Maybe if Mercury had simply called its Boss 302powered Cougar a Boss 302, production would have totaled more than 638 units in 1969 and 1970. Mercury made 169 after production started in mid-1969 and ...

It must have been quite the experience being a sentient, decision-capable adult back in the days of the muscle car craze. The breed was fresh out of the oven in the early 1960s but became so ...

For a great number of years, the name Mercury was pretty much indistinguishable from Cougar. Having surfaced in 1967, at the height of the muscle/pony craze in the U.S., the Cougar nameplate managed ...

Running into a primo muscle car is rarely a Craigslist coincidence or a word-of-mouth barn find. It usually takes being in the know. This was especially true in the days before people shopped for cars ...

While the Cougar was marketed to an upscale audience, an alter ego could be found in the low-production Eliminator model. Eliminators were primarily a cosmetic package often paired with mainstream 351 ...