Word: cougar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When it came to selecting a name for the sports car, Iacocca discarded Cougar and Turino, before settling on Mustang. A holdout until the end was Henry Ford, who wanted to call it the Thunderbird II, to borrow from the Thunderbird's prestige. Ford is not always so tractable, of course, sometimes settles arguments in his favor by simply saying: "Don't forget, my name is on the building." One such case was his insistence, after sitting in a mockup of the Mustang, that the rear-seat leg room be increased an inch. Iacocca and his men complained...
Ford's showpieces are a one-of-a-kind sports version of its Falcon compact, the Challenger I, with a tuned 244-cu.-in. engine and special suspension designed to cruise at 120 m.p.h., and the Cougar 406, with gull-wing doors and a top speed of 160 m.p.h. Chevrolet's sports compact is a 150-h.p. version of the Corvair known as the Monza Spyder, and there are two special show models of the Corvette-the Shark and the Kelly...