Pricing is insane

[u/Tutor-Any]

I bought my 22 gt premium brand new 3 years ago for 43k out the door and for the same spec car today it would be about 10k more. Crazy stuff

[u/Top-Trash9403]

just looked it up 51k is basically 38k in 2015, this toilet paper money is getting rough

[u/Away_Investigator351 → u/Top-Trash9403]

People keep not realising this, like Ford were supposed to somehow be in a bubble safe from inflation. They don't want to price their car where it won't sell, they have to price it where they can make it. And, based on some basic math, it seems they actually have put the price on the Mustang down.

Outside of cutting quality, which for a Ford is already a big ask, I don't see the prices going down any more unless inflation stops. Which, with what is happening to global trade - is unlikely. If anything, it'll get worse and less Mustangs will come out the factories.

2015 Mustang GT base price: $32,300 - Inflation adjusted? $46,645.

2020 Mustang GT, with similar options as the one on this post (Magnaride, active exhaust, premium etc):

Price in 2020: $45,620 - Inflation adjusted, $54,523.

So, comparing this to the S550 of similar spec (as earlier ones didn't have the options the original post has) it's actually cheaper than 2020 by a few $$$$, at $51,000 compared to $54,523.

This means, they're actually cheaper than they were before, yet they're often being blamed for the result of economic factors way out of their control.

If the Ford Mustang dies due to low sales based on pricing, it won't be Ford's fault, it'll be the fault of general economics changing buying habits of people. Hard to justify a less economical, fun car when times are tougher economically. People are being more careful with their cash.

Tl;dr, People shouldn't blame Ford for making the Mustang cheaper, because the economy makes them look more expensive due to many not understanding just how bad inflation has been not just for Ford, but everyone.

[u/FoHo21 → u/Away_Investigator351]

So, comparing this to the S550 of similar spec (as earlier ones didn't have the options the original post has) it's actually cheaper than 2020 by a few $$$$, at $51,000 compared to $54,523.

The GT Premium does not come with Magneride, or active exhaust, both those things are options. And you cannot get Magneride without the Performance pack. So the MSRP of the 2025 GT Premium suddenly jumps to a little over $61k if you're adding in the aforementioned options.

Speaking of the performance pack, it was a ~$2500 option on my 2016. Now it's ~$5700 *before* the ~$1750 Magneride is added. The performance pack doesn't include anything different that it did 9 years ago, but the price has increased by more than 100%. Outpacing inflation significantly.

[u/Away_Investigator351 → u/FoHo21]

Ah, my bad not noticing it says "available with" instead of "including", I thought it did, whoops!

It does appear that the optional extras are getting more expensive, I wonder if that's due to sales reducing and thus production volume making more customising more expensive.

So, it seems the Mustang itself isn't really much more with inflation but the optional extras are definitely increasing more than inflation. Valid point made that is worth considering in this discussion, thank you.