I had a 77 w/a and it was more of a poor-man's Lincoln Mk V. Great body-style, long hood, short deck and a 351 that gave it decent acceleration. I never knew they made a wagon, how sad for Cougar. This body style ran for just 3 yrs.
Did anyone here notice that Farah Fawcett did most of the commercials for Cougar?
i think they should have stopped with just the coupe never understood why they came out with a sedan and wagon cougar was meant to be a coupe all the way
@daved1974 There was a reason why sedans and wagons were added to the lineup. The Montego 'name' was retired and Ford Motor Company decided to add the Cougar Landau coupe, Landau sedan, and the Village Wagon (with or without woodgrain trim) along with Ford's LTD II (former Gran Torino). They were discontinued in the 1978 and 1979 model years. In 1981 and 1982, Ford done the same thing with the Cougar when replacing the Monarch 'name'.
Another crappy era for American cars. It's too bad they didn't stay with the original Cougar design theme: a 2 door sports type car like it's counterpart, the Ford Mustang. The 4 door and wagon models just didn't work very well.
I had two of these cars and they drove very nice however at 145 Hp they were way under powerd and had crappy mpg besides having oiling problems & electrical problems !I think if I could get another one I'd use a race shop built motor with fuel injection and a modern 4 speed automatic trans and modern eleltrical system meaning no distributer ! coil packs !
I had a 78. It had a howl in the rear end and the thing wouldn't start when the outside temp got below 32 degrees F. It had a 351 Windsor but it was a dog. What a piece of crap!
I had a 77 w/a and it was more of a poor-man's Lincoln Mk V. Great body-style, long hood, short deck and a 351 that gave it decent acceleration. I never knew they made a wagon, how sad for Cougar. This body style ran for just 3 yrs.
Did anyone here notice that Farah Fawcett did most of the commercials for Cougar?
chargalant 3 weeks ago
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 heard the interior was made by real bits of cougar, so you know it's good.
Firrmeister 2 months ago
The Mercury Cougar Logo kinda looks like the Symbol of the Thundercats.
AaronBruceLadner 3 months ago
Fresh from the lair........LOL
TheLizardKing1967 3 months ago
That's actually quite a nice looking car for something that old.
iBoy2G 4 months ago
i think they should have stopped with just the coupe never understood why they came out with a sedan and wagon cougar was meant to be a coupe all the way
daved1974 4 months ago
@daved1974 There was a reason why sedans and wagons were added to the lineup. The Montego 'name' was retired and Ford Motor Company decided to add the Cougar Landau coupe, Landau sedan, and the Village Wagon (with or without woodgrain trim) along with Ford's LTD II (former Gran Torino). They were discontinued in the 1978 and 1979 model years. In 1981 and 1982, Ford done the same thing with the Cougar when replacing the Monarch 'name'.
Rlotpir1972 2 months ago
Fucking brilliant commercials selling really crappy cars.
TheAndyinSeattle 4 months ago
One of the hottest and most wanted cars in New York City back in the late 70's
kdemonde 4 months ago
Another crappy era for American cars. It's too bad they didn't stay with the original Cougar design theme: a 2 door sports type car like it's counterpart, the Ford Mustang. The 4 door and wagon models just didn't work very well.
yootoob1958 5 months ago
She says to the cougar "Oh...it's OK."
floooky1 5 months ago
I had two of these cars and they drove very nice however at 145 Hp they were way under powerd and had crappy mpg besides having oiling problems & electrical problems !I think if I could get another one I'd use a race shop built motor with fuel injection and a modern 4 speed automatic trans and modern eleltrical system meaning no distributer ! coil packs !
ruwithlee1970 6 months ago
Whoever thought the day without Farrah AND the XR-7 would arrive? Very sad indeed....
jediphan 6 months ago in playlist Mercury Cougar
I had a 78. It had a howl in the rear end and the thing wouldn't start when the outside temp got below 32 degrees F. It had a 351 Windsor but it was a dog. What a piece of crap!
leugbol 7 months ago
Where is the midnight blue and Shamieeeeeeeee
TheLizardKing1967 7 months ago
I love the image Mercury built for themselves in the late 70s. They were so badass.
Great commercials.
yorgle11 8 months ago
Love that 4 door brougham
SteelCity1981 8 months ago
Pimp mobile.
sweetdick1908 10 months ago 2
I think that's Farrah Fawcett at 0:13- 0:19.
Miradart 11 months ago
Was...she..flying the plane?!?! More of a cougar than ever before! LMAO
iiiTEDiii 11 months ago
How could a big beige wagon covered in woodgrain shelfpaper and with a chrome plated hood ornament be considered sporty?
bigcrowfly 11 months ago
the 1977-1979 Mercury Cougar was assembled in
United States: Lorain, Ohio
Annihilator1111 11 months ago