{"id":682,"date":"2019-10-04T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2019-10-03T14:51:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T18:51:06","slug":"camaros-and-challengers-and-mustangs-oh-my-which-sells-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/2019\/10\/camaros-and-challengers-and-mustangs-oh-my-which-sells-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Camaros and Challengers and Mustangs, oh my: Which sells best?"},"content":{"rendered":"
With the last quarter\u2019s sales reports behind us, we can answer the question of who wins in the United States\u2019 muscle car sales races. There\u2019s not really a surprise year-to-date, though: you knew it would be the Mustang, and it was. The Mustang has a smart, up-to-date series of powertrain options, and the best publicity of possibly any car in the world.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n The big surprise is the number two player, and the winner of the third-quarter sales race: it\u2019s the Dodge Challenger, the oldest of the three American muscle cars, and also the most powerful (in Hellcat Redeye form, the Challenger has a 797 horsepower supercharged V8 engine).<\/p>\n For the year to date, the Ford Mustang leads with 55,365 sales, a bit of a decline from January-through-September 2018 but still more than enough to overpower the Challenger\u2019s 46,699 sales. Partly, that’s because the Challenger itself was down by 11% to Ford’s 10%; but even if the Challenger had gained a few sales it would still be #2. The Chevrolet Camaro, despite being produced by the largest American automaker, came in a distant number three, with just 36,791 sales so far this year. The cartoonish styling was definitely tuned down in the second generation, but it doesn’t have the wide media and engine range of the Mustang or the classic good looks and spacious interior of the Challenger. Some of the highest-end Camaro sales may be leached off by the Corvette, too, though that’s a good problem to have.<\/p>\n