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2009 was not the banner sales year for the Ford Mustang. Despite a finish makeover for the 2010 model year, sales of the customarily successful hack automobile topped off at 66,623, an all time low. The Mustang still managed to beat out the Camaro in sum sales for the year, but Ford sole few er Mustangs for each month which the Camaro was actually upon showroom floors.

Enter a 2011 Mustang. Assumingly, a 305-horsepower V6 which gets 30 mpg and a 5.0-liter V8 putting out 412 horsepower does wonders for sales. Ford is stating which 3 times more 2011 Mustangs have been ordered than 2010 models during this same time last year. In sum, 11,000 Mustangs have been ordered since Jan.

Business have been quite taken with a V6 indication, which makes up half of all the orders, as well as a California Special has also fared better than approaching, tripling Ford’s initial sales projections. Ford says which 41-percent of 2011 Mustang orders have been for the GT indication, who will surely suffer rollin’… in their five-point-ohs, and a remaining 9 percent have been for GT500s. Strike the jump for a full press release from Ford.

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[Source: Ford]Show full PR textDEARBORN, Mich., Feb. 25, 2010 – A brandnew 2011 Ford Mustang with all-new powertrains has thr ee times some-more orders than the 2010 model in the initial month, as well as half of all nationwide orders have been for a car’s class-leading 30 mpg 3.7-liter V-6 engine.

“Fuel economy ranks between the tip two reasons people select vehicles,” said Steve Ling, North America Automobile Marketing manager. “With a 2011 Mustang lineup, we’ve found the approach to offer even better fuel potency for V-6, GT as well as even Shelby GT500 opening drivers – whilst mending opening. As well as consumers are responding.”

Nearly 11,000 Mustangs have been ordered given order banks non-stop in late Jan.

Fifty percent of the 2011 Mustang orders have been for V-6 models, that underline a new, high-performance, all-aluminum Duratec 3.7-liter dual overhead-cam (DOHC) Twin Independent Non-static Cam Timing (Ti-VCT) engine. This new engine delivers 305 horsepower and an approaching best-in-class EPA fuel potency of 30 mpg upon the mainroad – the 25 percent improvement contra a 2010 indication.

2011 Mustang V-6 sequence levels have been up 19 percent versus the brandnew 2010 model orders.

“A new engine transforms Mustang,” Ling said. “Everything people adore about the automobile lives upon, and rightaway underneath a metalcover is a V-6 engine that uses premium technology to deliver a energy, a feel, a fuel potency, even a receptivetoadvice of a most appropriate sports cars in a world.”

A first-ever Mustang Bar of America (MCA) Special Book package accessible upon V-6 models generated 3 times some-more orders than expected. Plus, “take rates” upon a California Special series – which is accessible upon the Mustang GT and harkens back to a original 1968 underline vehicle – are threetimes a approaching rates.

201 1 Mustangs also are being versed with jotdown levels of technology. Navigation is specified upon 18 percent of orders. High-intensity discharge (HID) headlamps are on 26 percent of vehicles. Rear-view cameras are on 10 percent – all up from 2010.

For a 2011 model, 41 percent of orders are for Mustang GTs.

The Mustang GT’s modern 5.0-liter four-valve, Ti-VCT V-8 engine delivers 412 horsepower as well as 390 ft.-lb. of torque. During the same time, fuel economy of 25 mpg mainroad is projected to be improved than a prior model as well as unsurpassed in a shred.

Ab out 9 percent of the 2011 Mustang orders have been for Shelby GT500 models, that are powered by an all-new aluminum-block 5.4-liter supercharged V-8 engine. This produces 550 horsepower and 510 ft.-lb. of torque, the 10 horsepower increase contra a 2010 indication. A engine additionally is 102 pounds lighter than its predecessor, delivering a better power-to-weight comparativemeasure, softened fuel saving, acceleration, doing and steering precision.

“Mustang is ready for the new era of buyers,” Ling pronounced. “With new high-tech as well as fuel-efficient engines, class-leading connectivity as well as infotainment options as good as signature character as well as opening, Mustang is poised to continue the legacy as America’s the one preferred sports car.”