Don't let the headline about the Cougar fool you!
http://www.autoweek.com/article/classic-ads/1967-mercury-cougar-mans-car
http://www.autoweek.com/article/classic-ads/1967-mercury-cougar-mans-car
Autoweek Article-Tiger Comments
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I think the authors knowledge of European cars certainly came through in his assessment.
"European machines of the same year produces some interesting comparisons.
For example, for just $3,318 you could have bought a brand-new Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider. There was the $3,425 Sunbeam Tiger, which boasted the same 289-cubic-inch Windsor V8 as the base Cougar, stuffed into a flimsy Rootes Group sports car that was eager to crash in most manly fashion. We're not sure what the '67 Glas GT's original cost was, but it was an affordably testosterone-saturated proto-BMW sports car"
To call the glas testosterone saturated... They are a very pretty often noted as effete car, so how he comes up with that is beyond me.... The tiger would be considered anything but flimsy... In fact it is a considerably over engineered body compared to open stateside muscle cars of the period.... Seems like the author either has never looked in my h detail at European imports... Or is just blind to all but his local product... Some poor flag waving.
"European machines of the same year produces some interesting comparisons.
For example, for just $3,318 you could have bought a brand-new Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider. There was the $3,425 Sunbeam Tiger, which boasted the same 289-cubic-inch Windsor V8 as the base Cougar, stuffed into a flimsy Rootes Group sports car that was eager to crash in most manly fashion. We're not sure what the '67 Glas GT's original cost was, but it was an affordably testosterone-saturated proto-BMW sports car"
To call the glas testosterone saturated... They are a very pretty often noted as effete car, so how he comes up with that is beyond me.... The tiger would be considered anything but flimsy... In fact it is a considerably over engineered body compared to open stateside muscle cars of the period.... Seems like the author either has never looked in my h detail at European imports... Or is just blind to all but his local product... Some poor flag waving.
In fact, it would be tough to find an affordable new car in 1967 more manly than the Sunbeam freakin' Tiger, but the Cougar was a better choice for the masculine car shopper who wanted to make it to work every day, rather than slide backwards into bridge abutments and/or flee from electrical fires caused by the Prince of Darkness.
The same issue of the magazine with the Cougar ad also has this Studd Cologne masterpiece of 1960s-style misogyny, providing inspiration for the Cougar buyer who needed to prop up his Y chromosomes after experiencing Tiger envy.
Despite the author's feelings about short wheel based cars with lots of power and what can happen to the uninitiated, I'm not sure I'm seeing the flag waving here. In fact, for saying that it would have been tough to find something more manly than a Sunbeam freakin' Tiger, at my age I'm his newest fan!
The same issue of the magazine with the Cougar ad also has this Studd Cologne masterpiece of 1960s-style misogyny, providing inspiration for the Cougar buyer who needed to prop up his Y chromosomes after experiencing Tiger envy.
Despite the author's feelings about short wheel based cars with lots of power and what can happen to the uninitiated, I'm not sure I'm seeing the flag waving here. In fact, for saying that it would have been tough to find something more manly than a Sunbeam freakin' Tiger, at my age I'm his newest fan!