Mercury Cougar is a nameplate applied to a diverse series of automobiles sold by the Mercury division of Ford from 1967 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2002. While the nameplate is most commonly associated with two-door coupes, at various times during its production, the Cougar was also marketed as a convertible, four-door sedan, station wagon, and hatchback. With 2,972,784 examples produced, the Cougar is the highest-selling vehicle ever produced by the Mercury brand. The Mercury Cougar was built in eight generations: 1st Gen (1967-1970), 2nd Gen (1971-1973), 3rd Gen (1974-1976), 4th Gen (1977-1979), 5th Gen (1980-1982), 6th Gen (1983-1988), 7th Gen (1989-1997), and 8th Gen (1999-2002).