Where each one leads
Mercury Cougar
- On Canada's official test the most frugal 1999 Mercury Cougar uses 9.5 l/100 km, the 1995 Volkswagen Corrado 12.7.
Volkswagen Corrado
Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.
Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare
At a glance
| Mercury Cougar | Volkswagen Corrado | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1981–2002 | 1989–1997 |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | — | 781 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | — | 949 |
EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).
Reliability and problems
| Mercury Cougar | Volkswagen Corrado | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | — | 74% |
| … against cars of the same age | — | +10% |
| New York safety inspections failed | 1.9% | — |
| … against cars of the same year | +42% | — |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | — | 27.6% |
| US owner complaints | 1,886 | 149 |
| Most complaints about | Engine and engine cooling | Visibility |
| Model year with most complaints | 1999 (454) | 1992 (50) |
| US recall campaigns | 27 | 6 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 1,197 | 86 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 41 | 2 |
Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Mercury Cougar | Volkswagen Corrado | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 9.5 l/100 km (1999) | 12.7 l/100 km (1995) |
Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).