The first Mustang was a 65 sold in April 64 as you noted, and very few people got one. I saw no less than three 2015's driving around that week. Lets go back a little bit. Production actually started in March, and the 289 HiPo wasn't introduced until the fall. If you want to follow the lines of nostalgia this year, then you would have got a Mustang body on a fusion frame with a mild V6 and a very weak V8. Then this fall you would get the high performance coupe. Oh wait, the new high performance GT coupe is coming this fall, right on schedule.
I agree Ford could have done a better job marketing this car. Unfortunately the Mustang is not a major portion of Ford's bottom line. Going by 2013 sales, over 850,000 F-150s and over 260,000 Fusions vs. a little over 77,000 Mustangs. Given, it's a good chunk of change and an iconic model, but not where their priorities lie. Personnally I'm impressed at the amount of engineering and planning they devoted to this car. The board room must have been full of intense battles over the direction and funding of this project.
Ford tried to do events in Canada, but you wouldn't take Justin Bieber back, so they canceledI agree. Big Bang and shows about the 50th Anniversary and the all new 2015 Mustang in April 2014....
Here in the Edmonton, Alberta area NOT ONE dealer had balloons out. No BBQ organized in that week. We drove around from one dealer to the next. And don't get me wrong. The dealers here in Canada could have made their own little organized celebration in this week. Until now, most dealers have no glue what prices or order guides are there for the 2015 Mustang nor know they when production starts for the S550.
No idea why people are saying that FORD made a good job. That's one of a poor job they did with the 50th Anniversary of the Ford Mustang.
I know. You guys down south had a lot of parties to go to. (Factory tours. Dealer events). We did go to the Edmonton car show. The red S550 was protected like "Fort Knox" from the security guards and black ropes to keep people away from the car. But that was all what we could see. Lucky we got some pictures to make. We saw also the all new Mercedes CLA. Guess what? No security around. The Ladies around actually asked us to get in the car, open the hood and trunk. And the CLA was fully loaded. Kids got in and out and played with every button they could find. That's how a car company should deal with future customers and their new car!
But again. I like the S550. That's why I ordered one without touching it.
I see that the shipping logistics have been planned and scheduled on these cars - look at the ramp and transportation areas of the sticker.
I just searched 02201 and there are 5 2015 Mustangs showing. 3 GTs, 1 V6 and 1 eco.
LOL!! True, true
. I grew up in upstate NY and was used to 120" of snow a year.
at least it's been 'lighter' the past couple years.LOL!! True, true
Thank you for sharing that.
Thank you for sharing that.
OKTB is 9/9 or thereabouts if I remember correctly right? So if scheduling resumes on 9/11 (or shortly thereafter) I can hope that my order gets pulled (7/10) and scheduled in mid to late September and hopefully built by the end of that month if everything went smoothly and I got lucky. Maybe 4 weeks to the dealer and with some luck I will be driving it the first week of November. I will keep my fingers crossed.
Ford tried to do events in Canada, but you wouldn't take Justin Bieber back, so they canceled
