{"id":938,"date":"2007-12-12T07:08:42","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T07:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2007\/12\/12\/ford-to-slow-do\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T14:05:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:05:03","slug":"ford-to-slow-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2007\/12\/12\/ford-to-slow-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford to slow down V8 Mustang production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/2007_ford_mustang_gt1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2007_ford_mustang_gt\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/2007_ford_mustang_gt.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"280\"  style=\"float: left;margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a><br \/> The rising gas prices combined with the debt crisis make another victim. After the pickup models, Ford has announced it will decrease the production of the V8 Mustang.<\/p>\n<p> The announcement is surprising as the V8 engine represents 52% of the sales compared to 30% originally planned, but Ford expects 2008 to be gloomy and doesn&#8217;t want to end giving discount to get rid of unwanted stocks.<\/p>\n<p>In November, sales decreased by 28.1% from 10,230 to 7,352 over the same period last year and since the beginning of the year, sales decreased by 18.1%. The November fall might be explained by the pre-orders taken by Chrysler for the new Challenger. <\/p>\n<p>The next-generation Mustang will be unveiled in 2009 and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petrol-head.com\/2007\/12\/spyshots-2009-f.html\">some development mules have already been spotted<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rising gas prices combined with the debt crisis make another victim. 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