June U.S. Sales number comparision

[70charginglizard]

Sales numbers between the charger and the mustang as of June of 2005:

Charger- 6195 units sold in U.S.

Mustang- 14,470 units sold in U.S.


Just sharing.   

[RT DAVE]

I think they sold more mustangs than chargers between the years of 66-74 as well.   Does that make the classic charger a failure as well?  Never mind that these cars were never truly competitors at any time in their histories...   

[Charger_Fan]

Just judging by how many Magnachargers I've seen driving around here (zero), I would have guessed the sales figures to be exactly that...just without the 6 in front.

[RD]

Sales numbers between the charger and the mustang as of June of 2005:

Charger- 6195 units sold in U.S.

Mustang- 14,470 units sold in U.S.


Just sharing.     

are these walk-in customers or are the rental companies in these numbers too?

[tomonty]

Not real surprising info there.....

[Brock Samson]

 DCX expects to sell a quarter of their sedans to fleets,.. I've seen three white rental chargers on the streets so far... and mistaked every single one for a Mitsu at first...

[mustanghater]

the mustangs a mustang but the chargers are.....well their crap

[Plumcrazy]

Sales numbers between the charger and the mustang as of June of 2005:

Charger- 6195 units sold in U.S.

Just sharing.     

None of those 6195 Chargers are near me.  I haven't seen one on the road yet.

[BrianShaughnessy]

The dodge dealer by me had 1  -  that puke red R/T.  Somebody bought it.  They haven't gotten in another.  I saw it driving around today.   

[69_se_ron]

Finally saw one on the street.  The dealer I pass by on the way to work has had five since June and they're still there.  They will move them around to different positions, put flags on them, do everything but sell them.  Took them over 2 months to unload that copper-colored Daytona truck.

[bull]

I think they sold more mustangs than chargers between the years of 66-74 as well.     Does that make the classic charger a failure as well?   Never mind that these cars were never truly competitors at any time in their histories...     

Good point, however, the '66-'74 Charger was not an ugly 4-door. And how is it that a classic 2-door, RWD, V8 Charger is not in competition with a classic 2-door, RWD, V8 Mustang?

[JimShine]

I know of three in my area. Two reds and one black. One of the reds is actually near the garage I keep my '68 in, the other red is at the local dealership and I see the black one around town almost every day.

[Lightning]

The local Enterprise store bought a white R/T....a Ford friend who works there was actually impressed by it, said it could keep up with his modded(slightly) T-bird.

[89MOPAR]

Good point, however, the '66-'74 Charger was not an ugly 4-door. And how is it that a classic 2-door, RWD, V8 Charger is not in competition with a classic 2-door, RWD, V8 Mustang?

Ummmmm,  Weight, Wheelbase, Intended # of passengers, Intended buyers.   Barracuda or Challenger would be a better comparator to Mustang.
  Charger vs Torino, Montego, Cyclone is a better comparison.   Think about it.

[RT DAVE]

Good point, however, the '66-'74 Charger was not an ugly 4-door. And how is it that a classic 2-door, RWD, V8 Charger is not in competition with a classic 2-door, RWD, V8 Mustang?

Ummmmm,   Weight, Wheelbase, Intended # of passengers, Intended buyers.     Barracuda or Challenger would be a better comparator to Mustang.
  Charger vs Torino, Montego, Cyclone is a better comparison.     Think about it.

There were alot of cream puff six cylinder mustangs during that time frame as well.     I think they were marketed more towards women (the mustang) back then as well.     I forgot about price as well.  The charger was quite expensive for it's time as opposed to the mustang.

[69_se_ron]

 

There were alot of cream puff six cylinder mustangs during that time frame as well.     I think they were marketed more towards women (the mustang) back then as well.  

Correct, RT Dave.  Ford had a shortage of 289's, and an excess of 6 cylinder engines.  They used the marketing campaign called "Six and the Single Girl".

"Playing on the best-selling book by Helen Gurley Brown, Sex and the Single Girl, JWT also created the campaign "Six and the Single Girl" - referring to the Mustang's six cylinders - and tapped into the young female market in unprecedented fashion."

[chrisII]

  Never mind that these cars were never truly competitors at any time in their histories...     

      i guess the point neads to be made that the charger 2.2 (ok untill now the low point in the chargers life) and the mustang were bouth small 4 cyl "sporty" cars...yes the mustang way outsold it then also..somebody actually told me the other day that he sees a charger 2.2 as a "collector car". he was loaning me a ball joint socket for my true classic charger, so i felt it was best not to tell him he was on crack. lol

[RT DAVE]

  Never mind that these cars were never truly competitors at any time in their histories...     

        i guess the point neads to be made that the charger 2.2 (ok untill now the low point in the chargers life) and the mustang were bouth small 4 cyl "sporty" cars...yes the mustang way outsold it then also..somebody actually told me the other day that he sees a charger 2.2 as a "collector car". he was loaning me a ball joint socket for my true classic charger, so i felt it was best not to tell him he was on crack. lol

For some reason, I forgot totally about that generation of chargers as well as the 'doba chargers.  Maybe that's because they weren't really Chargers...   

[bull]

Good point, however, the '66-'74 Charger was not an ugly 4-door. And how is it that a classic 2-door, RWD, V8 Charger is not in competition with a classic 2-door, RWD, V8 Mustang?

Ummmmm,   Weight, Wheelbase, Intended # of passengers, Intended buyers.     Barracuda or Challenger would be a better comparator to Mustang.
  Charger vs Torino, Montego, Cyclone is a better comparison.     Think about it.

Yes, the '70 Challenger and Cuda were built as direct competition to the Mustang, Camaro and AMX but they weren't built until five years after the Mustang was introduced. You can't seriously tell me the Mustang and Charger were not competitors no matter what the wheelbase, weight etc. Every muscle car made was made in response to the Mustang. Think about it.

[RT DAVE]

Good point, however, the '66-'74 Charger was not an ugly 4-door. And how is it that a classic 2-door, RWD, V8 Charger is not in competition with a classic 2-door, RWD, V8 Mustang?

Ummmmm,   Weight, Wheelbase, Intended # of passengers, Intended buyers.     Barracuda or Challenger would be a better comparator to Mustang.
  Charger vs Torino, Montego, Cyclone is a better comparison.     Think about it.

Every muscle car made was made in response to the Mustang. Think about it.

The GTO wasn't.  It came out before the Mustang and was the first muscle car.   

[69bananabeast]

Theres a red base model on the opposite side of town and its been there ever since it was unloaded in june .   a few days ago in the morning and saw one getting on the highway and just seemed like any other car. Later on that day I saw a Mitsu from behind and looked like the same damn car.

those sales #'s to me seem like they should be diff.   Like either More Mustangs would have been sold or less chargers.   More likely less chargers . I really don't see that many being sold . even so if that many are sold it doesn't seem as if this car would really be deemed a success

[RT DAVE]

I forgot to mention that June is a very favorable month to sell performance coupes.  I am waiting to see how well the stang does in the winter in this part of the country (WI).  It will probably still outsell the charger, don't get me wrong.