Originally Posted by Aero540T
Only 80,000 people buy a Mustang per year, including a heavy number of rental sales. There's just not that many people out there saying, "I'd love to have a Mustang, if only it had more interior room."
I think there's lots of people out there that want a Mustang but can't/won't because of the lack of interior space. I know it was a factor for me (actually my wife) for 18 years. No usable back seat and that killed it for us. Now that kids are out of the way and I have other vehicles to drive it was back in the picture. I know of a few others that love it but can't/won't because of the back seat. I'm sure that is fueling many sales of the inferior Charger/Challenger.
I'm a diehard Mustang guy and it's growing on me. On the upside if it has the performance and handling it will be a good thing. Everyone remembers the fast Mustangs but since 64.5 the I6/V6/I4 were there and until the EB 2.3 were not particularly fast or good handling. We had the Mustang II that didn't really look like the original and despite the hate, sold about 200k a year. The Fox bodies looked NOTHING like a Mustang and sold very well and are a great value. Both the Mustang II and Fox bodies had hatchbacks. It wasn't till the 94 that we got back to somewhat of a "Mustang" shape.
They are not discontinuing the coupe with the I4 and V8 for those of us who would prefer them.
It will be interesting to see how well it sells and what it does to sales of the coupes.
Only 80,000 people buy a Mustang per year, including a heavy number of rental sales. There's just not that many people out there saying, "I'd love to have a Mustang, if only it had more interior room."
I think there's lots of people out there that want a Mustang but can't/won't because of the lack of interior space. I know it was a factor for me (actually my wife) for 18 years. No usable back seat and that killed it for us. Now that kids are out of the way and I have other vehicles to drive it was back in the picture. I know of a few others that love it but can't/won't because of the back seat. I'm sure that is fueling many sales of the inferior Charger/Challenger.
I'm a diehard Mustang guy and it's growing on me. On the upside if it has the performance and handling it will be a good thing. Everyone remembers the fast Mustangs but since 64.5 the I6/V6/I4 were there and until the EB 2.3 were not particularly fast or good handling. We had the Mustang II that didn't really look like the original and despite the hate, sold about 200k a year. The Fox bodies looked NOTHING like a Mustang and sold very well and are a great value. Both the Mustang II and Fox bodies had hatchbacks. It wasn't till the 94 that we got back to somewhat of a "Mustang" shape.
They are not discontinuing the coupe with the I4 and V8 for those of us who would prefer them.
It will be interesting to see how well it sells and what it does to sales of the coupes.
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