Ford Capri is back...

[Tom|Nbk]

I quite like it tbh and I've owned an actual Capri

 

[dave28]

The new Capri, nothing like a Capri but our marketing team say its a good idea to call it that so we went with that name

 

[cuke2u]

2nd hand stuff doesn’t define the market…




Strange? Are you for real? It looks like one and the interior is more like a polestar in the sense it’s the explorer kit lifted to MEB with the portrait screen and a couple of switchpackes doesn’t mean it’s all from ID range.

Not sure what you mean about the Explorer as the 2024 version is based also on the meb platform and aside from the steering wheel the Capri's interior is Explorer..

 

[Sargatanas2511]

The new Capri, nothing like a Capri but our marketing team say its a good idea to call it that so we went with that name

They ruined the Puma name and already diluted the Mustang name so why not?

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Not sure what you mean about the Explorer as the 2024 version is based also on the meb platform and aside from the steering wheel the Capri's interior is Explorer..

Jack Scarlet from Fully Charged was pretty critical of the Explorer which doesn’t bode well for the Capri either.

That in itself is interesting because Fully Charged is the place to go if you want a pretty positive review of your EV.

His review can be summarised as:
‘its fine but it excels at nothing and there are better cars at this price point’

The infotainment is ‘not great’

‘all the stuff that really annoyed me in the ID.4 is carried over here, it’s still really annoying’

 

[Jonnycoupe]

Not sure what you mean about the Explorer as the 2024 version is based also on the meb platform and aside from the steering wheel the Capri's interior is Explorer..

Thats my point, not MEB part from VW ID stable, but Ford unique.

 

[Diddums]

I don't mind that at all tbh, the wheels are the worst part but the rest of the car looks quite smart, regardless of what it's called.

 

[Feek]

The back is all you ever saw of my Capri as well.

Until we reach a corner and unless you've got a couple of hundredweight of cement in the boot, I'm going straight past

 

[Hagar]

Until we reach a corner and unless you've got a couple of hundredweight of cement in the boot, I'm going straight past

I ran Southampton to Aberdeen on a 2 week cycle all through the winter of 1978/79 and apart from an unfortunate donut in Edinburgh and following lorry tracks i ran across the central reserve on the A90 in the snow it all went very well.
Seriously it was light on the tail and I borrowed an ice shovel from the fish quays which was carried in the boot along with some emergency gear.

Anyway my comment was in jest and most modern front wheel drive cars would track better round corners. Without opposite lock drifts a la Senna that is.

 

[Flibster]

Another classic name coming back.

Oh.. it's another SUV.

There isn't enough ways to say no.

 

[jigger]

Capri-Sun maybe. What a shame.

 

[chaparral]

I'm really not liking the new XR3i.

Looks more like an XR2

 

[chaparral]

Being an SUV at least women will love it

Women seem to go mad for them

 

[adam cool dude]

Am I the only one that actually thinks the original Capri was a bit crap?

 

[Jonnycoupe]

Exactly! Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be…

 

[cuke2u]

Being an SUV at least women will love it

Women seem to go mad for them

Unfortunately a incorrect statement https://business.yougov.com/content/48742-britain-suvs-are-too-big-and-should-be-regulated

 

[chaparral]

Unfortunately a incorrect statement https://business.yougov.com/content/48742-britain-suvs-are-too-big-and-should-be-regulated

That mainly about the huge size of todays SUV's

Picture of an old capri (Think it a mk1 capri )

 

[chaparral]

Am I the only one that actually thinks the original Capri was a bit crap?

For me it was the mk2 Escort i found was crap or at lest very boring to drive as i owned 2 of them back in the 80's
Maybe the MK2 Escort was great fun if you had something like a cosworth engine in it, But with the standard 1.3L motor you were lucky not to fall asleep while driving one

A female friend at the time owned the faster 2.0ltr mk2 RS2000 escort but i never drove it

 

[Nasher]

Unfortunately a incorrect statement https://business.yougov.com/content/48742-britain-suvs-are-too-big-and-should-be-regulated

Size and weight should be a factor in the road tax tbh. Applied retroactively too.

 

[chaparral]

Size and weight should be a factor in the road tax tbh. Applied retroactively too.

Some years ago the guernsey government tried to bring in a car width Tax/duty to try cut down on all the huge cars over here plus get themself's some extra money but it got kicked out

https://www.gov.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=93551&p=0