1993 Mercury Cougar XR7 review from North America

Replaced multifunction switch, the switch that changes the high/low-beam headlights. I installed some non-factory headlight bulbs which overpowered the switch and burned something out. Cheap to replace.

Front seats (leather) need to be reconditioned. Costs approximately $150 to do all seats.

For being a 3800 lb. V6, it's fast. The 6-cylinder cars had troubles with the head-gaskets, but I haven't had any problems with this car. My 4-cylinder Contour had over $3000 worth of engine problems, and still needs another engine installed.

Insurance is much cheaper on these cars than on Mustangs or Cameros. My insurance went down from my last car, the Contour, which actually had air bags, was 4-door, 2 years newer, and had about half the engine size.

It is a very safe vehicle. Many people have noticed that accident victims can usually walk away from accidents.

My costs for the car have been regular maintenance (i.e.: tires, oil changes, ignition wires), a small amount of things that have gone wrong (under $100), and working on the stereo and interior to make it look like a great ride.

If you do need replacement parts for your car, there are a lot of people with replacements, like the guys on forums.tccoa.com they usually give me a good price on stuff I need.

I drove it to Montana and back this summer. We had close to 20 MPG.

And yes, it will get up to 120 MPH, but will get a little shaky, mainly because I bought some cheap Viva 2 tires.