How Many Left - tracking the Cougar demise rate

[nvingo]

Not too sure how to do this;
Data below is copied from this link.

Vehicles licensed every year 2021-2011. Click model names for more stats.

	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
	FORDCOUGAR	90	103	128	161	217	323	505	789	1.1k	1.6k	2.1k
	FORDCOUGAR 2	61	64	65	81	103	139	182	205	232	258	284
	FORDCOUGAR 2 AUTO	19	17	24	29	36	39	49	51	60	69	70
	FORDCOUGAR V6	395	425	510	675	865	1.2k	1.7k	2.1k	2.8k	3.6k	4.5k
	FORDCOUGAR V6 AUTO	72	72	93	116	142	189	238	290	342	421	497
	FORDCOUGAR VX V6	59	69	94	115	143	202	270	332	415	557	697
	FORDCOUGAR VX V6 AUTO							2	5	8	10	15

Then there is another website presenting the data graphically:
In various ways
There are 696 FORD COUGAR left in the UK with an MOT. 0.0022% of all UK vehicles are FORD COUGAR. Vehicle data is updated in near real-time as they pass & fail MOT tests.

MOST POPULAR FORD COUGAR MODEL​

MODEL​	HOW MANY?​
COUGAR	694 (99.7%)​
COUGER	2 (0.3%)​

Tap the Models tab above to view all FORD COUGAR model variants.

MOST POPULAR FORD COUGAR COLOUR​

Colour​	Total​
Silver	321 (46.1%)​
Black	145 (20.8%)​
Blue	128 (18.4%)​

Tap the Colours tab above to view all FORD COUGAR colours.

MOST COMMON FORD COUGAR COLOURS​

Colour​	Total​
Silver	321 (46.1%)​
Black	145 (20.8%)​
Blue	128 (18.4%)​
Green	77 (11.1%)​
White	16 (2.3%)​
Grey	4 (0.6%)​
Red	3 (0.4%)​
Purple	1 (0.1%)​
Brown	1 (0.1%)​

I intend to sample the data periodically and if it's changed add a post to reflect this.

 

[shirtyzeus]

very good info but...tilly is a FORDCOUGAR VX V6 AUTO (log book info) and she is still on the road....just
in fact the how manys left site says 1 on road and 1 sorn...

silver still rules i see

Post automatically merged: Jan 8, 2022

ok i just checked the site and my 1 licensed has vanished...

 

[Quicksilver]

Officially, as far as Ford were concerned, there was never a VX Cougar of any description.
They never marketed a VX version but as V6's were available with an X Pack the incorrect info held by the DVLA is probably down to someone misrepresenting vehicles with the X Pack as being a specific model.

 

[MRT803]

Own up, who ordered one in brown?!

 

[nvingo]

Own up, who ordered one in brown?!

It's either one of the two mislabelled Couger, or a coincidentally imported classic V8.

BTW the ring charts (pie charts) now don't look like how I posted them; now showing red when I copied off the website were like this:

 

[shirtyzeus]

Officially, as far as Ford were concerned, there was never a VX Cougar of any description.
They never marketed a VX version but as V6's were available with an X Pack the incorrect info held by the DVLA is probably down to someone misrepresenting vehicles with the X Pack as being a specific model.

yea i know that, but on the log book it says exactly that model and there was one which was licensed on their site which has now vanished..im confused...just ignore mee, it dont matter anyway

 

[The Amazon]

Nice to see cougar 2 auto have gone up a couple

 

[F7OUD]

Diesel

23 (3.3%)​

1997cc Diesel

10 (1.4%)​

 

[rooster2100]

Does anyone know how many 1998 cougars still exist?
The US says you can't import cars until they're 25 yrs. old apparently. And now that I think about it the one model of cougar never offered in the US which I feel I NEED turns 25 next year.

 

[shirtyzeus]

Does anyone know how many 1998 cougars still exist?
The US says you can't import cars until they're 25 yrs. old apparently. And now that I think about it the one model of cougar never offered in the US which I feel I NEED turns 25 next year.

wow is it really 25years...
loved these cars the moment i first saw them, thankyou USA for letting us have em over here

 

[rooster2100]

wow is it really 25years... [emoji44]
loved these cars the moment i first saw them, thankyou USA for letting us have em over here[emoji482]

Yeah 25 years since 1997 this year. Which means in 7 years all my cougars, my blue honda, and the van are exempt from yearly inspection here.
A quick ebay search tells me there's at least one. And geez the price its at I may need the coming year plus a couple to afford one.[emoji1787]