The 1967 Mercury Cougar XR-7 arrived as a calculated answer to a question Detroit had barely started to ask: what if a pony car could feel genuinely upscale without losing its bite. Built on familiar ...

The 1967 Mercury Cougar XR-7 arrived promising a more sophisticated spin on the pony car idea, with extra leather, wood trim, and gadgets meant to distance it from the workhorse Ford Mustang. It ...

The pony car kicked Detroit’s floodgates open in 1964, with a double entrance from Plymouth (the Barracuda) and Ford (the Mustang). For three years, the zoomachia had a very one-sided facet – the Blue ...

The 1971 Cougar marked the beginning of the second generation, and Ford operated several changes, not only in styling but also as far as engines were concerned. The standard engine on the new Cougar ...