Yes, the Ford connection goes back to the 60's when Ford brought legal
action against the name" Puma" being used as they claimed it was theirs
because "Puma" and "Cougar" are translated as the same word in
Portuguese which is the language of Brazil. Ford lost, however, they
did get their revenge 30 years later. Dennis

href="http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4025706&a=30209382&vt=vp">Den's
1977 Puma</a>