The Ford Mustang is once again the best-selling sports car in the world, and for the fifth consecutive year now. According to the Blue Oval, since global exports of the sixth-generation Mustang began in 2015, it has sold 633,000 units of the pony car through December 2019.
In fact, vehicle registration data from IHS Markit showed Ford sold 102,090 units globally, with sales in Germany up 33%, while sales in Poland increased by nearly 50%. In Europe, it sold 9,900 Mustangs in 2019, a 3% increase over the same period in 2018. Out of that sum, 1,300 were sold in the UK.
The Mustang is, by IHS Markit’s definition, a sports coupe, and it includes both the two-door coupe and convertible models. The pony car has been the best-selling sports car in the US for the past 50 years, and it is currently sold in 146 countries around the world.
Ford COO Jim Farley said: “We’re proud of our growing Mustang stable and performance variants. From Sweden to Shanghai, more and more driving enthusiast are enjoying the feeling of freedom and the American open road in these new Mustangs. We are honoured to serve our owners, enthusiasts and fans for 56 years and counting.”
In case you didn’t know, the Mustang just celebrated its 56th birthday (it was born on April 17). Who knew that the combination of pop culture and right-hand drive could do so much for a car, right?
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Most Mustangs sold in Europe are 2.3l Eco-Boost with 290PS. While the Mustang is not a bad car, I wouldn’t call it a “sports car”, but coupe. Nobody calls a BMW 3 series a “sports car”, only because there’s a powerful M version available.
“Sports Car” is a very broad definition, it can be either powerful, or better at taking corner, as long as car maker emphasise the thrill of driving in their marketing and in the actual product. 3 series has never been marketed as sports car, it’s handling and power also tuned more toward comfort & fuel saving, but M3 yes a sports car. While Mustang has been marketed as sports car for a long time already, if not powerful it still comes with decent handling and the looks and feels of a sports car.
GT car & Muscle car also a type of sports car with very specific “thrill” it is offering. Super car & hyper car also a varieties of sports car with high powered engine and prestige. Other than that, 200hp GT86 is also a sports car, the small MX-5 is also a sports car, all Honda Type-R is a sports car, even the very tiny 660cc Honda S660 is also sports car. Even with low powered engines, they still comes with decent handling and sportier look, feels & character. I believe majority of car enthusiast can agree with this.
OMG, sold more than proton!
Do you know how many people are there in USA?
Mustang is sold worldwide. And it’s a sporty car not a bread & butter passenger car which always have higher sales.
Also, Kia and Hyundai is also bestseller in the US.
Korea has much less people in the US, but they can success there.
Proton sucks. No one outside Malaysia wants Proton. Especially before Geely.
So what’s your point?
Hyundai & Kia started way way way earlier than P1.
And they have billions invested into them compared to P1.
And Korea is a bigger market to start compared to Malaysia.
Whatmore P1 isn’t sold in USA so comparison with Hyundai & Kia is stupid at best.
And no, Mustang isn’t some niche supercar. It cost about the same as Dsegment cars elsewhere. So it’s not expensive to buy in most parts of the world.
And to Aur89’s point, majority of Mustang sales are in USA. Is Kia Stinger’s majority sales in Korea?
So what’s your point?
Your comparing apples to oranges.
So what’s your point?
Sold more than Myvi too!
“ currently sold in 146 countries around the world“…if sold in 500 countries, then the sales might be triple
And use air suam as engine oil.
There are only 196 countries around the world, including tiny island states.
Here too expensive to become a hot selling
We can only afford up to Myvi “Type-V”, if there’s any.
In the uk same price as passat. The 2.3l 0 to 100 is just like a 330i 2.0 5.8secs. The 5.0 0 to 100kmh is just like a cla45 2.0 4.5secs. No point paying so much for roadtax & cheap quality & bad handling. Gt500 tho is dope
Check the road tax and insurance premiums for a GT500 in the UK first. I five years you’ll pay the amount of the car in taxes and insurance fees.
Boss..this is Muscle Car lah..