The Mercury Cougar XR-7 428 sat at the intersection of luxury and raw muscle, a car that tried to outgrow the Mustang’s shadow with more refinement and a bigger punch. When Mercury sold these cars new ...

Everyone’s heard of the Shelby-tuned Mustangs that were winners on the track and feared on the street, but there was another FoMoCo pony car that was built alongside them. For one year only, in 1968, ...

Mercury Cougar was a hit from the beginning, and given its ties with the Mustang, the early sales figures weren't surprising. The Cougar accounted for 4 in 10 cars sold in 1967 by the Mercury-Lincoln ...

When Ford joined the pony car market with the Mustang in 1964, the Plymouth Barracuda was the only competitor available. That changed three years later when GM jumped on the bandwagon with the ...