You mean the Mercury Cougar coupe? It was actually redesigned in 1999 after being off the market for a year. It was a total redesign, I mean there were practically no similarities between the old model and new one which you'll be able to see:
http://www.theautochannel.com/media/photos/mercury/1997/97_mercury_cougar_xr7-3.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/2001-2002_Mercury_Cougar.jpg