Interesting comment....

[vince]

I think you find that all the cougars have retired to Bexhill, as there are 3 Cougars round the corner from me lol.
I would have loved to have seen the cougar with the capri badge, it would have looked great with a set of pepper pots and some injection stripes down the side lol.

 

[Everton]

Don't forget the furry steering wheel cover and dice hanging from the rear view mirror and the 'his and hers' sunstrip

 

[Sabre Tooth]

My opinion, for what it's worth............Cougar is a great name, wild & unpredictable.......bit like some of the build quality lol!

It's probably one of those cars that's been forgotten to a large extent, but the styling is iconic & we see echoes of it on many subsequent Ford models, even today.

It is & always will be a very pretty car & a head-turner, I think a more interesting question is 'will it ever be considered a classic?'................probably not until there's only a handful left, but the fact that we are still so passionate about it & prefer buying an 11 or more year old car, to more modern offerings, shouts volumes (& not just because they are cheap to buy).

The Capri had it's day & is still a great icon for the year, but parked alongside a Cougar, it's like the Flintstones meet the Jetsons imo.