'05 more popular than '64 1/2?
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Originally posted by Flyinlow+October 12, 2004, 7:09 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Flyinlow @ October 12, 2004, 7:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ponyboy66@October 12, 2004, 1:30 AM
Not even close.
Given the fact that in 1964 the average household only had one car and the Mustang was just a daily driver for most. This car was the vehicle that may have started the second car in the family revolution. Now every household has at least 2 and many have more. 22,000 vehicles sold the very first day they went on sale. The other factor is the foreign car market. In 64 it was pretty much non existent. There was no competition for the pony in it's price range. The Mustang was a throw away car. The bic lighter of automobiles. Little did Ford know that the Mustang would also start the muscle car revolution. If the 05 were coming out under the same circumstances it would be as popular.
Not even close.
Given the fact that in 1964 the average household only had one car and the Mustang was just a daily driver for most. This car was the vehicle that may have started the second car in the family revolution. Now every household has at least 2 and many have more. 22,000 vehicles sold the very first day they went on sale. The other factor is the foreign car market. In 64 it was pretty much non existent. There was no competition for the pony in it's price range. The Mustang was a throw away car. The bic lighter of automobiles. Little did Ford know that the Mustang would also start the muscle car revolution. If the 05 were coming out under the same circumstances it would be as popular.
I don't see the original Mustang as either of those. When the big block Mustangs came along later, I would say that was an evolution of the muscle car movement. Muscle cars were started by putting big engines in mid size cars, not small cars. The Mustang was considered a small car by 60's standards. [/b][/quote]
On a side note......kudos to the GTO, not the stang, for starting the muscle car era.
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Aahh, ya beat me to it. Yes, the '64 GTO was the original muscle car.
As for the the pony cars, yes the Mustang was the first... (psst, that's why they call them "pony" cars) and yes it did start the pony car revolution. Because Mustang sales were so good, everybody jumped on the bandwagon and started creating their own version of the Mustang (most noticably our long lost rival, the Camaro... R.I.P.) because before April 17, 1964 there wasn't anything like the Mustang. So with such a "sudden or momentous change in (the) situation" I would say that was a revolution.
I agree the Mustang has more choices to compete with (foregin cars), but the idea about it being normal today to have more than one car would seemingly increase the sales of the '05.
BTW, I don't think the '05 will outsell the 64 1/2, not even close. I do think it will sell a LOT and will probably surprise the "outsiders" (non-Mustang worshipers)
Jason
As for the the pony cars, yes the Mustang was the first... (psst, that's why they call them "pony" cars) and yes it did start the pony car revolution. Because Mustang sales were so good, everybody jumped on the bandwagon and started creating their own version of the Mustang (most noticably our long lost rival, the Camaro... R.I.P.) because before April 17, 1964 there wasn't anything like the Mustang. So with such a "sudden or momentous change in (the) situation" I would say that was a revolution.
I agree the Mustang has more choices to compete with (foregin cars), but the idea about it being normal today to have more than one car would seemingly increase the sales of the '05.
BTW, I don't think the '05 will outsell the 64 1/2, not even close. I do think it will sell a LOT and will probably surprise the "outsiders" (non-Mustang worshipers)
Jason
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