Jalopnik

down on the street
1975 Mercury Cougar XR-7
The Mercury Cougar has been reinvented many times, but we've only seen a couple of incarnations in this series. We've seen the lean and mean '68 Cougar and the Bloated Final Year Of The Rebadged Mustang Cougar, but what about the Farrah Fawcett-Approved Cougar? I found this appealingly rough '75 parked across the street from the '82 280ZX Turbo and quite close to one of Alameda's non-Buick Skyhawks.
More »

9:00 AM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,283 views, 34 comments

Latest by Searcher: @zaddikim: Interesting, I've had several over the years, until they got too old and all you can find is beat-to-hell-and-back junk, more »
classic ad watch
Cheryl Tiegs Joins The Cat Set In Her '78 Cougar XR-7
While Farrah Fawcett merely allowed a cougar to sit on the roof of her car in her '75 Cougar ad, Cheryl Tiegs lets a mountain lion ride shotgun in her '78 (equipped with the hyper-Malaise "Midnight Chamois" option package). Not only that, but her hair totally out-feathers Farrah's, and her haunted mansion gives her more of an air of mystery. Did we mention the 134-horse 302 that came standard in this 3,800-pound car?

1:00 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,936 views, 40 comments

Latest by TampaRon: @crankcase: Ha! She was a beautiful lady but...nah, she didn't look like Cheryl. I think she did occasionally cart the more »

1
1-2 of 2 for "XR-7"

Detroit, 5:13 AM
Fri Dec 5
25 posts in the last 24 hours

Tip your editors:
tips@jalopnik.com

Editor-in-Chief:
Ray Wert | Email | AIM

Road Test Editor:
Wes Siler | Email

Associate Editor - Houston:
Matt Hardigree

Associate Editor - Detroit:
Ben Wojdyla

Editor-at-Large:
Mike Spinelli

Contributors:
Murilee Martin | Email
Mark Arnold
John Krewson | Email
Andy Didorosi

Commenter Admin:
Pete Gaines

Follow Jalopnik on:
Facebook
Twitter