Mercury Cougar with Status LeMans Racing Seats
Throughout the early 1990s, sales of large personal luxury coupes were declining. At the same time, small subcompact sport coupes, mainly from Japan were growing in popularity with younger buyers. This prompted Ford to redesign the Cougar as such. Of the three names that had constituted Ford's personal luxury lineup, Mark, Thunderbird, and Cougar, the Cougar returned first and was based on the Ford Contour sedan. Launched in the UK at the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone Circuit in 1998, this Cougar became Mercury's first sport compact since the 1983 Mercury LN7.
This generation of Cougar had a far more contemporary package, with modern DOHC 24-valve 6 cylinder Duratec engines, a fully independent multilink suspension, and front-wheel drive. This was also the first hatchback Cougar, and the first to have its own body, unshared by any Ford. The body design used a philosophy Ford dubbed "New Edge" design: a combination of organic upper body lines with sharp, concave creases in the lower areas. The Cougar's body, and the New Edge idea in general, was introduced as a concept called the Mercury MC2 in 1997, and were considered a bigger version of the European Ford Puma.
The 1999-2002 Cougars were available with two engine options, the 2.0 L Zetec 4-cylinder engine with 130 hp, and the 2.5 L Duratec V6 with 170 hp. Also, two transaxle options were available: the manual Ford MTX-75 transmission or the automatic Ford CD4E transmission.
If you are truly looking to style up your Cougar, then good custom seats are a logical upgrade. There are many aftermarket companies out there that produce quality bucket racing seats for either road or track use. Prices can vary from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars for top of the line seats depending on your taste and the size of your bankroll.
Beside the bling effect of having some sweet looking LeMans racing seats in your vehicle there are some performance benefits. Because racings seats are made out of lighter materials than your factory seats they reduce the overall weight of your vehicle which is always a positive for tuning.
LeMans Racing Seats are universal for all vehicles; however, all LeMans Racing seats will need to latch to a seats rail, which is car specific. Make sure there is a rail available for your vehicle, or otherwise you can customize your stock one to fit your aftermarket racing seats.
Status_Racing Seats, the maker of the popular LeMans Racing seats is one of the heavy hitters in the aftermarket seats industry. Many others try to match the quality of craftsmanship of the LeMans Racing seats but few succeed.
Status offers a wide Range of Fixed Back Racing Seats that go all the way from Tight Competition Seats to 'Big Boy' Fixed Back Seats. The Status Reclinable Seats are also great seats that range from your basic Reclinable street seat all the way up to their Spa Bucket Reclinable offered in Carbon and Kevlar Backing.
Status_Racing LeMans Bucket Racing Seat comes in three different materials; fiberglass, carbon fiber and Kevlar shells. Each is covered with a cloth cover. Racing seats are available in Red, Blue and Black. All Status LeMans Racing seat will work with a Bride rail system. The GT racing seats will work but you will need to modify it slightly to fit.
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