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Originally Posted by HuJass

So I think the GTO never met it's sales expectations.
Why? Because it wasn't retro styled. There was no connection between the new car one the old ones.

As far as the new Mustang is concerned, you can't compare sales of the last model year of the outgoing model to sales of the first model year of the new model.
You'd have to compare the 1st year sales of the outgoing model to the 1st year sales of the new model.

Agreed on the GTO, on top of that, what sells in Australia does not necessarily sell here. Couple that with the fact you are importing a car with limited production capacity. Did they actually think it was going to sell well or were the simply testing the waters?

Mustang's highest sales in one month was May 2012 for the last gen, until March 2015. They sold 2000+ more Mustangs this past month than their previous record. So yes you can compare, the new one is already doing better than the previous gen. Are there economic factors at work here? undoubtedly. The new Mustang's launch coincides with lower gas prices. I'm beginning to wonder if that might be playing a bigger factor than is apparent now. Time will tell. One thing is for sure, the 5th gen sales are tanking, expected? Probably.