1985: Merc’s 1987 Skin Job
Even though there was an all new Cougar/Thunderbird in the wings, sources deep within Ford verified the, then current personal coupes were in for a reskin. The Mercury Cougar would sport a new Mercedesoid restyled nose piece and a revised bumper. The bumper would incorporate a stylized version of Mercury’s traditional vertical motif radiator opening, no too unlike the divisions’s, then upcoming Sable sedan. An all new rear quarter panel with a semi-enclosed wheel opening was projected to be used on the update. Along with the supposed wheelhouse contour, the quarter featured a larger rear window, styled in the same fashion as AMC’s Gremlin. In an attempt to further differentiate itself form its Ford counterpart the Mercury was to be fitted with thin horizontal tail-lamps on the top of the rear edge of the decklid.
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Are you sure that was not a Oldsmobile Ninety Eight coupe proposal? I am kidding. I recall this is what they thought the 1987 Mercury Cougar face lift was supposed to be. They got some of it right, but not all of it. It is interesting to see these “what if” proposal. If you tweaked the front end and that coupe side window, you would have the 1990’s Oldsmobile Ninety Eight. That rear trunk and tail lamp angle would have worked better on the Ninety Eight too.