Ford Mustang: Orders for present mannequin closed

Fancy a brand new sixth-generation Ford Mustang? Except you’ve already ordered one, you’ll must stroll over to the used automobile lot.

Ford Australia has closed orders for the outgoing mannequin forward of the launch of the not too long ago revealed seventh era, due late in 2023.

“On account of overwhelming curiosity within the present Mustang, our order financial institution is now at capability. Due to this fact, we remorse to tell prospects that we’re not taking any new orders for the present Mustang,” reads an replace on the Ford Australia web site.

“Communicate to your Vendor in regards to the all-new Mustang, due in Australia from late 2023.”

The corporate flagged final month it was nonetheless attempting to clear an order financial institution, and wouldn’t affirm when orders would re-open.

“First precedence is to make the orders of the shoppers which have positioned their deposits with the sellers. We predict that’s the prudent method and it’s the best method,” Ford Australia president Andrew Birkic instructed CarExpert on the time.

The Mustang was final open to new orders in June, with Ford Australia placing a discover on its web site that autos ordered wouldn’t arrive till 2023.

The up to date 2022 Mustang arrived within the second quarter of this 12 months, bringing new colors, commonplace Line Lock, and a brand new California Particular look bundle for the GT.

Regardless of latest provide chain struggles, the Mustang has remained Australia’s best-selling sports activities automobile, a place it has loved yearly since 2016.

To the top of September, Ford logged 1457 gross sales, placing the Mustang forward of the not too long ago redesigned Subaru BRZ (810 gross sales) and BMW 4 Collection (770 gross sales).

The brand new seventh-generation mannequin will proceed to supply turbocharged 2.3-litre EcoBoost four-cylinder and naturally aspirated 5.0-litre Coyote V8 engines, although Ford says these are new fourth-generation variations.

Outputs have but to be revealed, however Ford guarantees they’ll supply extra energy, larger effectivity and faster 0-100km/h dash instances.

A ten-speed automated stays obtainable with each engines, nevertheless the six-speed handbook is now unique to the V8.

A brand new flagship Darkish Horse may even be part of the native vary, with a higher-output model of the Coyote V8.

Different Darkish Horse highlights embody a Torsen limited-slip differential, Brembo brakes, an even bigger sway bar on the rear, plus new entrance dampers and a extra severe strut tower brace.

Ford says it’s concentrating on a minimum of 373kW from the Darkish Horse. The outgoing GT and Mach 1 fashions produce 339kW and 345kW, respectively.

The Mustang is underpinned by a model of the sixth-generation’s platform, which Ford says was the “finest match” for the automobile.

There’s carryover suspension structure, although there have been some updates right here, together with new aluminium decrease management arms and new rear linkages. The Magneride adaptive damping system stays optionally available.

Ford says there’s a brand new steering rack and a sooner steering ratio, whereas it has a brand new era of security tools together with adaptive cruise management (with cease/go on auto fashions), lane centring, evasive steering help, and reverse brake help.

Rumoured all-wheel drive and hybrid fashions haven’t eventuated.

Whereas the outside adjustments are evolutionary, the inside has been modified dramatically.

Premium fashions and up function a 13.2-inch touchscreen infotainment system and a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster in a single wraparound housing, whereas base fashions function standalone shows. The touchscreen runs Ford’s newest Sync 4 working system.

Bodily local weather controls are gone, changed with shortcuts on the base of the central touchscreen. There’s a single row of bodily switches, together with the hazard lights, whereas beneath these there’s lastly a storage shelf, which additionally features a wi-fi charging pad.

In a retro contact, Ford has additionally developed a Nineteen Eighties-inspired theme for the digital instrument cluster that simulates the devices from the long-running 1979-93 Mustang that rode the Fox platform. The numbers even glow inexperienced at evening in true Nineteen Eighties Ford style.

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