Mercury Cougar: The Luxury Pony Car of the 1960s

Despite not being nearly as popular, this Mercury still deserves just as much praise.

  Car Talk, Autos   Dec 5, 2025   0   0  Add to Reading List
Mercury Cougar: The Luxury Pony Car of the 1960s

Many of us weren't around, or at least not old enough yet to have experienced it fully, when the Ford Mustang first hit the market midway through the 1964 model year. Back then, a few US-based automakers were keen to take advantage of the then-burgeoning small car market. Following the 1950s – particularly the latter half of the decade – Americans were slowly beginning to leave the large land yacht-type cars behind, and pursuing smaller, sportier models for daily use.

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