@talonsbrutus Ford Motor Co saw the tremendous success of the Chevrolet Monte Carlo and decided to make the Cougar a personal luxury car beginnng with the 1974 model year.
@talonsbrutus It was a good move really. In the post-emissions 70s there wasn't much point having a Mercury version of the "Mustang II", which was a pretty marginal car. I dare say it would have ended up as dumb as a Cadillac Cimmaron.
Mercury's image fits the "personal luxury" concept a lot better than it does muscle cars. I like Thunderbirds but for some emotional reason the Mercury version is more appealing, just because the Mercury brand wears that style of car so well. :)
@yorgle11 I agree totally, the Mustang II was not one of Fords better ideas in the mid and late 1970's. But even a Mercury clone to the Mustang II wouldn't have been nearly as ridiculous or insulting to the buying public as the Cimmaron. The Cougars of 77-79 were popular for good reason although I wasn't a fan of tacking the proud Cougar name on a station wagon version.
the transmission on the 1977-1979 Mercury Cougar
Transmission
C4 automatic
FMX automatic
C6 automatic
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the engine on the 1977-1979 Mercury Cougar
Engine
4.9 L V8
5.8 L V8
6.6 L V8
Annihilator1111 1 month ago
I used to love to watch Ms. Fawcett in this commercial. I was 15. Thanks for posting!
Deldave1 3 months ago
why did the cougar go from mustang twin to thunderbird twin...
talonsbrutus 9 months ago
@talonsbrutus Ford Motor Co saw the tremendous success of the Chevrolet Monte Carlo and decided to make the Cougar a personal luxury car beginnng with the 1974 model year.
optio4 9 months ago
@talonsbrutus It was a good move really. In the post-emissions 70s there wasn't much point having a Mercury version of the "Mustang II", which was a pretty marginal car. I dare say it would have ended up as dumb as a Cadillac Cimmaron.
Mercury's image fits the "personal luxury" concept a lot better than it does muscle cars. I like Thunderbirds but for some emotional reason the Mercury version is more appealing, just because the Mercury brand wears that style of car so well. :)
yorgle11 8 months ago
@yorgle11 I agree totally, the Mustang II was not one of Fords better ideas in the mid and late 1970's. But even a Mercury clone to the Mustang II wouldn't have been nearly as ridiculous or insulting to the buying public as the Cimmaron. The Cougars of 77-79 were popular for good reason although I wasn't a fan of tacking the proud Cougar name on a station wagon version.
optio4 8 months ago
the 1977-1979 Mercury Cougar was assembled in
United States: Lorain, Ohio
Annihilator1111 9 months ago
That commercial introduced a full line of Cougars that replaced the Montego.
johneddy98033 10 months ago
Farrah & Cougar, two class acts!!!
DecaturCentaur 11 months ago
R.I.P. Farrah. The first female image I ever became "excited" by as a young boy :-)
smithraymond09029 11 months ago
I would like for Farrah to sit on my midnight Blue and shammmmmmmie.
TheLizardKing1967 11 months ago
God bless Farrah!
chargalant 1 year ago 2