Ford Mustang posts best sales in almost seven years
The Ford Mustang has reclaimed its previously long-held position at the top of the sales charts to once again be Australia’s most popular sports car.
The Mustang coupe and convertible range posted 720 deliveries in May 2025, its best result since the current ‘S650’ generation was introduced in 2024, despite higher prices accompanying the new model’s arrival.
That means the Mustang not only beat all rival sports cars in May, but its monthly delivery figure has surpassed all of their year-to-date tallies. That includes the BMW 2 Series Coupe (422 delivered so far this year) and the Subaru BRZ (365).
It was also the Mustang’s best result since November 2018 when 780 were delivered, its best month of that year when a total of 6412 were delivered.
It’s still a far cry from Mustang’s peak in Australia, which was in May 2017 with a staggering 1351 sales – making it second only to the Ford Ranger in the automaker’s lineup – before its best annual tally of 9165.
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The Mustang was the best-selling sports car in Australia for seven straight years between 2016 and 2022 after the nameplate was launched in 2015 with a choice of turbocharged four-cylinder and 5.0-litre V8 petrol engines.
But the Mustang lost its long-held bragging rights at the top of the sports car sales tree in 2024 after delays in the arrival of the new generation saw it post six straight months of single-figure sales.
It included the indignation of an official zero sales result in February 2024.
The delay saw the BMW 2 Series become the best-selling sports car in Australia last year, with the Subaru BRZ adding further salt to the wound to push the Mustang back to third place in the sports car stakes.
Yet the Mustang – Ford’s performance car hero among its SUV- and ute-dominated lineup – has already sold higher numbers year-to-date with 2489 sales in five months than it did in all of 2024, 2023, and 2021.
In those three calendar years Ford delivered 1464, 1475 and 1887 Mustangs, respectively.
With a monthly average of 498 cars per month, it’s set to overtake its 2021 and 2020 annual results (2827 and 2923) in June 2025.
That’s despite the new generation costing significantly more than its predecessor, with initial price hikes of around $10,000 followed by price rises of between $915 and $2000 for model year 2025 (MY25).
The Mustang now kicks off at $66,990 before on-road costs for the 2.3-litre turbocharged four-cylinder EcoBoost coupe with 10-speed automatic.
The 5.0-litre V8 with six-speed manual is now priced from $78,990 with a six-speed manual, with the automatic an additional $3000.
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