1990 Mercury Cougar: Outside the Muscle Focus

Wikipedia's own account, this record's overview states, records that the 1989-1990 XR7 was powered by a 210-horsepower supercharged 3.8-litre V6. Total 1990 production is given as 76,467 cars from Wikipedia alone, this record's own dek and production table agree, with this record's own note explaining that this figure rests on a single tertiary source whose underlying record is not stated. A second total of 81,240 cars, credited to the AEROCATS site, is carried as a disputed row, this record's own production table shows, with a note that it differs from the 76,467 figure and that three further rows, LS at 77,084 cars credited on the source's own page to Kevin Marti, XR7 with automatic at 3,333, and XR7 with 5-speed manual at 823, sum exactly to this 81,240 total; this record's own key facts section is empty for the year.^1,2

This record's own conflicts section documents the 1990 total-production disagreement directly: AEROCATS gives 81,240 against Wikipedia's 76,467, a gap of 4,773 cars, and this record's own treatment keeps both, retaining the Wikipedia figure in the existing total row while carrying the AEROCATS figure as its own separate row, noting that neither source names its underlying record for the total. This record's own production notes add the general caution that rows are separately scoped and should not be added together unless a note says they partition a total, a caution that does not apply to the LS and XR7 rows here since the AEROCATS note explicitly says they sum to 81,240.^2,1

Two engines are documented for 1990, this record's own engine table shows: a 3.8-litre (232 cubic-inch) V6 with sequential multi-port fuel injection, standard on the LS and rated 140 horsepower at 3,800 rpm with 215 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 rpm, and a supercharged 3.8-litre V6 with an intercooler, XR7-only and rated 210 horsepower with 315 lb-ft of torque at 2,600 rpm, this record's own engine table carrying a note that the source's separate specifications table gives peak power at 2,400 rpm, a figure not carried into the ratings field itself. Three transmissions are documented: a 4-speed overdrive automatic (AOD) for the LS, a Mazda-built M5R2 5-speed manual standard on the XR7, and the same AOD offered as an XR7 option.²

This record's own options section itemizes 41 entries across LS and XR7: power four-wheel disc brakes with anti-lock braking are optional on the LS and standard on the XR7, a split fold-down rear seat is XR7-only, a Ford JBL audio system bundles four satellite speaker enclosures, a 7-inch subwoofer in a 10-litre enclosure and a 140-watt four-channel amplifier, a compact digital disc player is offered with the high-level or JBL systems only, and a diagnostic maintenance monitor for low fluid levels is optional on the LS and standard on the XR7. Five Preferred Equipment Packages are documented by code, 261A, 262A and 263A for the LS and 265A and 266A for the XR7, each escalating through the individually listed options.²

This record's own paint table carries 15 colour entries for 1990: 4 standard colours, Black, Alabaster, Oxford and Currant Red; 8 clearcoat metallics; and 3 XR7 monochromatic colours, Black, Bright Red and Oxford, each reusing a code already assigned in the standard or clearcoat tables. Ten interior descriptions are carried by trim code, this record's own interiors section shows: six first-character seat-type codes spanning individual buckets in cloth or leather, articulated buckets in cloth, leather or suede, and four second-character colour codes, Ebony, Crystal Blue, Currant Red and Light Sandalwood, the last one noted as unavailable on the XR7.²

This record's own specifications section carries nine 1990 figures: a 113.0-inch wheelbase, a 198.7-inch overall length, a 72.7-inch overall width, a 52.7-inch overall height, 19.0 gallons of fuel capacity, 14.7 cubic feet of cargo capacity, curb weights of 3,608 pounds for the LS, 3,805 for the 5-speed XR7 and 3,834 for the automatic XR7, front and rear brakes varying by trim between 10.8-inch discs with 9.8-inch drums or 10.0-inch discs with anti-lock, and an engine summary repeating both ratings by trim. This record carries no 1990 price at all, its own price notes explaining the same removed J.D. Power figure described for other years, and no performance figures, identification codes or unpublished leads survive in their respective sections either.²