Adapting much of the equipment of the previous LS, the 1993 XR7 adapted chrome exterior trim and a standard digital instrument cluster, with four-wheel disc brakes becoming an option.Alongside the LS and both versions of the XR7, several limited editions of the Cougar were produced.
As market demand shifted away from large two-door coupes, the Mercury Cougar and Ford Thunderbird were discontinued after the 1997 model year, with the final example produced on 4 September 1997. Find 12 used 1969 Mercury Cougar as low as $24,995 on Carsforsale.com®. There are 38 1967 to 1969 Mercury Cougars for sale today on ClassicCars.com. With 2,972,784 examples produced, the Cougar is the highest-selling vehicle ever produced by the Mercury brand; its 34-year production is second only to the During its production, the Cougar was assembled at the During much of its production life, the Cougar followed tradition within the Mercury division, marketed as a Mercury counterpart of a Ford vehicle. The center grille piece was now larger, sharing its appearance with the 1971 By 1972, the climate had begun to change as the muscle car era ended.
Original and clean. hardtop) of Cougar was the "Bronze Age" edition made by Mercury in 1973 (also made for the models: For 1974, the Cougar was shifted from its Mustang ponycar origins and upsized onto a different platform and into a new market as a The Cougar was marketed as an intermediate-sized personal-luxury car to compete against GM's The new Cougar paid homage to its smaller predecessor with a three-piece grille up front, topped by a new hood ornament which featured the Jaguar-like silhouette of a creeping Cougar. This vehicle received a body on restoration in 2014 to freshen it up, and gets smiles and thumbs up every time its out. For 1978, the Cougar offered the same engines from 1977; for 1979, the 400 was discontinued. In 1987, to better distinguish the Cougar XR7 from the Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, the turbocharged inline-4 was replaced by a 302 CI 5.0 V8, along with a standard 4-speed automatic. In line with the Designer Series from the Mark V, the latter option offered a color-coordinated exterior and interior, with a half-vinyl roof, padded "Continental" type rear deck, and Midnight Blue and Chamois interior with Tiffany carpeting. This is a newly restored freshly painted mint condition 1969 Mercury XR7 Cougar. 1969 Mercury Cougar including XR7 and Eliminator. We analyze millions of used cars daily. Initially developed as a rebadged version of the Mustang, the 1967 Cougar received its own body design from the ground up, though the popular "long-hood, short-deck" proportions of the Mustang remained.The $185 upgrade to the XR-7 brought further European influence; in addition to a (simulated) wood-trim dashboard, full instrumentation (black-face gauges), toggle switches, and an overhead console; if so equipped, the automatic transmission was fitted with a T-handle console shifter.For 1968, the Cougar saw revisions related to compliance with federal safety mandates, adding For the 1969 model year, the Cougar underwent a mid-cycle revision alongside its Mustang counterpart. The Stevie Awards, the world's premier business awards recognized
"Cougar A Source Book, edited and annotated by Thomas E Bonsall, 1967 Thru 1976" page 118.John Gunnell, Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946–1975, Revised 4th Edition, page 546Dave Epperson, Popular Hot Rodding's All About 1981 Cars, page 49 As part of an extensive revision of the Ford and Mercury model ranges, the mid-size Mercury model range shifted from the Cougar to the Along with marking the first major use of aerodynamic-intensive design in an American automobile, the Cougar and Thunderbird were also the first Ford vehicles developed using The sixth-generation Cougar retained the rear-wheel drive Ford Fox platform from the fifth generation. A 1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator with the Boss 302 engine, one of only 169 produced.
1968 Mercury Cougar 2DR Hardtop 78,364 original miles 302 V8 Glacier Blue Automatic (Merc-O-Matic) Set an alert to be notified of new listings. More listings are added daily. As a running change during 1969, the Boss 302 engine (shared with the namesake Mustang) was added as an option; the engine was offered exclusively with the Eliminator.
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This is a 1968 San Jose, California built, rust free Cougar. While unchanged in displacement, the new engine was an all-new design. 1969 Mercury Cougar . The models were distinguished by a exterior ranging in degree from grilles and lighting components to nearly the entire exterior, the Cougar shared its chassis underpinnings with Ford vehicles throughout its production life. For 1984, the hood ornament was replaced by a flat hood emblem.To mark its 20th year of production, the Cougar underwent an extensive mid-cycle revision for 1987.For its 1983 launch, to lower production costs, the sixth-generation Cougar was required to carry over interior parts from the 1980–1982 Cougar XR7, including a modified dashboard; an analog instrument panel was standard, with a digital instrument panel offered as an option.For the 1987 model year, the Cougar saw few changes to its interior, with the XR7 adopting a fully digital dashboard as standard equipment.The sixth-generation Cougar continued the trim nomenclature of its predecessor in modified form, with the Cougar GS serving as the base trim, the Cougar LS as the luxury trim, and the Cougar XR7 as the high-performance version.