News has revealed that the third Shelby Mustang in Ford’s pony car corral will be a retail version of the Hertz Shelby GT-H rent-a-racer called the Shelby GT. The car will be a 2007 model and production will be at least a few thousand. No word if the Shelby GT will differ from the rental car in any way, either visually or mechanically.

Barring any drastic performance changes from the 2006 Shelby GT-H that you can rent via Hertz, the 2007 GT-H should come stock packing 325 Horsepower, an extra 25 Horsepower of the stock 2007 GT Mustang, and an extra 10 lb.-ft. of torque.

The news was revealed to Ford dealers at a dealer meeting in Las Vegas last week, where it was also revealed that dealers should be preparing for production versions of the Ford Fairlane concept and the Lincoln MKS concept, which was on an obvious track for production. The Lincoln MKS will arrive early in 2008 and the Fairlane sometime after that and maybe with a different name.