RE: Say hello to the new Ford Capri

RE: Say hello to the new Ford Capri

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dxg

9,375 posts

275 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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The most interesting thing about this is seeing Ford continuing its tradition of using "mirrorable" registration plates in its press photos...

As for the car? Meh.

RumbleOfThunder

3,670 posts

218 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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Looks great. Taking the Capri name is hardly sacrilege. They were utter ste in almost all respects despite their following.

SRT77

690 posts

233 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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Can’t wait to see what a 2.5 tonne KA might look like.

swisstoni

19,825 posts

294 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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‘The car you always promised yourself’.


FeelingLucky

1,141 posts

179 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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RumbleOfThunder said:
Looks great. Taking the Capri name is hardly sacrilege. They were utter ste in almost all respects despite their following.
Completely agree, it was effectively a Cortina Coupe which was as bland as vanilla family cars got. Never forget there was a 1300 Capri, which underperformed an 1100 Fiesta in performance, economy and packaging. Utter ste.

SRT77

690 posts

233 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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Can’t wait to see what a 2.5 tonne KA might look like.

JoshSm

994 posts

52 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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Well I can't see this doing much to help the current money incinerating disaster that's Ford's EV plan.

The best you can really say about that bland anonymous effort is that it isn't horrible looking, it's just unidentifiable.

And going for MEB as a platform hopefully dodges some of the engineering cockups that crept into the home grown efforts.

I have no idea other than misplaced brand loyalty or maybe some really keen pricing why you'd go for this compared to alternatives, especially all the other MEB ones. You certainly aren't going to Ford these days for a good (or cheap) dealership or ownership experience.

Maybe sales will be healthy but I'm not sure I'd want to bet on it.

Silvanus

6,877 posts

38 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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SRT77 said:
Can’t wait to see what a 2.5 tonne KA might look like.
Just cross out the VW badge and change to Ford.

tonyg58

407 posts

214 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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Muddle238 said:
Can't wait for the 2028 Ford Model T.
Brilliant !!

Turbobanana

7,194 posts

216 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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You unimaginative lot, you. Can you not see the obvious lengths Ford have gone to in order to maintain a family resemblance to the original Capri?



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Fetchez la vache

5,765 posts

229 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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So basically it's the [grits teeth] coupe version of the Explorer, both sharing underpinnings from VW EVs, but both arguably looking better than the VWs, and the Capri looking like the Polestar (no bad thing TBF).
Gotcha.

bad company

20,473 posts

281 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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Back in the day I had 2 Capri’s, loved them and the perfect car for a young guy in the 1970’s. Shame they had to use the name for this.

je777

732 posts

119 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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RumbleOfThunder said:
Looks great.
Really?

'Great'?

'Fine', at best, surely? I'd even let 'good' pass, but 'great'? This is a 'great'-looking car?

You must be delirious with joy at the massive selection of bland all-look-the-same crossovers that are currently available to you.

(I agree about the 'Capri' name - I don't care if they call it the Clunge.)

Triumph Man

9,100 posts

183 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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Baldchap said:
Why do manufacturers reuse names? Immediately you are asking for comparisons that don't need to be made.

If the new Puma, Capri, Supra et al had new names people would take them on face value and I'm sure 90% of criticism would vanish overnight.
At least the Supra is still a RWD, 6 cylinder (mostly), Coupe

Quickmoose

5,008 posts

138 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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I refer the right honourable gentleman to the new 'Prelude' chat.

Use just the name from an era long since gone and to sell naff EV tat.... rather than use any 'real' emotional' cues to help us poor saps feel ok about getting involved...

It's an open goal, damn near all the brands are missing. (Renault seem to have grasped it with that 5 thing)

W.

piquet

628 posts

272 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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is this not the new explorer, but with a slight reduction in the headroom at the back of the boot, less less practical

the configurator is even exactly the same with the same prices for the same extras

everything else is the same, except you can get the explorer is pale metallic blue

Steve-B

810 posts

297 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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Another fetid excuse validating the Mktg. weenies have access to too many illiicit substances.

Doesn't pay any homage to what a Capri is/was and strictly looks like another feck-off faceless 'lectric box.

The price is ridiculous!

rallycross

13,524 posts

252 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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Will people who like Capri’s want to buy this car? No almost certainly not!

je777

732 posts

119 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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Steve-B said:
The price is ridiculous!
Well, at least that seems apt. You can go on autotrader right now and spend 40k on a Capri with a whole 158 hp.

If you're a total numbnuts you could have both in your £100k garage.

languagetimothy

1,404 posts

177 months

Wednesday 10th July 2024
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I think PH made an editorial error. Feature is about the New Capri but they’ve attached pictures of a tub of lard.

If it helps THIS is a Capri..notice the sporty lines ( mine back in the day, a 2.0 Ghia )