Happy birthday Mustang!

April 17 is a day known by many car enthusiasts around the world as National Mustang Day, however, it's a particularly special day for Ford as it marks the fourth consecutive year that the Mustang has claimed the title of the world’s best-selling sports coupe as well as best-selling sports car in New Zealand.

From New Zealand to Peru, Mustang reigns as the best-selling sports coupe in the world for 2018, selling 113,066 cars, according to data from IHS Markit.

Last year not only marks the fourth straight year of Mustang’s global leadership as world’s best-selling sports coupe, but also as best-selling sports car in the US, where Ford sold 75,842 Mustangs last year.

“We broke the mold when Ford launched the Mustang 55 years ago,” says Jim Farley, Ford president. “Nothing says freedom, the wind in your hair and the joy of driving like Mustang; it’s an icon. The roar of its V8 on a spring day, there’s nothing better. No wonder it’s the most popular sports coupe in the world.”

Ford's Mustang was available for purchase in 146 countries in 2018, based on worldwide Ford sales data. More than 500,000 sixth-generation Mustangs have been sold worldwide since 2015, with the pony picking up an additional half point of global share last year to capture 15.4 per cent of the segment.