According to domestic automakers, new car buyers in the United States only care about crossovers, SUVs and trucks. Sedans are an endangered species, as are station wagons. Personal luxury coupes are ...
1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator Boss 302 (top); 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 (bottom). Images by the author. This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that enabl...
Verpasste Chance Mercury, man weiss es, war im Ford-Konzern immer etwas über Ford angesiedelt, also quasi wie der Audi über dem VW. Der Cougar, der 1966 auf den Markt kam, war also eigentlich ein Mus...
Restomod 1968 Mercury Cougar XR7 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This car is a California car that was restored from 2011-2014. The restoration was done by John Branco of Bra...
Ford Cougar II concept. Photo by Barry Kluczyk. In a rare display outside of its climate-controlled cocoon, the Cougar II show car – one of Ford’s three “X-Car” concepts built in the early Sixties – ...
Images courtesy American Dreaming. If Mercury was to succeed with its own pony car, greenlit after the successful launch of the Mustang, it would need an entirely new aesthetic, not just a nose job f...
From the seller’s description: Outstanding two-year restoration of an original 1967 Cougar GT 4 speed A/C car. Originally painted in Inverness Green Metallic with Light Ivy Gold Crinkle interior. Car...
The first Mercury Cougar. Still image from video below. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Lincoln-Mercury introducing the Cougar personal compact, and June’s edition of the Carlisle Ford Nation...
1974 Pontiac Grand Prix. Brochure and advertising images from author’s collection. If you recoil at the sight of landau tops, opera windows, barrier-busting bumper designs, pillow-top crushed velour ...
Images from the author’s brochure collection. Only two years after its most recent facelift, the mid-year 1989/ 1990 Cougar got an even smoother, more aerodynamic design. This complemented the car’s ...
1967 Mercury Cougar. Brochure and print ad images courtesy Lov2XLR8.no. It was meant to bridge the gap in the Ford product line between the Mustang and the Thunderbird, but Mercury’s Cougar would go ...
Photo by Matt Litwin. Nobody couldn’t have predicted that the stratospheric success of the 1965 Mustang would lead to direct competition: Everybody suddenly wanted a part of the youth market that Lee...
Our friends across the pond have a wonderful description of disorder, calling it “the dog’s breakfast.” While most $5,000 Challenge installments have a common theme, this one does not. There are spor...