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Spotted this a week or 3 ago. I deliberately passed again today and I’m not suprised it was still there.
For sale road side.
Mods feel free to delete or move elsewhere as appropriate but I recall one Cougar owner here is a former owner.

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I was told its a low previous owner car, possibly only 2. For sale as owner deceased. Cloth interior but covers fitted and seems in very good nick when I lifted the drivers cover. Probably always covers fitted, believe me the style was in keeping with the car age so pretty ancient.
It’s the Diesel so a 2.4 IIRC.
Rear arches bit scabby, front bumper repaired badly, recent blow over underneath but looks very solid

I have more pics and details if anyone wants them inc a phone number. Located very West Wales so mind you don’t fall off the edge of the world.
 

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mabo said:
Spotted this a week or 3 ago. I deliberately passed again today and I’m not suprised it was still there.
For sale road side.
Mods feel free to delete or move elsewhere as appropriate but I recall one Cougar owner here is a former owner.

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I was told its a low previous owner car, possibly only 2. For sale as owner deceased. Cloth interior but covers fitted and seems in very good nick when I lifted the drivers cover. Probably always covers fitted, believe me the style was in keeping with the car age so pretty ancient.
It’s the Diesel so a 2.4 IIRC.
Rear arches bit scabby, front bumper repaired badly, recent blow over underneath but looks very solid

I have more pics and details if anyone wants them inc a phone number. Located very West Wales so mind you don’t fall off the edge of the world.
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a diesel pre facelift(yes they tried to make them look better.)
they are major rare as they also have a manual box(normally) mainly sold as taxi's
u don't love these until you've owned one, thanks for sharing mate... im surprised to see one at all nowdays.
 
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It’s such a unique vehicle now. You’re right it is manual.
Really needs to be saved.
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the facelift ones looked much better, de chromed and blacked out headlights stopped a lot of the bulbous look that these early ones had.
owning one of them is a gone age for me, besides it wouldn't be suitable for my 2 dogs now as it has a separate boot area.

but yes would be a shame for it to end up at the breakers.
 
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I didn’t know they gave it a face lift. It’s not attractive but I could live with it. Alloys and leather would be nice too but the pauper & diesel economy has appeal, no one is really going to save a base model, no DPF or other such tech to worry about so why not……
Well it wouldn’t fit in my garage for future work for one.
Mrs Mabo being another 😀

I told him it wasn’t for me but I’d speak to a friend of mine who might.
Boot is huge, it just need a window and the dogs would love it. 🤣
 
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Clarkson (for what it's worth): "It's not a bad car, but the best thing about driving it is that you don't have to look at it."

I drove (and worked on) Paul's one a few years ago before he had to kill it, and I absolutely loved it.

Not the best weapon for small roads (such as in St. Neots) but as a motorway cruiser there is literally nothing that compares to the comfort and lazy torque. To me, that's why it was a problem in our country. We didn't really need an equivalent of the Lincoln Town Car, but I'm glad that for a brief shining moment, we had one.

I want it, but have no use for it. Kinda sad about that.
 
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Seemed bigger than the Cougar when I was standing next to it.
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i think length and height were the larger dimensions.

my facelift one and the non facelift... melina parked behind:cry: 2 cars i loved now gone.
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this last pic was a rare petrol manual gbox one..
the club went nuts about it as most of the ultima petrol ones were auto's.
she sadly failed her mot and whilst waiting for me to weld her up was VANDALISED by thugs who decided to jump all over her...the stigma these cars had meant they were often targeted by idiots!
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Facelift pic
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I always liked these too, but they're just too big

Having said that, it's probably the separate boot that puts me off
Mondeo MK4 length 478cm
Scorpio length 482cm
o_O big for their age then...
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you could put the seats down, but obviously u didn't have the height of a hatch to make it useful.

the engine in that diesel scorpio that mabo has found is a rear wheel drive version of the mondeo verona mk2 diesel.
damn good little diesels engines those ,very reliable.
especially compared to todays diesels.
 
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Interesting history, sad to hear one was mugged by D![heads.
I think I prefer the original but they’re not much in it. I doubt the one I spotted will sell in its present location.
Hence my sharing it.
I was told the recently deceased guy was just short of 101, he bought years ago from a dealer specialised in low mileage Fords, sticker still on back window.

It wouldn’t take much to make it into a really nice individual but useable classic. Great for shows.
Alas I probably have one cars too many now and I want everything I presently have.
 
With all credit to Wikipedia the below is from their piece on the car.

“On release, the styling was immediately criticised in both the automotive press and the non-automotive mainstream media, with entire pages in the latter attacking the aesthetics. Tony Mason of Top Gear disliked the front, saying that the headlamps looked out of place and the car looked incomplete, Edward Stobartdescribed the car as 'the ugliest car in Britain', particularly disliking the 'featureless' rear, saying that it did not look as good as the BMW 7-Series, while Ken Greenley of the Royal College of Art (designer of the SsangYong Musso and Rodius) disliked the entire design philosophy. Described as 'just plain ugly', 'like one of those fairground cars with a silly face on the front', 'like something out of Walt Disney, someone has gone on acid and tripped to the Seventies for the front', and 'designed by a committee of people in sunglasses sitting in the dark'. Other reviewers were even more scathing, one saying that 'it doesn't have much of a personality... the front of the car is like a face with a huge beaming smile... it looks a bit ridiculous really', another describing the front end as 'look[ing] like someone's just rammed a banana up its bottom',[16] and another remarking 'I wouldn't feel proud of this... it's the ugliest car going'.[8]
 
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mabo said:
With all credit to Wikipedia the below is from their piece on the car.

“On release, the styling was immediately criticised in both the automotive press and the non-automotive mainstream media, with entire pages in the latter attacking the aesthetics. Tony Mason of Top Gear disliked the front, saying that the headlamps looked out of place and the car looked incomplete, Edward Stobartdescribed the car as 'the ugliest car in Britain', particularly disliking the 'featureless' rear, saying that it did not look as good as the BMW 7-Series, while Ken Greenley of the Royal College of Art (designer of the SsangYong Musso and Rodius) disliked the entire design philosophy. Described as 'just plain ugly', 'like one of those fairground cars with a silly face on the front', 'like something out of Walt Disney, someone has gone on acid and tripped to the Seventies for the front', and 'designed by a committee of people in sunglasses sitting in the dark'. Other reviewers were even more scathing, one saying that 'it doesn't have much of a personality... the front of the car is like a face with a huge beaming smile... it looks a bit ridiculous really', another describing the front end as 'look[ing] like someone's just rammed a banana up its bottom',[16] and another remarking 'I wouldn't feel proud of this... it's the ugliest car going'.[8]
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and yet now we accept this:
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or this
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now whos ugly eh :LOL: (y)
 
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