Ford enthusiasts around the world celebrated the news last year that their beloved Mustang would finally be available for sale around the globe. This included countries like the United Kingdom and Australia, which require right-hand drive vehicles for their wrong way roads. Yet while Ford promised to bring the Mustang global, it never made any promises about how long it would take.

CarAdvice.com.au reports that for would-be Mustang buyers in Australia, the waiting list for their favorite Ford pony car is almost out to 2017. With more than 3,000 buyers waiting for the sixth-generation Mustang, some fans have quite the long wait in front of them.

Amazingly, there are more Mustang buyers in Australia than the entirety of the United Kingdom, which saw only about 2,000 orders despite having almost three times the population (23 million vs 64 million). Ford only just began production of right-hand drive Mustangs slated for the UK last week, and the first Mustang isn’t slated to arrive in the Land Down Under until summer is in full swing there this December.

The order backlog stretches out nearly a year, despite nobody test driving the new Mustang and absolutely no advertising on Ford’s part. Pricing starts at $44,990 for a manual-equipped EcoBoost model, and just under $55,000 for a no-options V8. Just like in the UK, most Aussie buyers are opting for the 435 horsepower 5.0 V8 over the EcoBoost engine, but in a departure from the motherland the automatic transmission is proving more popular than the manual.

A year is a long time to wait for a car, but given the fact that Aussies have already waited 50 years for a Mustang built for them, another year doesn’t seem all that bad.