2020 Mercury Cougar Concept Envisions a Pony Car From an Alternate Timeline
If you didn't get your fill of alternate-timeline Fords from the “F40xbody”, then you're in luck. The designer behind that concept car has come up with another vehicle that makes one wonder what could've been had Ford not shut down its premium marque Mercury, and killed all hopes of a revived Cougar with it.
Based on the Mustang chassis for its first two generations, the Cougar was more or less a slightly longer, plusher fraternal twin to Ford's iconic pony car. It never quite enjoyed the cultural significance of its forebear or its success in motorsport, but it holds the distinction of being the best-selling model in Mercury's history, with almost three million built across its 45-year lifespan. Had Ford not shuttered the brand in 2010, one can imagine its Cougar halo car would've at some point returned from hibernation, likely based on the Mustang again, looking like the car designed by Abimelec Arellano of Abimelec Design.
