Sales took off and a star was born. Many Mustang buyers graduated onto other Ford models so it had that additional benefit as well.
Unfortunately, subsequent models got bigger and heavier - as car executives cannot resist doing - and the Mustang production slipped slowly but inexorably down. New models gave the Mustang a pep but each time a little less so. Still, it was worth the continuation.
Its main competitor was the Chevrolet Camaro, which did well but couldn't quite match the Mustang for sales. Both have sold well, so the muscle car is a popular model even if not as much today as times past. To see the Chev Camaro production history, just click here.
Below the colours are for each series, six so far. The decade figure defines the end of such in a '0' year. Each period has seen a reduction in production volume. Exports have included right hand drive recently and I see them around the roads in New Zealand, where the Mustang is proving popular.
Gen Seven:
The 7th generation arrived in 2023 but I'm unsure what percentage of production volume it made up for the year. The new model started in May of 2023 I believe. With numbers down on the 2022 year, there are two possibilities.
One is there was a production halt between models affecting annual output. The other is it took a while to ramp up the new model and the majority of the volume remained from the sixth generation.
I think it's more likely the former so I have credited the new car with 2023. We could also expect to see a stronger 2024 figure when a full year's production is applied.
Last updated 29.03.2024.
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