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The Mercury Cougar is a car made by Mercury, a car division under the Ford Motor Company. The Mercury Cougar name has been shared by a number of car models since its first release in the year 1967.
The Mercury Cougar was first used with the 1967 two door hardtop coupe of Mercury which was based on the Ford Mustang. Like most of the car models under the Mercury marque, the Mercury Cougar has traditionally been based on the basic platforms used by a number of Ford car models. While the first versions of the car were based on the Ford Mustang, the later versions of the Mercury Cougar shared platforms with the Ford Thunderbird and the last version of the Mercury Cougar to be made was based on the Ford Mondeo. The Mercury Cougar is one of the most iconic cars in the Mercury lineup of cars and was one of the cars that was most associated with the Mercury car marque. Thus, the Mercury Cougar often received a lot of marketing attention from Mercury. Notably, early advertisement drives for the Mercury Cougar, circa 1970s featured several models with big cats held with leashes. The Mercury Cougar was usually a market success for Mercury, though there were times when sales of the car were slow. By the 1990s, however, sales of the Mercury Cougar had really declined. The demand for large luxury coupes had begun to slow down in the American market. Car buyers at the time were beginning to move away from the big, luxury car models made by American car makers and were beginning to move towards the small sports coupe imports from other countries, most prominently from Japan. This led Mercury to redesign the Mercury Cougar. This redesign helped the Mercury Cougar to survive up to the end of the 1990s. The Mercury Cougar never really gained enough market reputation to compete with its competing class leaders, however. Low sales were common during the last production years of the Mercury Cougar. By the 2002 model year, sales of the Mercury Cougar were no longer viable and Mercury ended the Mercury Cougar line of cars.
The last model of the Mercury Cougar was the 2002 Mercury Cougar. This version of the car was available with either a 4 cylinder engine or with a V6 engine. Manual transmission was the standard while automatic transmission was an option. Standard features available for the 2002 Mercury Cougar include rear wipers, remote keyless entry and cruise control. On the road, the 2002 Mercury Cougar provides low acceleration for the 4 cylinder version. The V6 version fared better though it lagged behind class leaders. The automatic transmission shifted smoothly but had a tendency to hunt when power is needed. The suspension of the 2002 Mercury Cougar was also not very impressive with the sports version of the car bordering on unacceptable. Steering was a bit numb but the car could handle twists and turns well enough.
The Mercury Cougar is only a good buy if it is a classic. This means the 1960s to the early 1970s version. The latest model of the Mercury Cougar is not worth a buy. Headlights by State:
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