July 12, 2003: 1992 Mercury Topaz LTS Let's not go so far as to call the Topaz a gem of a used car, but this older Mercury runabout won't raise the temperature of your budgetary discussions, either. Puns aside, The Topaz - and its Ford twin, the Tempo - were Ford's mainstream compact entries from 1984 until the Mercury Mystique and Ford Contour arrived as replacements for the 1995 model year. They ranked... Read Article

February 18, 2002: 1999 Mercury Mystique By Jeremy Cato Their code name was CDW27, but virtually all the details about these four-door sedans were public knowledge long before they went on sale in the Fall of 1994 as '95 models. The cars? The Mercury Mystique and its Ford sibling, the Ford Contour. By the time they hit North American showrooms, a European version called the Mondeo had already been named Car... Read Article

February 18, 2001: 2000 Mercury CougarClick image to enlarge By Jeremy Cato The year 1999 marked a major departure for the Mercury Cougar. After a one-year absence, the Cougar named appeared again, but this all-new model was nothing like the immediately previous Ford Thunderbird-based Cougar that retired at the end of the 1997 model year (there was no '98 Cougar). The '97 Cougar was a lumpy and ponderous ca... Read Article