1986 Mercury Cougar LS | KV Dahl III Garage

In this KV Dahl III Garage episode, we roll into the late Cold War cool of the 1986 Mercury Cougar LS—a personal luxury coupe at the twilight of chrome dreams and analog swagger.

Draped in factory two-tone Black over Silver Clearcoat and powered by Ford’s fuel-injected 5.0L Windsor V8, this sixth-gen Cougar wasn’t built to burn rubber—it was made to float. It’s digital dash meets coach lamps, soft-touch trim meets Fox-body grit. A boulevard cruiser with a hidden pulse.

KV Dahl III explores the 1986 Cougar’s place as Mercury’s last formal-roof icon, the tech upgrades that ushered in the EFI era, and the styling that still wore shoulder pads and cologne. We dig into SEFI specs, platform crossover secrets, and why this LS was the smooth-talking sibling in a family of ‘80s rebels.

🚘 Into ‘80s design language? Got a soft spot for forgotten flagships and square-body survivors? This Mercury’s got a tale to tell.

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