Talk:Mercury Cougar
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[edit] 1968 Sunroof
Since ASC's first OEM sunroof job was on the 1968 Cougar XR-7 doesn't that mean that it was the first American car with an OEM sunroof? I would add it but I'm not 100% sure and the 1967-1973 section looks like a big blob of text.--Capnchicken 04:26, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge proposal:Ford Cougar>Mercury Cougar
Keep: Don't merge the two articles; from a European persepctive, if I look for Ford Cougar and find the Mercury Cougar Page, I'm going to be very, very confused. Da-rb 17:26, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Merge, but have Ford Cougar point to the Mercury Cougar page - can it go right to the 1999-2002 Cougar section (which would then clearly delineate that these are essentially the same car)? --Rmarquet 16:52, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Strong Keep - The Ford Cougar is notable enough to warrant its own page - the Mercury Cougar is a long-running Amercian car name from the 1960s, and from a European perspective, the Ford model is only the 1999 onwards version, which has its own background (of a planned replacement for the Capri, etc). Redirects cannot go to a particular section of an article, so this is likely to cause confusion. Also, the newest Cougar is ultimately based on the European Ford Mondeo chassis, anyway. Bob 13:33, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Strong Keep - As a European, I'd consider "our" Cougar (the post '99 Ford Mondeo-based Ford Probe replacement) to be worlds apart from the Mercury. I'd be very unimpressed if a search for the Ford Mondeo-based coupé brought me here. -- DeLarge 16:02, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Why do you think they're "worlds apart"? The US Cougar is based on the same Mondeo platform, has the same engine and drivetrain options, same body panels, etc. The only differences I know of are that the European versions are right-hand drive (of course), have more lighting (such as the rear fogs and parking sidelights), have a better climate control system, and have different taillights (amber turn signals). Rmarquet 02:06, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
- And all Cougars were built in the USA.
- But I see no urgent need to merge. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.33.66.51 (talk) 11:14, 20 November 2006
[edit] Accuracy request
1980-1988 section infobox: PLEASE check this for accuracy; there were a LOT of combinations, and it might make more sense to do infoboxes by "sub-year" (1980-1982, 1983-1986, 1987-1988) instead of the big one I did - I would've done this but I ran out of energy. I wasn't able to find some specs on the 1980-1982 Cougars. I used http://www.coolcats.net/fox/ and the text of the article (nicely, they seem to agree) to figure out the engine options. Also used that site as the source of the length, width, curb weight, etc. information (in both the 1980-1988 and the 1989-1997 sections). --Rmarquet 20:14, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Revival
They need to revive the Cougar. They have the new Mustang bodystyle to work with, they could just give it the "prowling cougar" logo from the original. We need the Cougar. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.188.172.165 (talk) 16:36, 5 October 2006
