{"id":11845,"date":"2019-04-17T08:16:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T08:16:09","guid":{"rendered":" https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/?p=11845"},"modified":"2019-04-17T08:16:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T08:16:23","slug":"mustang-claims-title-of-best-selling-sports-coupe-in-the-world-for-fourth-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/mustang-claims-title-of-best-selling-sports-coupe-in-the-world-for-fourth-straight-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Mustang Claims Title of Best-Selling Sports Coupe in the World for Fourth Straight Year."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>Ford celebrates Mustang\u2019s 55th anniversary today \u2013\u00a0National Mustang Day \u2013 as the world\u2019s best-selling sports coupe of 2018 on the strength of 113,066 cars sold<\/li><li>This marks the fourth consecutive year Mustang claims the title of world\u2019s best-selling sports coupe as well as best-selling sports car in the United States<\/li><li>Mustang\u2019s market share in the global sports car segment is up half a point for 2018 over the previous year \u2013 to 15.4 percent \u2013 fueled in part by the hot-selling Bullitt<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEW DELHI, April 17, 2019&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 As Ford marks Mustang\u2019s 55th anniversary on this National Mustang Day, enthusiasts everywhere are celebrating the world\u2019s best-selling sports coupe for the fourth consecutive year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Australia to Peru, Mustang reigns as the best-selling sports coupe in the world for 2018, selling 113,066&nbsp;cars, according to data from IHS Markit. 2018 not only marks the fourth straight year of Mustang\u2019s global leadership as world\u2019s best-selling sports coupe, but also as best-selling sports car in the United States, where Ford sold 75,842 Mustangs last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe broke the mold when Ford launched the Mustang 55 years ago,\u201d said Jim Farley, Ford president, global markets. \u201cNothing says freedom, the wind in your hair and the joy of driving like Mustang; it\u2019s an icon. The roar of its V8 on a spring day, there\u2019s nothing better. No wonder it\u2019s the most popular sports coupe in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mustang was available for purchase in 146 markets in 2018, based on worldwide Ford sales data. More than 500,000 sixth-generation Mustangs have been sold worldwide since 2015, with the pony picking up an additional half point of global share last year to capture 15.4 percent of the segment. This was fueled in part by the new Mustang Bullitt, which exceeded global sales forecasts by 25 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global sales data are based on IHS Markit 2018 total new vehicle registrations for all sports car segments. U.S. sales are based on 2018 industry reported sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford celebrates Mustang\u2019s 55th anniversary today \u2013\u00a0National Mustang Day \u2013 as the world\u2019s best-selling sports coupe of 2018 on the strength of 113,066 cars soldThis marks the fourth consecutive year Mustang claims the title of world\u2019s best-selling sports coupe as well as best-selling sports car in the United StatesMustang\u2019s market share in the global sports &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[19,28,21],"tags":[1922,135,1920,1921],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ford_Mustang_V6_Coupe\u0301_VI_\u2013_Frontansicht_2._Oktober_2016_New_York.jpg?fit=3390%2C1584&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9p2AM-353","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fly-wheel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}