Ford Cougar?
13 October 2003, 09:37 PM
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Nice looking car that never really sold well bit like the probe, the V6 is a great engine but if it was my money I would have an Mondeo V6 ST24 or ST200 more room inside and good chassis.
13 October 2003, 10:09 PM
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Don't bother
My sister has one at the moment as a company car and absolutely hates it. Its been nothing but trouble, two front driverside drive shaft failures. Could not get it to brake in a straight line from new, turn out brakes from 2.0 litre model one side and brakes from V6 on other side ! Took Ford dealer two years to sort it out !
Parts seem to be a nightmare 4 week wait for a radiator bottle.
Looks wise, it looks good in Silver, feels large and soggy to drive but as alreadfy mentioned mondeo estate chassis. Plenty of room inside. Ok for cruising on motorway but engine note very coarse high in rev range.
Plenty of better cars for the money
Richard
My sister has one at the moment as a company car and absolutely hates it. Its been nothing but trouble, two front driverside drive shaft failures. Could not get it to brake in a straight line from new, turn out brakes from 2.0 litre model one side and brakes from V6 on other side ! Took Ford dealer two years to sort it out !
Parts seem to be a nightmare 4 week wait for a radiator bottle.
Looks wise, it looks good in Silver, feels large and soggy to drive but as alreadfy mentioned mondeo estate chassis. Plenty of room inside. Ok for cruising on motorway but engine note very coarse high in rev range.
Plenty of better cars for the money
Richard
16 October 2003, 09:17 PM
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Seriously considered Cougar V6 to replace my aging Probe V6, but went for new Scooby instead.
Depends what you're after: any V6 is more fun on dull drives with all that low-end grunt. I could drive my Probe in top gear no judder after 25mph.
Reliability should be OK, but Cougar is Ford mechanics, not Mazda as the Probe was. Ford dealers I have known do tend to be gormless though.
Good looking car except from behind, plenty of space if no kids. I've heard nasty things about fuel consumption though.
I think they are good value for all the extras you get on the X-pack (leather, s'roof, heated seats etc). The one I looked at was top spec, Y reg, 40k miles for £9k.
Depends what you're after: any V6 is more fun on dull drives with all that low-end grunt. I could drive my Probe in top gear no judder after 25mph.
Reliability should be OK, but Cougar is Ford mechanics, not Mazda as the Probe was. Ford dealers I have known do tend to be gormless though.
Good looking car except from behind, plenty of space if no kids. I've heard nasty things about fuel consumption though.
I think they are good value for all the extras you get on the X-pack (leather, s'roof, heated seats etc). The one I looked at was top spec, Y reg, 40k miles for £9k.
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