Ford Mustang Once Again Best-Selling Sports Car in the Entire Globe

Though it suffered a steep sales decrease in 2024, the Ford Mustang remained the best-selling sports car in the U.S. and the world.

Ford Mustang sales haven’t exactly been lighting the world on fire in recent months, as the beloved pony car has experienced a bit of a drop – one that most attribute to the fact that the newest S650 generation model is, well, quite pricey, coupled with some tough economic times that aren’t exactly motivating folks to go out and buy a sports car. Regardless, the Ford Mustang remains a global phenomenon that faces even less competition than in prior years, and as such, it once again closed out 2024 as the world’s best-selling sports car.

According to new data from S&P Global Mobility, the Ford Mustang has retained its title as the best-selling sports car in the U.S. and the entire world, where it’s sold in a total of 85 different markets. Over the past decade alone, Ford has sold a whopping one million Mustangs, and in the U.S., that model also represents nearly half the non-luxury sports car segment. These are all impressive factoids, for certain, but there is some reason to be a bit less optimistic about the near future, anyway.

In the U.S., Ford Mustang sales dropped 9.5 percent year-over-year in 2025, coming in at 44,003 units, and through the first quarter of 2025, that number declined even further – by 31.6 percent – to 9,377 units. To put these figures in perspective, Ford sold a total of 122,349 Mustangs as recently as 2015, and aside from posting an increase in 2023, the pony car has declined in that regard for seven straight years.

Of course, this isn’t exactly what most expected from the latest and greatest version of America’s beloved pony car following the arrival of its latest generation, which just took place for the 2024 model year. This is especially problematic when we consider that the Chevy Camaro has been discontinued and may or may not return (perhaps as an all-electric model), coupled with the disappearance of the Dodge Challenger, while the Charger has been reborn with EV, I-6, and (rumored) V8 power. Thus, it’ll be interesting to see if and when the Mustang can bounce back from this bit of a lull – and hold onto its title as the world’s favorite sports car moving forward.

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Brett Foote

Brett Foote has been covering the automotive industry for over five years and is a longtime contributor to Internet Brands’ Auto Group sites, including Chevrolet Forum, Rennlist, and Ford Truck Enthusiasts, among other popular sites.

He has been an automotive enthusiast since the day he came into this world and rode home from the hospital in a first-gen Mustang, and he's been wrenching on them nearly as long.

In addition to his expertise writing about cars, trucks, motorcycles, and every other type of automobile, Brett had spent several years running parts for local auto dealerships.

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