Camaro Outruns Mustang as Lost Sales Put Factory in Doubt: Cars
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Ford Motor Co.’s Mustang is falling farther behind the Chevrolet Camaro as the top-selling U.S. sports car, jeopardizing a Michigan factory as designers work to win back the hearts of pony car fans.
Ford narrowly lost the crown in 2010 after a 24-year run, and the gap widened this year, with General Motors Co.’s revived Camaro outselling Mustang by 33 percent through May. The 1,700-person plant in Flat Rock has just one shift of workers, and its Japanese partner decided last week to pull out.