Mustang sales fell from 122,000 in 2015 to about 45,000 last year
Ford Motor has told car dealers it intends to produce a four-door, gas-powered version of the Mustang for the first time, according to people familiar with the matter. The four-door Mustang was shown at a dealer event this week, the people said.
The model could go on sale before the close of the decade and resembles the current two-door Mustang, one of the people said. Two of the people said the car would have hybrid power; one of the people said it would be a hybrid V-8.
Ford had previously shown a version of the four-door vehicle at an internal event in June, according to another person familiar with the matter.
“We do not comment or speculate about future products,” a Ford spokesman said.
Product plans can change before production, The Wall Street Journal reported. Ford in recent years has canceled other future models, including an electric SUV with three rows of seats.
The move to expand the normally two-door Mustang comes as Ford seeks to double down on what it calls its most “passionate” vehicles. Chief Executive Jim Farley said earlier this year that Ford has been looking at how to re-enter the sedan segment while ensuring the vehicles make money.
The original Mustang launched in 1964 and was so popular with baby boomers that it launched an entire generation of similar American performance cars. The Mustang has outlasted many competitors: the Chevrolet Camaro was discontinued in 2023, and the Dodge Charger and Challenger disappeared from the market for decades before their 2000s revival.
Stellantis, the owner of Dodge, relaunched the Charger last year as a gas-powered model, after introducing a poor-selling all-electric Charger in 2024. The Charger comes in two-door and four-door versions.
Through the decades, the Mustang nameplate has always been applied to two-door coupes and convertibles, save for some internal prototypes and design studies that Ford never put into production. The lone exception has been the Mustang Mach-E, a performance-focused electric crossover SUV that Ford counts as a separate model.
The Mustang remains the world’s bestselling sports car, the Journal reported. But like many such vehicles, the Mustang has seen its sales decline in recent years as buyers shift to more practical vehicles. Ford sold more than 122,000 Mustangs in the U.S. in 2015, compared with about 45,000 last year. The current Mustang lineup ranges from a four-cylinder coupe that starts at about $33,000 to a high-end performance coupe that tops $100,000.
Adding a four-door version could broaden the model’s appeal to a wider audience, including families seeking more space than the coupe can offer. Other automakers have branched out in similar ways in recent decades, the Journal noted, including Porsche, which now counts SUVs as its top-selling models.