Mercury Cougar Hatchback
Here's one of the last Mercury Cougar coupes, the seventh-generation "sport compact" model. :-)
The previous Cougar, an intermediate personal luxury coupe, was discontinued after other cars of that nature went the way of the rumble seat. Ford's Lincoln-Mercury division attempted to re-invent the Cougar as a sporty hatchback.
Sold as the Ford Cougar in Europe, the Mark 7 Cougar, in production from 1999 to 2002 (I don't remember the year of this car), featured a 2-liter four-cylinder engine with an optional 2.5-liter Duratec V6 available.
The Mark 7 Cougar gave the Lincoln-Mercury division a Mercury that was not a Ford with a new badge (remember the Bobcat?), but it did not sell very well and it had a short lifespan. Ironically, many Ford executives felt it would have sold better as a Ford-branded model had it been offered as such in North America - and that the car didn't fit the "Mercury image."
Whatever that is.
Mercury Cougar Hatchback
Here's one of the last Mercury Cougar coupes, the seventh-generation "sport compact" model. :-)
The previous Cougar, an intermediate personal luxury coupe, was discontinued after other cars of that nature went the way of the rumble seat. Ford's Lincoln-Mercury division attempted to re-invent the Cougar as a sporty hatchback.
Sold as the Ford Cougar in Europe, the Mark 7 Cougar, in production from 1999 to 2002 (I don't remember the year of this car), featured a 2-liter four-cylinder engine with an optional 2.5-liter Duratec V6 available.
The Mark 7 Cougar gave the Lincoln-Mercury division a Mercury that was not a Ford with a new badge (remember the Bobcat?), but it did not sell very well and it had a short lifespan. Ironically, many Ford executives felt it would have sold better as a Ford-branded model had it been offered as such in North America - and that the car didn't fit the "Mercury image."
Whatever that is.