Ford Mustang 2015 News

A number of potentially hazardous faults have been identified in vehicles sold in Australia, prompting a wide range of recalls.

The world’s favourite tyre-shredder is back, but this time Ken has left the block behind and is heading for higher ground.

The NSW Police Force hasn’t given up on securing the Ford Mustang GT as a highway patrol vehicle, despite running into several hurdles with the US-built rear-wheel-drive V8.

Waiting for a new car is never easy. It could be a week or it could be a year — even longer — but a delivery hold-up still means delayed satisfaction.

Australian new car market roars to new sales heights, but post-election blues may put brakes on in back half of 2016

Australia truly is a land of rev heads, with demand for the new Mustang triple that of our homegrown Ford Falcon V8. And now the first customer cars have arrived before Christmas.

The Ford teams in V8 Supercars racing are hoping a lifeline from the USA will keep them tied to the blue oval brand after the end of the Falcon.

It’s not quite like selling ice to eskimos, but it’s close. A little known company in Australia has taken on the global car industry with the most advanced wheels in the world.

In June, Australians bought more new cars than in any single month in history, yet Ford sales were down by 17 per cent. Year-to-date, the slide is even worse.There isn't a major brand that is losing market share at the same rate. Or one that has slipped in share for as long as Ford. Sales have been in decline for more than a decade.In 2004, more than 135,000 Australians bought new Fords. This year, it's on track to be roughly half that number.And that's only half the story. Look more closely at the figures and the picture is bleak for the brand that twenty years ago topped the sales charts.How will sales improve when the brand has trimmed its line-up in the biggest segment of the market?Everybody assumes the sales slump is tied to the impending death of the locally-made Falcon and Territory, but the company's local products aren't the biggest problem.Sales of locally-made Fords are down 9.5 per cent year-to-date. Compare that with the imported Mondeo (down by almost 60 per cent), Focus (down 54 per cent) and Fiesta (down 32 per cent).Which makes this week's decision to drop the cheapest model from the Focus line-up all the more puzzling. How will sales improve when the brand has trimmed its line-up in the biggest segment of the market?There are promising products on the horizon, with Everest and Mustang due this year, but products aren't Ford's problem. Fiesta, Focus and Mondeo are all cars most brands would love in their line-up, but the Ranger is the only one that sells.Ford used to be labelled the Falcon car company. It's now in danger of becoming the Ranger car company.Ford says market share isn't everything and it is building a profitable business. But surely there's a point when the showroom traffic slows to a level where profit suffers?

Last month Ford reported that more than 2000 Australians so far have paid deposits for the car — including one customer who ordered six — but CarsGuide has been told some dealers are holding more than 50 orders."Order a car today and you're looking at June delivery next year," said one leading Ford dealer.Several dealers in other states reported the same forecast for fresh orders.The news comes as Ford has begun a Mustang roadshow across the country, ahead of its showroom arrival in December.We think we will sell more four-cylinder Mustangs once people can take it for a test driveIn the coming weeks Ford is taking the Mustang to select dealers who are hosting customer preview nights; only those who ordered a car have been invited. Ford reports that almost half of the Mustangs sold so far are of the V8 coupe, and the most popular colour is red, ahead of black and grey.Ford is yet to reveal how many customers have placed orders for the four-cylinder version but dealers are reporting a surprising uptake."At first the enthusiasts come out and most of them want the V8, but we are seeing people who want the look and are happy with the four-cylinder version," said another leading Ford dealer."We think we will sell more four-cylinder Mustangs once people can take it for a test drive."One in four Mustang customers at some dealers have never owned a Ford before, and some are trading BMW and Mercedes-Benz coupes."That has really surprised us," one dealer said.The buyer response for the 2015 Ford Mustang has been extraordinaryOne customer ordered a new Mustang over the phone minutes after returning from testing one in the US.Ford says a handful of Mustang enthusiasts have ordered more than one car, at least one private buyer has ordered six, and a sportscar rental company has ordered 20, the biggest single order so far."The buyer response for the 2015 Ford Mustang has been extraordinary," says David Blackwood, Dealer Principal of the Bayford Group in Victoria."As soon as Ford announced Mustang was coming to Australia (in December 2013) our phones started ringing. A few customers even made deposits before pricing and specifications were confirmed. I've never seen anything quite like it."The Mustang ranges in price from $44,990 for a four-cylinder manual coupe, to $63,990 for a V8 automatic convertible.While sports suspension is an option in the US, all Australian cars will come with the performance pack as standard. But the "burnout button" designed to warm the rear tyres in off-street drag racing has been deleted from Australian Mustangs amid Ford concerns of a backlash from safety groups.