1991 Mercury Cougar: Outside the Muscle Focus

Wikipedia's own account, this record's overview states, records that for 1991 a 200-horsepower version of the 302 (5.0-litre) Windsor V8 was introduced in the Cougar, and that the 1992 25th Anniversary cars were all green with a tan interior. Total 1991 production is given as 60,564 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 63,822 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 60,564 figure; this record's own key facts section is empty for the year.^1,2

This record's own conflicts section documents the 1991 total-production disagreement directly: AEROCATS gives 63,822 against Wikipedia's 60,564, a gap of 3,258 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. Unlike 1990, this record's own production table carries no LS or XR7 breakdown for 1991, leaving only the two competing totals themselves.^2,1

Two engines are documented for 1991, 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 2,400 rpm, and a 5.0-litre (302 cubic-inch) V8 with sequential multi-port fuel injection, optional on the LS and standard on the XR7, rated 200 horsepower at 4,000 rpm with 275 lb-ft of torque at 3,000 rpm, that 200-horsepower figure matching Wikipedia's own sentence in the overview exactly. This record's own transmissions section is left entirely empty for the year, unlike 1990's three-entry table.²

This record's own options section itemizes 38 entries across LS and XR7: three items appear here as dealer accessories rather than factory options for the first time in this stretch, a ski carrier, a car cover and a front-end cover, joined by a trunk-mounted 10-CD compact disc changer with remote control, also a dealer accessory and requiring the high-level audio system. A new Luxury Trim Option is documented for the LS only, bundling luxury cloth-and-leather seat trim, luxury cloth door trim, luxury carpeting and a sport analog cluster with tachometer. Five Preferred Equipment Packages are again documented by code, 261A, 262A and 263A for the LS and 265A and 266A for the XR7.²

This record's own paint table carries 15 colour entries for 1991: just 2 standard colours, Oxford White and Currant Red, down from 4 the prior year; 10 clearcoat metallics, including Black under code UA for the first time in this stretch; and 3 XR7 monochromatic colours, Black, Electric Red and Oxford White. Ten interior descriptions are carried by an entirely new trim-code scheme from 1990's, this record's own interiors section shows: five first-character seat-type codes and five second-character colour codes, Titanium, Crystal Blue, Currant Red, Mocha (noted as unavailable on the XR7) and Ebony.²

This record's own specifications section carries nine 1991 figures: a 113.0-inch wheelbase, a 199.9-inch overall length, up from 198.7 the prior year, 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 3,587 pounds for the LS, 3,753 for the V8-equipped 5-speed LS and 3,800 for the automatic XR7, front and rear brakes grown to 10.9-inch discs from 10.8 the prior year, and an engine summary repeating both ratings by trim. This record carries no 1991 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