It must be tough designing a new Ford coupe for Europe. Because each and every time the Blue Oval comes up with a new coupe everybody starts asking whether this is the new Capri.
Just as frustratingly, every time one appears the answer seems to be 'not really'. And the Evos, due to make its public debut at the Frankfurt show in a few days time, appears to be another case of just the same thing.
The Evos, a sleek, taut four-door creation is more than just 'possibly the new Capri', however, it's also the touchstone from which the next generation of Fords will derive their look.
But you don't really want to know how the more sharply creased lines will influence the next Mondeo, or how the lights and grille treatment could be taken up by the next Fiesta. Or even that the Evos's look is 'Kinetic 2.0', Ford refining its current form language rather than revolutionising it (although we think that bit's actually quite interesting).
What you really want to know is whether the Evos genuinely is a successor to the Capri. Well, it's front-wheel-drive where the Capri drove the rear wheels, it's powered by a cutting-edge plug-in hybrid where the Capri's powertrains were anything but, and it's got four Gullwing-style doors and the Capri - er - didn't.
So the Evos isn't really a successor to a Capri. And it isn't all that likely to head for production - Ford of Europe's design director Martin Smith reckons that the short lifespan of coupes makes them a hard sell.
Shame really; the short overhangs, clever doors, bonnet bulge and generally sleek styling give the car an appealing look. Then again, even if we don't see the Evos in production trim, it does at the very least bode well for Ford's new global 'One Ford' design direction.