Maybe if Mercury had simply called its Boss 302powered Cougar a Boss 302, production would have totaled more than 638 units in 1969 and 1970. Mercury made 169 after production started in mid-1969 ...

The first-gen Mercury Cougar debuted in 1967 and ran through 1970. ... since only 169 made it off the assembly line with the ...

A family-owned Cougar XR-7 tries to use the power of the Internet to convince an online stranger to take it home; the car is ...

By 1966, the Mercury Cougar was in dealerships as a more "mature" and luxurious rendition of the Mustang, and buyers flocked in droves. Mercury executives were pining for 85,000 units sold in the ...

Mercury put the Cougar to the test, going head-to-head with Mustangs, Barracudas, and Darts. This newcomer (another newcomer, Camaro, was entered as well) proved more than adequate.

The Cougar accounted for 4 in 10 cars sold in 1967 by the Mercury-Lincoln unit, despite every version costing more than an equivalent Mustang. The Cougar rapidly became a money-making machine ...

Mercury, Ford's upscale brand, did the same thing, and in the case of the Mercury Cougar sold from 1967 all the way to 1997, it was the XR-7 and later the Eliminator. Oh, and I promise to limit ...

03 – 1972 Mercury Cougar XR7 in California junkyard – photo by Murilee Martin. Starting with the 1939 model year and continuing through 2011, ...

The Cougar growl ended every Mercury ad. And yes, that’s Farrah Fawcett in this commercial caressing the “glove soft vinyl” of the 1975 Cougar XR-7: View full post on Youtube.