We’ve spoken before about the remarkable sales success of the Ford Mustang in 2016, with demand still exceeding supply in much of the network one year since launch.

But we thought a very quick yarn expanding on the sales break-down, and comparing some other cars for context, would be of interest.

Ford sold 5594 Mustangs between January and November this year, which gives it a whopping one-third share of the entire sub-$80,000 sports car market. It’s been the number one sports car 11 months in succession.

No rival comes close in the sports car class. The Mustang's 5594 units compares to the Mercedes-Benz C-Class two-door (2150), BMW 2 Series (2033), Toyota 86 (1937) and BMW 4 Series (1478) — though none of these are truly rivals, in the traditional sense.

Within this figure, 78 per cent of Mustangs sold are the Fastback coupe. Reflecting Australian muscle car tastes, 84 per cent of all sales are GT V8s, rather than the EcoBoost turbo-fours. And remarkably, 43 per cent of Mustangs sold have the six-speed manual gearbox, music to the ears of conventionalists.