Yes it's Time to Bring Back the Cougar. But it Needs to Be Like the 67-68 Cougar was to The 67-68 Mustang. A little more Wheelbase and a bit more Rear Seat for those wanting muscle but need some more passenger Hauling ability! A reskinned Mustang with Sequential Lamps and and Concealed Headlamps. A whole new Source or Retrofit Parts and Upscale Interior Appointments! Xr7 and Gte Versions Too! Please nothing Like the last Cougar! What a turkey that was per namesake!

Any Takers!


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I agree!!! Bring back the Cougar retrofuturistic 60's style, stretched and luxurious and add IRS!

 

Last time I checked my calender said 2006, not 1966 and Ford was selling 160,000 Mustangs / year not 500,000 year.

Nice idea, but I doubt the economics would work. Ford couldn't sell enough Cougars nor get customers to pay enough extra over a Mustang to make a new Cougar profitable, especially if it had a stretched wheelbase and totally different body panels.

 

he's got a point

 

Make it RWD, though it doesn't have to be retro. But it has to look good.

 

Just Make it a Shelby Cougar and Then they would have no problem Selling them! LOL!

 

I'm surprised Ford/Mercury hasn't done a Cougar off the D2C platform as Mercury definitely could use some fleet footed cars on the showroom to bolster its corporate moniker of the fleet footed Roman god. Would help to amortize past and future platform development costs too, perhaps allowing even greater content and features than a Stang only application of the D2C platform would justify.

Stretch the WB a few inches to make room for a real back seat, add the stillborn Control Blade IRS to give it class level ride AND handling, upgrade the materials and content to further move it up a notch and differentiate it from the Stang and voila.

As for styling, I'd go very modern and sophisticated with it, enough retro with the Stang.

 

i really like the back of that red one.. looks sweet. too bad ford's got their hands full.. i'd bet they'd probably just grab somethin from the Aussies and use it as a cougar if they were to do anything with that nameplate so they'd save money..

 

I think if they stretch the wheel base a few more inches (6 or so) and could make the back seats easier to get to (either longer doors or add suicide doors like on the RX-8) it'd sell pretty well. A coupe with room (and access) for 4.

RWD with a nice healthy 300HP V8, too.

 

I'm looking at the pic of the cougar eliminator and cougar xr7 and I'm trying to like it. But honestly, that front end is one of the ugliest i have ever seen. Don't bring back those electric shaver style grills. IMO, if they build it, it will be a disaster. Retro styling only goes so far. The idea of the cougar was supposed to be performance+luxury. That performance+luxury combination on that platform won't sell in today's market when pitted against the European brands (bmw, mecedes, audi). My advice to FMC, don't waste your time on the cougar. Build us a better mustang to compete against the return of the camaro and challenger.

 

Build it, I'll buy it

 

Everything is cyclical. RIGHT NOW retro is "in". It basically started with the PT Cruser then TB then Crossfire... Mustang, soon the be Challenger, Camero, Trans Am... etc. Everyone is talking 2010(+/-). It's 2006. This trend will not last!

 

I think U just want to sell more upgrade parts.....

 

A whole new Source of Retrofit Parts and Upscale Interior Appointments!

UH Ya!

 

 

Doug, yours is waaaaaay better

 

Remember Mercurys Slogon from the 60's

The Sign of the Cat is where the action is at!

 

So do you put a tiger in your tank, now ?

 

No, I get gas in my Car from the Man who wears the Star!

 

No 'Gas with Guts " ?