Ford's Flat Rock Mustang Plant Just Closed Down For A Week After A Sales Plunge
While us UK petrolheads still can’t get enough of the Mustang, the car isn’t doing so well Stateside. In fact, last month the car suffered a 32 per cent drop in sales across the pond, leading Ford to stop production of the pony car at its Flat Rock plant in Michigan.
Before you panic though, we are talking about a temporary halt of just a week, to make sure production meets demand. Responding to the news, a Ford spokesperson told Detroit News: “We continue to match production with demand…Mustang remains the top seller in its segment in total and retail sales.”
So, no huge cause for concern, but what’s interesting is the Chevrolet Camaro outsold the Mustang last month for the first time in nearly two years, thanks to the arch rival pony car enjoying an 25 per cent boost in sales while the ‘Stang faltered. Although it’s not quite as simple as that since year-to-date Camaro sales are actually down 11 per cent, making Chevrolet’s coupe two per cent worse off than Ford’s. It’ll be interesting to see where the pony car sales war goes from here…
Sources: Detroit News, Bloomberg
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‘Oh Dear, Its Happened Again…’…..?
Hmmmm. How about SRT Challenger sales??? 🙂
Time to pick up 435hp on clearance. Start the mark downs.
It’s called winter it happens almost every year.
The Camaro has beaten the Mustang in sales for the first time.
This is probably one of the last times we can say this….Thanks Obama.
And the last time we can blame the president sarcastically…
And thank you Obama for giving Tesla a huge loan to boost green (sighs) car production 😔
Huge part is actually all the rude people making Jokes about it yhe greatest car ever made and yaking it way to far/but it is also partly the faults of the guys who are crashing them because they dont know how to respect or handle the cars amazingness
It’s not Obamas fault people don’t want to pony up for a Mustang…
You wouldn’t know in Europe… they’re taking over!
That’s how it starts
MarcusMorton
This means that people will have more time to prepare for another Mustang attack…
Man, even Mustang sales are being Mustang lately. You know… crashing
Wow, I died from that mustang pun.
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If they stop making Mustangs, how will they have enough to crash on a regular basis?