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by Peter Valdes-Dapena @peterdrives April 8, 2016: 4:25 PM ET
A joy ride with Henry Ford III
A joy ride with Henry Ford III
In Germany, the land of the Autobahn, where speed is regarded as a national
right, the best-selling sports car last month wasn’t the locally-built
Porsche 911. It was the Ford Mustang.
The Mustang, built in Flat Rock, Mich., is still a novelty in Europe,
where it went on sale for the first time last summer. During the
Mustang’s most recent redesign for the 2015 model year, Ford executives
decided they wanted to make it a global product. Before, it had been
sold mainly in the United States. Even so, thanks to the popularity of
American television shows and movies overseas, the car is well known in
other countries. European customers just hadn’t been able to easily buy
one before.
The Mustang is relatively expensive in Germany compared to the United
States. Prices for a four-cylinder turbocharged model there start at
about €38,000, or roughly $43,000. Prices for that model in the U.S.
start at less than $26,000. Prices for the powerful, V8 Ford GT start
at the equivalent of almost $50,000, while the car costs about $32,000
in the U.S. (Car prices in Germany are quoted with taxes and fees
included, which is not the case in the U.S.)
Despite the higher price, the GT is, by far, the most popular version
of the car in Germany, according to Ford (F).
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