Germany’s Top Selling Sports Car Turns out to be a Ford Mustang

The release of sales results last month record that the top selling sports car in Germany is not the Porsche 911, like all of us would have thought, but rather the Ford Mustang. Figures record that while 752 Porsche 911s were sold throughout the nation, they still, albeit marginally, trailed behind Ford’s 780 new Mustangs that were to join the Autobahn. These records are provided by Ford,  according to a government report on the auto sales industry in Germany.

Built in Flat Rock, Michigan, the Mustang is very much the latest novelty in Europe, where it first went on sale last summer. The new design for the 2015 model, also came with a new sales approach, where Ford executives decided to turn the car into a globally accessible product. Until now it was only available for sale in the United States.

Despite its absence on other continents, the Mustang is still a highly iconic car and widely known thanks to America’s entertainment industry which has figured the sports car on more than numerous occasions in tv shows and movies. Thus with an already highly receptive audience, it is little wonder that the Mustang’s sales figures have performed so well before hardly touching the ground.

Although the comparative price difference certainly would have helped. While the iconic American muscle is still far more expensive in Germany then what it is in the US, selling at roughly $50,000 and $32,000 respectively, for the top of the range V8 Ford GT, it is still a whole lot cheaper than the 911’s base model at $110,000.

According to Ford spokesperson Craig Von Essen, there are very few cars available in Germany that offer the equivalent performance capabilities of the Mustang at the equivalent price. Making it a strong contender against the competition. Whilst not the first, Ford acknowledges that it used the Porsche 911 as a benchmark vehicle for their engineers whilst trying to develop the Mustang’s handling.