Originally Posted by
Koyote
No. The Cougar was Mercury's version of the Mustang. I believe the Mercury version of the Pinto was called the Bobcat.
That was until the mid-1970's when the Cougar wandered off and became the Mercury version of the Torino/Gran Torino, LTD and eventually the Thunderbird in the late 1970's during the "glamour coupe" era.
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