RealRides of WNY - 1977 Mercury Cougar XR-7

BUFFALO, N.Y. 1982 

Mercury Cougar XR-7

Another rare blast from the past, we saw this one while driving near downtown a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, we couldn’t catch up to it to get a better photo before the driver made a left and of course, us being in the right lane there was no following him. There were also two- and four-door versions of the Cougar starting in 1981 (horrors!), that were non XR-7 models, sharing a body with its cousin the Ford Granada. Wagons were even added for MY 1982. This was the final year for this style Cougar, as for 1983 it would share the new aero body style with Ford’s Thunderbird. 

— Jim Corbran