Posted on Thursday 24 April 2008
Ford announced today it had built its 9 millionth Mustang, a GT convertible that will be delivered to a dealership in Iowa. The announcement comes less than a week after the Pony Car celebrated its 45th anniversary and at a time when the Mustang is one of the top selling sports cars in the world.
The car is also Ford’s longest-running nameplate, having been introduced on April 17 at the 1964 New York World Fair, and today one out of every two sports cars sold in the U.S. is a Ford Mustang. Sales topped 419,000 units in its first 12 months on the market, and passed the one million mark in the first two years, shattering the sales records of any single model in history.
Today the car is in its fifth generation and is comes in coupe and convertible versions and will soon be available with a glass roof option as well. The next couple of years will see the introduction of a facelifted model and eventually an all-new design. This ‘sixth generation’ model will be based on Ford’s all-new global RWD platform and will feature a range of new engines including forced induction units as well as a fully independent suspension set-up.
I love my 2008 GT convertible. Wonderfully fast, smooth, well put together, good handling, etc. And simply no other 4 seat RWD convertible out there with that kind of power for that price…
Any idea how many of the current body style have been built? Can we credit this car with keeping Ford afloat during its re-configuration?
And Pontiac, why on earth isn’t there a G6 convertible GXP version yet? 220 horsepower from 3.9 liters? Honda can squeeze that kind of power from a 2.2 liter engine (S2000). What are you guys playing at?
Gus, What did you pay for that car and can you really use the back seats? Wait until the Camaro arrives on the scene.
roy: this is definitely one of fords biggest revenues. regardless of what you hear, i think it was 2007 was fords best selling year for the f150, and they make boat loads off that. they sell 800,000 of those a year. but yeah the mustang sales definitely don’t hurt one bit.
mlevere; camaro’s going to be at least 5k more. you’re comparing a “small” pony car to a “mid sized” pony car. dont compare the malibu to the cobalt.
I’m glad that the article mentioned the IRS. There have even been spy pictures of the “refreshed” 5th gen mustang that really make you wonder if they’ll go IRS for the last half of this generation as well.
I hope to see the 3.5 or 3.7L make its way into this baby… and then strap an EcoBoost on there for the GT….. plus that 5L Windsor BOSS is coming soon…. look out for that…. tire manufacturers rejoice!!!
oh and a correction for the article. the glass roof isn’t available until 2009MY.
I paid $38k out the door for a fully loaded car. I spent an extra $1000 to get a rollbar installed.
Adults can barely use the back seats, but my little duaghter fits perfectly, and that was why I couldn’t get a two-seater.
Yes, I was thinking about waiting for the Camaro, but I typically stay away from the first 2 years of a brand new design (hence waiting for the 2008 Mustang, 4 years into that model).