1998 · Mercury · United States
1998 Mercury Cougar
No 1998 model-year Cougar appears in the sources.
United States · researched through 2026-09-22
Wikipedia's generation tables end the seventh-generation Cougar with the 1997 model year and begin the eighth with 1999; no 1998 model-year Cougar appears in them.1
Fact sheet · 1998 · United States
The numbers
1998 Mercury Cougar — No 1998 model-year Cougar appears in the sources.
Coverage: Partial — researched sections are shown; missing ones are not yet sourced. Researched through 2026-09-22.
Every figure is labeled with how sure we are. Reported means a manufacturer, registry, or reference figure we cite but have not reconciled against factory records ourselves. Disputed means credible sources disagree and both are shown. Rows are separately scoped; don't add them together unless the note says they make up a total.
Same model year
Also in 1998
- Buick Riviera The supercharged 240-hp V-6 became standard.
- Ford Taurus SHO The V8 SHO's price rose to $29,000 MSRP; the only production count found, 2,317, is marked incomplete by its source.
- Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am The LS1 year: 33,299 Firebirds by one table, 32,974 VINs by another, and no production Firehawks.
- Pontiac Grand Prix The supercharged 3.8 continues at 240 hp.