Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Ford Cougar

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The Cougar was Ford's second attempt to reintroduce a sports coupé in Europe, in the same vein as the successful but long-absent Capri – the first attempt having been the Mazda MX-6-based Probe. Just as the Capri had been based on the Cortina, the Cougar was based on the large family car available at the time, the Mondeo. It premièred in December 1998 to mixed reviews, partly due to the then-new and controversial New Edge styling - a crisp style which was subsequently applied to most of the Ford range. Unlike its famous forbearer, the Capri, Cougar sales were never brisk, despite good reports of the model as a "driver's car".



Ford Cougar (Europe)


Ford Cougar (Europe)

Like its (indirect) predecessor, the Ford Probe, the 1998 Cougar was sold and built in the United States. Although cars destined to be sold in Europe and the UK were finished in Ford's Köln plant in Germany, where the cars had European specification lighting installed, Ford badges applied and in the case of UK cars, converted to right hand drive, in the US it had different branding, in this case being branded as the Mercury Cougar, while in Europe it was known as the Ford Cougar.



Ford Cougar Tuning


The television advertisements featured the silver model driven by Dennis Hopper due to his appearance in the film Easy Rider. At the same time Steppenwolf's 1968 hit "Born To Be Wild" played, as this was featured in the film and the same scene the advertisement re-created.



Winged Messenger - Wallpaper


The Cougar came equipped with the 2.0 litre (16v) Zetec or 2.5 litre (24v) Duratec V6 engines with two specification levels, largely equivalent to a Mondeo Ghia (standard) and Ghia X (simply X). Manual and automatic transmissions were available. All variants came with 16" alloy wheels as standard.



Ford - Cougar - New York City



Ford Cougar photo


The 2.0 litre version had 130 PS (96 kW; 128 hp) as standard, while the 2.5 was rated at 170 PS (125 kW; 168 hp).



back view, FORD cougar


Ford Cougar photo


Ford Cougar Wallpaper at

The car has been described by critics as "[putting] its power down effectively and [tackling] twisty roads with confidence." The standard wheels had 215 mm width tyres which greatly contributed towards its cornering abilities.



DesignerCars - Ford Cougar



ford cougar tuning


An "X pack" was available on the larger engine; this included leather upholstered and heated front seats with 6 way electric adjustment for the drivers seat and a Ford RDS6000 6-speaker radio with 6-CD autochanger.



File:Ford Cougar rear



discuss about Ford Cougar


European 2001 Ford Cougar


Ford Cougar


hardtop on a ford cougar?

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