According to media.ford.com, Mercury will make six new cars over the new several years. Lincoln will make five. Let's hope they make a new, rwd Mercury coupe.


It would need the 05 Mustang's chassis but with totally different styling.


Here is a link to the 2003 Mercury Messenger concept

http://seriouswheels.com/top-2003-Mercury-...ger-Concept.htm

 

does Mercury still make cars.... and if they so who the heck buys them...

 

Oh come on! LOL The Mariner is a pretty nice upgrade to the Escape. The Montego gets better reviews than the somewhat bland 500 for its comparative uniqueness. The Mountaineer is a nice alternative to the Explorer.

Nothing earth shattering, but it's a start. If nothing else Mercury's are always better built than their Ford counterpart. They still need to define themselves more. They need a COUGAR;-)

 

i'm sorry but merc's havent been cool since the 40's and i'm talking chop top 40's

 

Sad to say, but about half the snow birds in Florida

The Boss Hog

 

A retro Cougar would be awesome and everyone knows Mercury could use it. But for some reason I don't think it will happen ... too bad

 

I would love to get a Cougar based on this platform. It would be the perfect complement to the Mustang. It would be the car for people that want more of the creature comforts like dual climate zones, heated seats, defrosting mirrors, HID, and such. I could see a market for this car and it would breathe life back into the Mercury brand.

 

For those that don't think it will work, it's working pretty well for Nissan/Infiniti.

 

Once again, I must post my favorite Cougar photochop. I'd mortgage my kidney to get this

 

That would look nice sitting next to my Mustang GT in the garage.

 

"creature comforts like dual climate zones, heated seats, defrosting mirrors, HID, and such. "

The concept of such a Cougar (and your list of requested improvements) certainly would interest me. A lot. I nearly bought a Cougar in 93 / 94 when it was based on the T-Bird. An associate had one – and I drove it several times.

To your list I would add a few:

SST / manumatic for the auto trans
a roofline that would allow a moonroof option.

And I would, quite seriously, buy one. Assuming pricing was reasonable.

- Ray
Thinking that even with all these additions, it would likely still be a 14.0 second car – on regular gas . . .

 

ahem...

 

Sad to say, but about half the snow birds in Florida

The Boss Hog [/b][/quote]
ahem
ahem...

 

ahem
ahem... [/b][/quote]
The Marauder rocks.

 

The Marauder rocks. [/b][/quote]
thank you, thank you!
an enthusiast after my own heart.
yep, Mercury DESPERATELY needs its version of the Mustang, imo.
but i think they're done with performance cars for awhile.

ah well, at least Ford's on the right track with the original pony car.
[old man marauder signing off. zzzzzzzzzzzz...]

 

yeah.... the cougar would be sweet comin' back into production on the Mustang platform..... like back in the day... what was it '67-'73 they shared the same platform?
I guess if they're going to pitch the concept above, then at least they can leave us the wheels.... I like those

 

Sad to say, but about half the snow birds in Florida

The Boss Hog [/b][/quote]
Maybe that will be the reason why they will build a new rwd cougar. They desperately need attention from the younger crowd. Those snow birds aren't getting any younger.

 

Maybe that will be the reason why they will build a new rwd cougar. They desperately need attention from the younger crowd. Those snow birds aren't getting any younger. [/b][/quote]
Snowbirds aren't just the old blue haired ladies, snowbirds refer to anyone that lives in the snow belt and lives in Florida during the winter. Most of the time it's in the form of an RV. I see RV's all the time down here in the winter with Minnesota, Wisconsin, ect... plates on them.

 

Not that crazy about this one. Great chop but that front end remindes me of something from a japanese car company.

 

Not that crazy about this one. Great chop but that front end remindes me of something from a japanese car company. [/b][/quote]
But how many japanese cars are rwd and have 300 hp?