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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2011 Ford Mustang GT - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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2009 was not a banner sales year for the <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/mustang">Ford Mustang</a>. Despite a complete makeover for the 2010 model year, sales of the usually successful pony car topped off at 66,623, an all time low. The Mustang still managed to<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/05/ford-mustang-takes-the-2009-pony-car-sales-crown-from-the-chevro/"> beat out the Camaro in total sales for the year</a>, but <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford</a> sold fewer Mustangs for each month that the <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/camaro">Camaro</a> was actually on showroom floors.<br />
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Enter the 2011 Mustang. Apparently, a 305-horsepower V6 that gets 30 mpg and a 5.0-liter V8 putting out 412 horsepower does wonders for sales. Ford is reporting that three times more 2011 Mustangs have been ordered than 2010 models at this same time last year. In total, 11,000 Mustangs have been ordered since January.<br />
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Customers have been particularly taken with the V6 model, which makes up half of all the orders, and the California Special has also fared better than expected, tripling Ford's initial sales projections. Ford says that 41-percent of 2011 Mustang orders have been for the GT model, who will surely enjoy rollin'... in their five-point-ohs, and the remaining nine percent have been for GT500s. Hit the jump for the full press release from Ford.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-gt-5-0/low/">2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-gt-5-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/gt270_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-gt-5-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/gt250_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-gt-5-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/gt260_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-gt-5-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/gt220_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-gt-5-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/gt200_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-3-7-liter-v6/low/">2011 Ford Mustang 3.7-liter V6</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-3-7-liter-v6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/11mustangv6_1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-3-7-liter-v6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/11mustangv6_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-3-7-liter-v6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/11mustangv6_05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-3-7-liter-v6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/11mustangv6_06_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-3-7-liter-v6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/11mustangv6_11_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2011 Ford Mustang GT - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
<br />
2009 was not a banner sales year for the <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/mustang">Ford Mustang</a>. Despite a complete makeover for the 2010 model year, sales of the usually successful pony car topped off at 66,623, an all time low. The Mustang still managed to<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/05/ford-mustang-takes-the-2009-pony-car-sales-crown-from-the-chevro/"> beat out the Camaro in total sales for the year</a>, but <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford</a> sold fewer Mustangs for each month that the <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/camaro">Camaro</a> was actually on showroom floors.<br />
<br />
Enter the 2011 Mustang. Apparently, a 305-horsepower V6 that gets 30 mpg and a 5.0-liter V8 putting out 412 horsepower does wonders for sales. Ford is reporting that three times more 2011 Mustangs have been ordered than 2010 models at this same time last year. In total, 11,000 Mustangs have been ordered since January.<br />
<br />
Customers have been particularly taken with the V6 model, which makes up half of all the orders, and the California Special has also fared better than expected, tripling Ford's initial sales projections. Ford says that 41-percent of 2011 Mustang orders have been for the GT model, who will surely enjoy rollin'... in their five-point-ohs, and the remaining nine percent have been for GT500s. Hit the jump for the full press release from Ford.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-gt-5-0/low/">2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-gt-5-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/gt270_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-gt-5-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/gt250_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-gt-5-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/gt260_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-gt-5-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/gt220_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-gt-5-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/gt200_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-3-7-liter-v6/low/">2011 Ford Mustang 3.7-liter V6</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-3-7-liter-v6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/11mustangv6_1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-3-7-liter-v6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/11mustangv6_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-3-7-liter-v6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/11mustangv6_05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-3-7-liter-v6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/11mustangv6_06_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-3-7-liter-v6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/11mustangv6_11_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
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