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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
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You posted an article that is celebrating the oddity that the 6th gen Mustang launched with higher v8 sales in it's first 2 months of production. Of which almost all of that was thanks to the car enthusiasts who preordered a car. The 6th gen however has had the strongest v8 sales for a Mustang generation ever, the increased power and price gap between 4 cylinder and v8 currently offered will make for an interestimg finish.
Historically speaking with the Mustang, the smaller engines have always outsold the v8's in the final productions all the way back to the 60's. It's easy to forget as the only ones people bother restoring and keep on the road are the v8's. The amount of fleet, rentals and mom-mobiles is just to high which is why ford keeps making them.
It may not always translate clearly but , cheap almost is always a safe seller. Look at Audi's A-series vs S/RS series cars. BMW's regular cars vs M series sales, Lancers to Evolutions, STI to Wrx/Impreza... and so on... even truck sales follow suit.