RE: Say hello to the new Ford Capri
Discussion
RumbleOfThunder said:
Looks great. Taking the Capri name is hardly sacrilege. They were utter s
te 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 in almost all respects despite their following. te.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.
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.
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.)
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), CoupeIf 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.
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.
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.
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