dtown

No not at the Maui Hertz counter. Rather, I'm in DC, have had my bone-stock black GT vert since roughly March, and was waiting downtown in front of an office building this afternoon. Half dozen Australians on a tour nearby with one of them pointing saying there's a Mustang, and another snaps a picture. One guy asks how I like the car. I say love it enough to put the top down even today (50 degrees out and windy). Another asks me to rev the engine. Etc. etc., chit chatting for a couple more minutes.

Funny thing is, this kind of thing has happened before. Once a Japanese tourist in a restaurant parking lot (too polite to talk but clearly checking it out), couple English kids (again with the "rev the engine"), and a large int'l business convention-type group taking a walking tour and 4 or 5 of them literally splitting out from the group to ask about the car. Amazing really, Mustang's been out for 3 years now, it's not the most technologically advanced or expensive GT car, yet still it draws attention. Makes me think of the first time I saw one at the autoshow and the crowd of people lining up just to sit in it.

limer06stang

i've gotten older guys in their late 40s and early 50s saying how they had a mustang back in the day and the 05+ models takes them back

Orion_240

I believe that part of that reason is that Ford, in its infinite wisdom, doesn't make or import the Mustang in other countries (except Canada). So to a Japanese, Austalian or English tourist the Mustang is pretty rare, especially if they haven't been in the US for too long.
I imagine it'd be the same for us if we went to Japan and saw those cool sports cars they have that we never see. You know, like that Nissan...

LegallyTorchRED

Orion-
Have you seen the Shelby GT 500 commercial where the car is being unloaded in Germany ? Check it out.
Correct term is FORD doesn't export, also.