Have Mustang Sales Tanked?
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Originally Posted by black sunshine
I live in CT and you come across GT's on lots sometimes but not often at all. If you do find one 9 out of 10 times it an auto. I've pretty much traveled the state lookimg for a good deal before I ordered my 07 GT a few months ago and the most I can get them to take off is about a grand. They're scarce here big time. I've actually only seen a couple driving around. Not sure if it's a CT thing or what but if you want a Mustang here your going to have to order it.
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Hardly - I see more Mustangs on the road now than ever! When I got mine last November, I swear I was the only one in town. Now I can't go anywhere without passing at least three. So while the dealers may not be able to gouge anymore, they are selling them - clearly.
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Originally Posted by Starminder
Hardly - I see more Mustangs on the road now than ever! When I got mine last November, I swear I was the only one in town. Now I can't go anywhere without passing at least three. So while the dealers may not be able to gouge anymore, they are selling them - clearly.
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I would say they have definately slowed here in canada or ford.ca would not have offered 06's in there new family pricing program announced other day...Also local auto mall ford dealer has a ton of stangs on the lot,and many of them are GT's.
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Originally Posted by tom_vilsack
I would say they have definately slowed here in canada or ford.ca would not have offered 06's in there new family pricing program announced other day...Also local auto mall ford dealer has a ton of stangs on the lot,and many of them are GT's.
The family pricing on the GTs kind of shocked me. From $37K down to $32K? That's GOT to be below their margins...which means they're not selling well at all. See below pics >>
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Sales dude told me that if I special ordered my Stang, they could get me a better deal cause it wouldn't "sit on their lot."
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I bought my 2005 last summer. Shopped around the DFW market and found that no dealer was willing to deal less than MSRP +$3,500.
Work had me out in Brady, Texas later that same summer. This is a town of about 1,500 people out in the middle of Texas. They have a tiny Ford dealership (Norman Motors, Inc.) which had a silver metallic GT on the showroom, manual tranny, black leather interior, with the rear spoiler delete...georgeous car!
I stopped in, asked the salesman what they were asking for it and he simply read the sticker price to me. I qualified for the X-plan, so I asked him if he'd honor the X-plan price on the car, which he did.
End result, I bought the car in late 2005 for Invoice - $50
They can drop-ship to any location, if you desire. VERY good folks, VERY easy to work with. Only downfall was driving the car 250 miles back to DFW....but what a fun trip that was
Work had me out in Brady, Texas later that same summer. This is a town of about 1,500 people out in the middle of Texas. They have a tiny Ford dealership (Norman Motors, Inc.) which had a silver metallic GT on the showroom, manual tranny, black leather interior, with the rear spoiler delete...georgeous car!
I stopped in, asked the salesman what they were asking for it and he simply read the sticker price to me. I qualified for the X-plan, so I asked him if he'd honor the X-plan price on the car, which he did.
End result, I bought the car in late 2005 for Invoice - $50
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They can drop-ship to any location, if you desire. VERY good folks, VERY easy to work with. Only downfall was driving the car 250 miles back to DFW....but what a fun trip that was
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Talked to about 10 different CT dealers today, all of them were crying about all of the allocation going to the sun-belt. None of them would accept X-plan pricing, most of them said they couldn't even order me one if they wanted to.
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Originally Posted by AFBLUE
I think allocating a larger percentage of production to GTs in MY2007 compared to 2005 and 2006 will help sales to improve.
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Originally Posted by Shotokan1509
Talked to about 10 different CT dealers today, all of them were crying about all of the allocation going to the sun-belt. None of them would accept X-plan pricing, most of them said they couldn't even order me one if they wanted to.
The solution to your problem is to purchase a GT from a dealer down South and specify delivery through a local Ford dealer. There are people from several Ford dealers who participate in TMS and could arrange this sort of purchase for you.
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Originally Posted by V10
The build mix of GTs to V6s is the same as last year.
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Originally Posted by V10
Yes, it appears the 3 Stooges are running Ford's marketing department. For some reason Ford has allocated very few GTs to the Northeast while southern dealers have GTs coming out of their ears.
The solution to your problem is to purchase a GT from a dealer down South and specify delivery through a local Ford dealer. There are people from several Ford dealers who participate in TMS and could arrange this sort of purchase for you.
The solution to your problem is to purchase a GT from a dealer down South and specify delivery through a local Ford dealer. There are people from several Ford dealers who participate in TMS and could arrange this sort of purchase for you.
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Its not
The Mustang has been in short supply since its launch, and its finally getting up to where its supposed to be in the first place, nearly 2 1/2 years after the launch.
necessarily
a bad thing to have Mustangs on the lot, provided that they don't
sit there forever. As a rule of thumb, 60 day supply of a car is the industry standard and anything below that is a good thing for that car. Once the Mustang starts sitting on the lot for 3-4 months, then it becomes a problem. The Mustang has been in short supply since its launch, and its finally getting up to where its supposed to be in the first place, nearly 2 1/2 years after the launch.
That's
a pretty good start for the car.
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Haven't seen any official word from Ford on rebates
but I've just received this email from a dealer (Galpin) that
there's a $500 rebate on the GT:
For the First time ever Ford has announced a $500 rebate on the Mustang GT. This is a great time to take advantage and save more on the Mustang. We have over 60 Gts in stock. Please feel free to contact me directly.
but I've just received this email from a dealer (Galpin) that
there's a $500 rebate on the GT:
For the First time ever Ford has announced a $500 rebate on the Mustang GT. This is a great time to take advantage and save more on the Mustang. We have over 60 Gts in stock. Please feel free to contact me directly.
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Originally Posted by GT98
The Mustang has been in short supply since its launch, and its finally getting up to where its supposed to be in the first place, nearly 2 1/2 years after the launch.
That's
a pretty good start for the car.![33](https://themustangsource.com/forums/images/smilies/33.gif)
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Originally Posted by HELLIX
Haven't seen any official word from Ford on rebates
but I've just received this email from a dealer (Galpin) that
there's a $500 rebate on the GT:
For the First time ever Ford has announced a $500 rebate on the Mustang GT. This is a great time to take advantage and save more on the Mustang. We have over 60 Gts in stock. Please feel free to contact me directly.
but I've just received this email from a dealer (Galpin) that
there's a $500 rebate on the GT:
For the First time ever Ford has announced a $500 rebate on the Mustang GT. This is a great time to take advantage and save more on the Mustang. We have over 60 Gts in stock. Please feel free to contact me directly.
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I don't think that the sales were all that great to begin with. I think that it was more hype than anything. How many 05's were sold? In 1988 and 89 ford sold over 200,000 mustangs both years and in 2003/04 they sold around 140,000 a year.
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Originally Posted by TomServo92
That must be a local thing. There are no rebates on the GT in this region.
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