New Ford Capri being launched TOMORROW

NBLondon

Grumpy_chap said:

So, I looked online at the new Capri and it looks rather more like the later Escort would have evolved to.  If I ignore the expectation generated from the model name, the car looks like one I'd be happy to consider.  However, it is from a starting price higher than I paid for my TM3 LR, so achieving significant sales volumes might present a challenge.

Base OTR Price  £48,075  I specced one up with the gadgets I'd choose and it comes to £54,275.  A similar spec Mach-E is £54,380.

I'd only consider it if  1) I had somewhere to park and charge it  and 2) I had enough money to want that as my sensible/daily driver and a nice MK1 Capri to play with https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1719845

MouldyOldDough

NBLondon said:

Grumpy_chap said:

So, I looked online at the new Capri and it looks rather more like the later Escort would have evolved to.  If I ignore the expectation generated from the model name, the car looks like one I'd be happy to consider.  However, it is from a starting price higher than I paid for my TM3 LR, so achieving significant sales volumes might present a challenge.

Base OTR Price  £48,075  I specced one up with the gadgets I'd choose and it comes to £54,275.  A similar spec Mach-E is £54,380.

I'd only consider it if  1) I had somewhere to park and charge it  and 2) I had enough money to want that as my sensible/daily driver and a nice MK1 Capri to play with https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1719845

You'd get a pretty good 3000S for that sort of money.
I know which I would prefer 

Mildly_Miffed

DullGreyGuy said:

Manufacturer recycles badge. Hold the front page.

Nice of Volvo Geely to save Ford having to do any styling work of their own.

DullGreyGuy

Mildly_Miffed said:

DullGreyGuy said:

Manufacturer recycles badge. Hold the front page.

Nice of Volvo Geely to save Ford having to do any styling work of their own.

Thats unfair, they've clearly rounded the rear passenger windows to make them (vaguely) look like the namesake.

forgotmyname

Puzzled why when the Mac E didn't sell why they thought lets release another electric vehicle on the same platform of other bland boxes

that is also not selling?

WellKnownSid

forgotmyname said:

Puzzled why when the Mac E didn't sell why they thought lets release another electric vehicle on the same platform of other bland boxes

that is also not selling?

The same money (or less) buys you a lovely German EV, a reliable Korean EV or an American EV that comes complete with its own public charging infrastructure.

No-one goes to Ford for an expensive car.  Their only hope is to bring some nostalgia into the mix and try to convince a segment which has both money and a very foggy memory that it might be nice to drive a Capri again.

caprikid1

Not sure I will be swapping my 3 any time soon, not sure it will have the same road presence as a nice 2.8 or Mk1 3.0.

Lost opportunity I think, but it was a bigger crime what they did with the mustang badge, maybe they have been taking ideas from MG.

born_again

The new Capri is basically a Ford Explorer, and that car is basically a Volkswagen. Well, sort of… Beneath the surface of both the Explorer and the new Capri lies Volkswagen’s MEB platform and powertrains, which you may be familiar with from the ID.3, 4, 5, Skoda Enyaq and the rest. Ford agreed a tie-up with Volkswagen a few years back, so that VW now uses Ford bits for its commercial vehicles, and Ford uses VW bits for its electric passenger cars, in an effort to cut development and manufacturing costs. And that’s why we have a Capri that isn’t a Capri.

So Ford have not even designed their own EV platform..

NBLondon

MouldyOldDough said:

NBLondon said:

Grumpy_chap said:

So, I looked online at the new Capri and it looks rather more like the later Escort would have evolved to.  If I ignore the expectation generated from the model name, the car looks like one I'd be happy to consider.  However, it is from a starting price higher than I paid for my TM3 LR, so achieving significant sales volumes might present a challenge.

Base OTR Price  £48,075  I specced one up with the gadgets I'd choose and it comes to £54,275.  A similar spec Mach-E is £54,380.

I'd only consider it if  1) I had somewhere to park and charge it  and 2) I had enough money to want that as my sensible/daily driver and a nice MK1 Capri to play with https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1719845

You'd get a pretty good 3000S for that sort of money.
I know which I would prefer 

This one?  https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1685338     If I was paying near £50K for a classic I'd need 1) somewhere to keep it under cover  2) a boring modern car to go to the tip/ garden centre/ supermarket in.   

EssexExile

facade said:

This is a proper Capri*, you can see the resemblance

*Like 99% of cars, the Mk1 is by far the best looking, and usually the best put together too, before the bean counters made cost savings improvements

The MK0 from the early 60s was even better!