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Originally Posted by syr74
I'll disagree with the beginning on your post outright and point out that even you hint at what I am getting at in the latter portion of your post. Ford has made it clear that, barring the company going under, the Mustang will be here no matter what. Ford's pony has the eternal, golden get out of jail free card because, no matter how few they sell, this car along with the F-150 are simply too tied in with Ford historically to go away. As much as the Mustang is a Ford, it is Ford, and Ford knows it.
The Camaro is doing very well, much better than I predicted at this point in fact and it is very obvious that Chevy nailed the segment they were looking for. But, to be fair, they can't make the same promise to Chevy fans that Ford has to their fans with a straight face given the fact that Camaro just came back from a roughly decade long vacation.
As such, I think Mustang fans everywhere would disagree that better sales right now translate into a win for the enthusiast for obvious reasons.
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It is a business and not a hobby. If Ford loses money on the Mustang it will be gone along with the promise. The same is true of the Camaro. The F-150 is safe as long as it turns a profit. The name of the game is to move iron, just as it was when Henry Ford started the company.
Btw, I have a Mustang in my garage, had a 5th Gen and am waiting on my ZL1.