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fielderLS3 · 09-30-2011, 06:22 AM

I'm thinking the Mustang doesn't quite belong on that list. The percentage drop is a little skewed, since the reference year is 2005, the year the retro look came out and they were red hot (selling around almost 160,000 units a year), had a 4 month waiting list, and were selling for over sticker in many cases. And as someone else already mentioned, it was the only game in town in 2005, but not anymore.

People are still driving them, they are just not buying them because everyone interested in one already has one. What would Camaro sales look like in 2017 compared to 2010 if it went mostly unchanged (other than engine upgrades) into its eighth model year, particularly if the new car market in general contracts at that time?

09-30-2011, 06:22 AM	#6
fielderLS3 Drives: 2016 Mazda6, 2011 Mustang 5.0 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Portage, Wisconsin Posts: 4,049	I'm thinking the Mustang doesn't quite belong on that list. The percentage drop is a little skewed, since the reference year is 2005, the year the retro look came out and they were red hot (selling around almost 160,000 units a year), had a 4 month waiting list, and were selling for over sticker in many cases. And as someone else already mentioned, it was the only game in town in 2005, but not anymore. People are still driving them, they are just not buying them because everyone interested in one already has one. What would Camaro sales look like in 2017 compared to 2010 if it went mostly unchanged (other than engine upgrades) into its eighth model year, particularly if the new car market in general contracts at that time? __________________ 2022 1SS 1LE (Arrived 4/29/22) "The car is the closest thing we will ever create to something that is alive." . 2022 1SS 1LE (Coming Soon)