RE: Shed Of The Week: Ford Cougar V6
Discussion
Digga said:
IIRC, was the Duratec V6 not the basis for the current Aston V12 lump?
Sure it sounds decent enough anyway, but I think a lack of street cred and enthusiast appeal at the time of launch would likely hamper future classic status.
Yes it is, Aston V12s are still being produced in Cologne. Even the One-77's engine is based on Duratec, which holds/held until recently? the most powerful n/a petrol engine title - not bad for such an old architecture.Sure it sounds decent enough anyway, but I think a lack of street cred and enthusiast appeal at the time of launch would likely hamper future classic status.
It was Ward's engine of the year 2 times.
I'm not sure about future classic status, but wait a couple of more years and you won't be able something with a similar engine. We we have a '99 Mondeo V6 (as a keeper, not a daily driver since a couple of years) that my father bought as brand new. It has about 140k miles, but still runs great!
RESSE said:
LotusEspritTurbo said:
Always liked look of these, something to do with the Ford "Edge" design. Never know why you don't see more modified Cougars out there.
Someone has had a go:
I had one of these a few years ago - when i decided i didn't want to use my Esprit everyday throughout the winter.
I paid less than £2k for mine in about 2006 / 07, so a few years ago, it had done about 50,000 miles and was immaculate. For the money, it was a lot of car. Comfortable, well equipped and went quite well. The auto box isn't great, felt quite disconnected, so i'd recommend a manual V6 for anyone whose considering a Cougar.
Good shed.
I paid less than £2k for mine in about 2006 / 07, so a few years ago, it had done about 50,000 miles and was immaculate. For the money, it was a lot of car. Comfortable, well equipped and went quite well. The auto box isn't great, felt quite disconnected, so i'd recommend a manual V6 for anyone whose considering a Cougar.
Good shed.
Does anyone remember the Cougar being massively discounted around 1999/2000 - I seem to recall 45-50% off being about the norm - as they just couldn't shift them. They were a massive step up from the Probe, but were so far off the mark even at the time (like most stuff that came from the US to Europe). So relatively speaking the original owner only paid shed money to begin with, and it seems kind-of fitting it's proper shed money now!
I had a metallic green one of these a few years ago (slushbox)...and no matter how I drove it the average mpg was always about 20... I do have a heavy right foot but even when I thought I was driving it economically 
it never got much above 20...
Sounded great though! and there were not too many about either...
Just wish I had waited and gone for the leather interior though as the cloth was awful.
it never got much above 20...Sounded great though! and there were not too many about either...
Just wish I had waited and gone for the leather interior though as the cloth was awful.
I had a black manual top spec V6 as a company car back in 1999 & it was faultless, smooth, reliable, comfortable, lots of toys & reasonable mpg too. It also has a capacious boot. I bought a three tier stone waterfall for my fishpond, it was very heavy & long, yet the Cougars boot swallowed it all up easily.
Not the best car I ever had but very fond memories of it all the same.
Not the best car I ever had but very fond memories of it all the same.
A friend had a 1999 V6 manual as his first "proper" car back in about 2005 when we finished Uni. He drove it without mercy for a good 5 years and it was great, I seem to recall Clarkson having nice things to say about them at the time. The engine makes a good noise and although the power output is quite modest it grips well and you can keep your momentum going. The economy was not bad, mid to high 20s and over 30 if you were gentle.
I think in the end the wiring loom started disintegrating and it started eating alternators, probably at about 150K. I think it had at least one IMRC box in that time and in the end he just jammed the secondary butterflies open and lived with it. A solid shed.
I think in the end the wiring loom started disintegrating and it started eating alternators, probably at about 150K. I think it had at least one IMRC box in that time and in the end he just jammed the secondary butterflies open and lived with it. A solid shed.
Oh Shed, another half about V6 coupe - good work. The Mondeo underpinnings have greatly improved the Cougar over the previous Probe and I particularly like the Cougar in the Ford racing blue which makes them look a bit like a grown up Racing Puma.
However a real Cougar is a pre 70 car
However a real Cougar is a pre 70 car
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