RE: New Capri For 2012
Discussion
If the one Ford make looks like the Auto Express one, I'll be straight down the dealer with a deposit for a black one, front wheel drive or not!
OllieC said:
learn your lessons from the probe and the cougar, ford.
I realise I'm in a tiny minority, but I adored my Cougar and was genuinely gutted when I had to sell it.What an insult to a great Marque! Front wheel drive? Not in my driveway. I have owned six Capri's over the years, Mark I models with 4 and 6 Cylinder engines, as well as a Mark II. I currently drive a restored 1973 Capri V6 2600 4speed as my daily driver, putting almost 17,000 miles on it last year, and am putting the pieces together for a MKi with a v8 302 conversion.
My family raced Fords, and I have owned numerous Ford cars (Fairlane, Thunderbirds, Torinos, Mustangs, etc.) and trucks (Courier, 3 Bronco II's, and 3 Explorers). There are two Explorers in the driveway keeping company with the Capri. So you could say I bleed "Ford Blue."
That being said, the Fords I have driven but refused to buy include the Probe, EXP, Escort, Australian Capri, the "new" Mercury Cougar and Focus. Did I leave any out?
The arguement about market and design "trends" is a farce, and explains why Ford is in the dire straights it now finds itself in. all of the cars above were supposed to mirror predominating "trends" of their era (or should I say, "error") and all failed miserably in time. And of course, all were front wheel drive with models that were advertised as having sporting pretensions.
As a person who loves to drive a finely tuned car, there has never been a front wheel drive car that could hold a candle to a rear wheel drive car.
The decision to make the New Capri a front wheel drive car dooms the car from the very beginning. I will not own one, period.
Ford already has a front wheel drive world car, the Focus. Leave it at that. Build a solid niche car like the Capri, with the proper rear wheel drive platform and perhaps some subtle nostalgic body lines, and I will be first in line at the dealer!
Don Murphy,
USA
My family raced Fords, and I have owned numerous Ford cars (Fairlane, Thunderbirds, Torinos, Mustangs, etc.) and trucks (Courier, 3 Bronco II's, and 3 Explorers). There are two Explorers in the driveway keeping company with the Capri. So you could say I bleed "Ford Blue."
That being said, the Fords I have driven but refused to buy include the Probe, EXP, Escort, Australian Capri, the "new" Mercury Cougar and Focus. Did I leave any out?
The arguement about market and design "trends" is a farce, and explains why Ford is in the dire straights it now finds itself in. all of the cars above were supposed to mirror predominating "trends" of their era (or should I say, "error") and all failed miserably in time. And of course, all were front wheel drive with models that were advertised as having sporting pretensions.
As a person who loves to drive a finely tuned car, there has never been a front wheel drive car that could hold a candle to a rear wheel drive car.
The decision to make the New Capri a front wheel drive car dooms the car from the very beginning. I will not own one, period.
Ford already has a front wheel drive world car, the Focus. Leave it at that. Build a solid niche car like the Capri, with the proper rear wheel drive platform and perhaps some subtle nostalgic body lines, and I will be first in line at the dealer!
Don Murphy,
USA
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