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You may well reckon that the Mercury Cougar auto that the origins of the Mercury Cougar auto were nothing more than a whale sized version of simple Ford Thunderbird car. But, many are surprised that the history and development of this classic American sports car is the NASCAR legendary Mercury “Pony Car”, which took effect immediately, but “butt” in the racecourse Auto Trans-Am . Originally Lincoln-Mercury (considered at the time in the luxury end of Ford Motor Corporation), had conceived the thought of development, design and marketing of a small sports car in size. The germ of this thought had already begun in February 1963 with the thought in the works of this type of vehicle sold in the small sports car market in North America. But the success of the Ford Mustang product that finally place the pedal to the metal (or the design team and marketing and budgeting can finance projects of the Department). They say the units are not a project, the automotive industry as potential sales figures and brilliant profitability. Even the name of the vehicle product “Cougar” is not quite unique. Puma is in the same vein as “Mustang” animals running at once as stylish – very quick. Although the cougar was also built in a 111-inch Mustang sports car as wheelbase of the car, the Cougar was rather three inches and a half inches shorter than its cousin – the Thunderbird. Under the sheet was a puma stylish Mustang, so to speak. Currently, puma shared with its cousins – the sporty Mustang, and the rear of the vehicle family – the Ford Falcon (which was also known in the Canadian market as the product of Ford Frontenac. The Ford Mustang the greatest happiness of having born from the Ford Falcon line of products. Mustang enthusiasts owe a fantastic debt of gratitude to a so-called “family compact” car. The Ford Falcon allowed both the Mustang car project So fasting Cougar car product to develop, cheaper to produce, and a platform of proven and sustainable basis. Even the script of the early Mustang was a direct copy of the Falcons. Under all the brilliance of his car plate was elegant Mustang Cougar, using the exact same Falcon front suspension and solid rear axle with four-leaf springs. A base 289 cubic inch V-8 makes 200 hp (yucky), but the real action came in the appearance of 390 cubic inch V-8 that made 320 hp. A GT option included a performance handling package and disc brakes that replaced more standard front brake drums. Finally special GT wheels complete the package. It is said that Lincoln Mercury Cougar chief designer had imagined as a sleek European sports car in Jaguar line in February. How the Cougar went racing? In 1967, Lincoln Mercury turned to Bud Moore to the key man for a blow to the SCCA Trans-Am Championship. Team Cougar made up of pilots, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Formula 1 driver Peter Revson and NASCAR driver Dave Pearson came in second place in the team Ford Mustang. In 1968, then under the aegis of Moore, driver DeWayne “Tiny” Lund was to capture the NASCAR Grand Touring Championship. So where and how the Cougar go incorrect and end up becoming a kind tasteless bland undefined bloated luxo sports car at the end of car production life? This has proved to be the product and cancel projects is the lack of right understanding of direct mercury as well as personnel and officers from Ford on this clear and distinct market for this car was. Arguably it may be disinterested and at worst stupid and greedy. This lack of market interest, and not knowing and understanding the needs and desires of the market of potential customers Cougars proved to be the ruin of the puma. product introduction in 1969, the Cougar was a small more and a small more. Subsequently, it was only a small decent Landau roofs and the style of the opera window type and options for the day. Once started this downward spiral and the puma was inevitable. The pleased years of the first Cougar – especially the early years of 1967-1970 model Cougar is a time when the sound of the boom cougar dual exhaust and the sign of a car that had some effect.