Good, Very Strong running car for the most part. Leather interior started on front drivers seat is tearing. Also the headliner is coming down. Bad choice putting plastic headlights in the car, they fog up reducing light visibility. The Transmission should have been recalled. Transmission shifts erratically, also had it rebuilt at 80,000 miles. Other than that, it still runs very quick (will even keep up with Mustang GT) even with over 100,000 miles on her!!! Overall, very agile, fast, comfortable, and sporty and luxurious. Not bad.
Very, Very Fast!!! Even though Ford Motor Company detuned it to shut off at 100 mph, it could go much faster. Very good kick down and passing power.
I owned a '94 Cougar xr7 with a V8. It ran wonderful except the transmission went out in 2001. I added a racing transmission to the car to help it shift faster. The in 2003 I added a dual ram air using the fake front air slits as my intake. To over come Fords detuning a racing chip was added and govnor removed. I changed the crank shaft, pistons, rockers and rocker arms. Then the rotors and brakes were replaced with larger ones. I added steel rails on the under side of the frame rails to keep the car from twisting. The car went from 280 horsepower to 450 horsepower. The Cougar is a wonderful car to cruise in especially with leather interior and the smooth ride.
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