The Wall Street Journal ran a story on a guy who bought a Cougar, in his early 60s, because in 1972 he ws inspired by Diana Riggs driving one in a Bond movie

 https://www.wsj.com/articles/his-mercury-cougar-puts-the-car-in-carpe-diem-82d37422

for the abridged version of the story, https://journal.classiccars.com/2023/02/20/my-classic-car-her-majestys-cougar-xr-7-convertible