Generation of Mustangs

[06 T-RED S/C GT]

No, 2014 was the 50th model year. They got it right in 99, 04, and 09. The 2015 being designated as the 50th anniversary was simply a marketing ploy. Sure, 1965 plus 50 equals 2015. But in model years the 2015 was the 51st.

Actually it was 99, 04 and 09 that were designated as anniversary models that Ford used as marketing schemes to boost sales.. Once again, the original Mustang was officially designated with a VIN as a 1965 model, as Ford never officially referred to the first Mustang as a 1964.5 model..

Technically speaking, it should had been the 2000, 05 and 2010 as the previous anniversary edition models, just as the 1990 Fox body Mustangs were officially designated as 25th anniversary editions which also included 25th anniversary badges..

Therefore if Ford had gone by model year just as they did for the original 65 Mustang, they would had gotten it right from the very start, rather than cause all this confusion thru the years by designating certain anniversary edition models just in order to boost sales as a marketing scheme..

That still doesn't explain how the 09 cars wore a 45th anniversary badge, but at the same time I see how the '15s got the 50th badge now.

It should had been the 2010 models and not the 09 cars that wore 45th anniversary badges, but Ford decided to go by calendar year rather than model year as they originally had when the very first Mustang was launched in April "64" as a 1965 model.. For whatever reason, Ford decided to designate some of their outgoing models as anniversary editions in hoping to boost sales in order to make room for the new models as part of their marketing scheme..

 

[skwerl]

^ Wrong.
65 = year 1
66 = year 2
67 = year 3
68 = year 4
69 = year 5
70 = year 6
71 = year 7
72 = year 8
73 = year 9
74 = year 10

So 84 is the 20th year, 89 is the 25th year and 2014 is the 50th year. 2015 is the 51st year.

 

[MechE]

No, there was not a 1964 model year. The Mustang model year started with 1965, not 1964. You will not find a Mustang title that says "1964" for the model year, calendar year yes but not model year.

So the 2015 model year is the 50th. The 45th and such were off for the model year, and were done by calendar.

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Why don't you count them out.

If the first model was a MY '65, the 10th model would be a '74, not a '75.

It's marketing. "50 years of the mustang" would work but it isn't the 50th mustang.

 

[rjyote]

...just as the 1990 Fox body Mustangs were officially designated as 25th anniversary editions which also included 25th anniversary badges..

No. The 89 cars had a 25th emblem on the dash, not the 90. The 89 cars are the 25th model year. Furthermore, there is an 84 GT350 20th anniversary car as well.

 

[06 T-RED S/C GT]

^ Wrong.
65 = year 1
66 = year 2
67 = year 3
68 = year 4
69 = year 5
70 = year 6
71 = year 7
72 = year 8
73 = year 9
74 = year 10

So 84 is the 20th year, 89 is the 25th year and 2014 is the 50th year. 2015 is the 51st year.

^
Wrong.. Model year as follows

65= Year 1
70= Year 5
74= Year 9
75= Year 10
80= Year 15
84= Year 19
85= Year 20
90= Year 25

So 85 is the actual 20th year, followed by 90 as the 25th year and 2015 is the 50th year while the 2016 is the 51st year..

In fact my first Fox body Mustang was a 1990 GT that included a 25th anniversary badge on the dash..

 

[rjyote]

^
Wrong.. Model year as follows

65= Year 1
70= Year 5
74= Year 9
75= Year 10
80= Year 15
84= Year 19
85= Year 20
90= Year 25

So 85 is the actual 20th year, followed by 90 as the 25th year and 2015 is the 50th year while the 2016 is the 51st year..

In fact my first Fox body Mustang was a 1990 GT that included a 25th anniversary badge on the dash..

If you had a 25th emblem on your 90 dash, Ford likely didn't put it there. And as far as model years go, it's like this (once again):

65-1st MY
66-2nd MY
67-3rd MY
68-4th MY
69-5th MY

Extrapolate to present from there.

 

[06 T-RED S/C GT]

No. The 89 cars had a 25th emblem on the dash, not the 90. The 89 cars are the 25th model year. Furthermore, there is an 84 GT350 20th anniversary car as well.

Bullshit ! My first Fox body Mustang was indeed a 90 GT and FYI it did have the 25th anniversary emblem on the dash..

As for the 84 GT 350 20th anniversary edition, I'm fully aware of the car and remember it quite well, however this was just another fine example of how Ford contradicts themselves when it comes to their marketing schemes in order to boost it's sales numbers.. In addition, the 84 350 GT was nothing more than just a stripe and cosmetic package to begin with..

 

[06 T-RED S/C GT]

If you had a 25th emblem on your 90 dash, Ford likely didn't put it there. And as far as model years go, it's like this (once again):

65-1st MY
66-2nd MY
67-3rd MY
68-4th MY
69-5th MY

Extrapolate to present from there.

Ford did indeed put the 25th emblem on my 90 dash, as I was the original owner of the car..

 

[rick@CJPonyParts]

If you had a 25th emblem on your 90 dash, Ford likely didn't put it there.

Ford started using them mid-year on the 1989s and kept them all through 1990.

 

[rjyote]

Bullshit ! My first Fox body Mustang was indeed a 90 GT and FYI it did have the 25th anniversary emblem on the dash..

As for the 84 GT 350 20th anniversary edition, I'm fully aware of the car and remember it quite well, however this was just another fine example of how Ford contradicts themselves when it comes to their marketing schemes in order to boost it's sales numbers.. In addition, the 84 350 GT was nothing more than just a stripe and cosmetic package to begin with..

OK, I'll take your word for it. But that doesn't change the fact that the 90 was the 26th MY. And yes, I know all about the 84, including that it is the 20th MY Mustang.

 

[06 T-RED S/C GT]

I've just included a video from you tube along with a thread link from a different mustang site that confirms Ford began putting 25th anniversary emblems starting in mid 89 and thru the entire 1990 model year..

So once again, just another fine example how Ford contradicts themselves.. Also what doesn't make any damn sense, is why Ford designated the outgoing 2004 model as the 40th anniversary edition, but not the completely re-designed 2005 (S197) One reason comes to mind, Ford used this as part of their marketing scheme to boost sales of it's outgoing 2004 models, but yet they never designated the outgoing 2014 (S197) as the 50th anniversary edition..

I suppose that Ford wasn't very concerned about boosting sales for their outgoing models this time around like they've always done in the past, but instead do a complete 360 degree turn around and officially designate the 2015 as the 50th anniversary edition on the all new S550 platform

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdKPMyX4XCA

http://mustangforums.com/forum/5-0l-general-discussion/290603-how-to-confirm-real-25th-anniversary-gt.html

 

[Norm Peterson]

It really comes down to what you're relating the anniversary to.

If it's the introduction, you get one thing, that is really an anniversary only to those cars sold on the first day of availability.

If it's the model year, you have to start counting from whatever the official starting model year was, starting with the first model year being anniversary number zero. And you get a different answer.


Norm

 

[JimC]

1965 + 50 - 2015

 

[MechE]

1965 + 50 - 2015

Ugh. Really? So 1965 was model #0?

 

[06 T-RED S/C GT]

It really comes down to what you're relating the anniversary to.

If it's the introduction, you get one thing, that is really an anniversary only to those cars sold on the first day of availability.

If it's the model year, you have to start counting from whatever the official starting model year was, starting with the first model year being anniversary number zero. And you get a different answer.


Norm

Isn't that the truth lol.. Oh well, it is what it is I suppose

 

[06 T-RED S/C GT]

1965 + 50 - 2015

That's how I look at it as well Jim !

 

[06 T-RED S/C GT]

It really comes down to what you're relating the anniversary to.

If it's the introduction, you get one thing, that is really an anniversary only to those cars sold on the first day of availability.

If it's the model year, you have to start counting from whatever the official starting model year was, starting with the first model year being anniversary number zero. And you get a different answer.


Norm

Ugh. Really? So 1965 was model #0?

If I understood Norm's post accurately, what he meant was the first model year as being anniversary number zero, not the model year itself..

 

[Norm Peterson]

Yup ↑↑↑


Norm

 

[JimC]

Okay, let's make the math simpler. We are talking about "anniversary edition".

You got married on 1/1/1965. When is your first anniversary? When is your 50th anniversary?

Substitute "Mustang model year". Your model year started 1965. When is the 1st anniversary model year? When is the 50th anniversary model year?

And yes, the first year is "0" looking at anniversary
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[Mach2burnout]

Guys check your history. Ford put the 25th anniversary badges on some 89 MY cars and I believe all 90 MY cars. Not all 89s had them and it wasn't from a certain date on in 89. Only certain 89 cars came with this badging. I had a late 89 vert. LX 5.0 that did not have the badging.

Now year counting works just like the counting of centuries. Are we not in the 21st century? But, yet it only year Two Thousand, Sixteen!!!!
Skwerl has been right all along. Ford used this in 2015 only to market the new body style/chassis change. It's actuall the 51st MY.
In 09 they were sticking with the s197 so there was no point in moving it up a year. In 84, 89, 99 was the same thing. These were all mid platform sales boost strategies.


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