The Cougar name appeared on Mercury's drawing table in 1962, when the company submitted design proposals for the T-5 project. The latter went into production as the Ford Mustang in 1964, but Mercury ...
Following the successful launch of the Mustang in 1964, Ford approved Mercury's request to introduce its own version of the pony. The Cougar joined the muscle car was in 1967 in soldiered on in ...