Ford said it was pleased with the results for some of its new offerings, particular the new Mustang. Sales for the Mustang were up 12 percent compared to a year ago.
It's pretty easy, the Ford sales #s are the # of Mustangs that were sold during November. That is the # of cars that customers actually took delivery of. It's plain and simple.
Ford was crowing more about retail sales of Mustangs being up 50% in November than the 12% overall November 04 vs 03 sales increase. Ford must be limiting how many '05 Stangs the rental companies and other fleet customers get.