In this Part 2 video we're speaking to someone who knows a lot about the Ford company, and asking some serious questions about the future of this motoring behemoth #news #fordcapri #breaking
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A Ford Capri was my 3rd car: a 2.0L Capri Laser. It was black everywhere other than some small red accents. I loved it, I felt like a king in it (I come from a very poor English council estate, so don't mock me too much 😂) and it got me a lot of time from the ladies in my youth. I'm not angry at Ford for this abuse of the Capri name... but I am disappointed.
I owned a 'Mercury' Capri (1985). In the US it was like a 'want to be' Mustang and didn't have the Ford badge. It shared the Mustang chassis and looked very similar.
I agree 100%,the shape was great,served my apprenticeship on all cars from the 70s and eighties, mk i,2 ,3 and 4 escourts,Cortina ls,granadas,then came the sierra, orions, i had a sierra mint,1300 ,put a 2.0 l block from a Cortina and a cylinder head from a transit , twin carbs went like shit off a wet shovel, fuel was a bit heavy,but i was playing around enjoying my mix and match 😂@madMARTYNmarsh1981
The car to which you are referring was actually the fourth Ford Motor Company vehicle to use the Capri nameplate. It was first used in the US from 1952 to 1959 to denote the top of the range trim level of the Lincoln luxobarge. It was then reprised in the UK from 1962-64 as the Ford Consul Capri, the coupe variant of the Ford Consul Classic mid-sized saloon that preceded the Corsair. Back in the USA, Ford used it once again for the 1966/67 model years to denote the base trim level of the Mercury Comet intermediate sedan. As for the Euro-Mustang based on the Cortina Mk II floorpan and running gear, it was sold in the US through Lincoln-Mercury dealerships as a captive import simply called the Capri with no marque from 1970-78 before being replaced in 1979 by Lincoln-Mercury Division's version of the newly introduced fourth generation Mustang badged as the Mercury Capri. The point is that vehicle manufacturer's register certain words so that they have the exclusive right to use them as model or marque names as they choose. Capri is a place name as is Cortina but it is not connected to any specific vehicle type any more than it has any connection to the island in the Bay of Naples from which the name comes. Quite simply it is considered an intellectual property that the IP owner can use as he/she pleases.
What about: Ford Diversity EV or a Ford Rainbow Pronoun EV eco Get ALL super positive woke tastic names and just mash them together like LGB....etc...etc the longer it gets the more eco loonys will like it !!!
We’re basically in communism now. Everything is mediocre, just watch creativity die. Peak USSR also saw very ugly products due to their ridiculous policies and lack of actual creative design.
Anyone who liked the original Capri, will hate the new milk float. Ford are in the process of killing themselves - Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo - all dead. No-one wants these new SUVs that all look alike which weigh like an elephant 🐘. You just have to see the 3 year residuals of the Mach-E 🙈
I had two back in the seventies, a mk1 three litre and a mk2 three litre, great fun to drive because you had to be on top of them all the time because the handling wasn’t the best. This abomination is just a clone of everything else that’s out there.
Said it before and I'll say it again, these companies putting all their eggs in the ev basket are committing commercial hari-kiri. Zero emissions makes zero sense.
Except people are buying SUVs and Crossover, because unfortunately not all people are car people. Although the electric hype train will still die out. The charging network, or lack thereof, will see to that.
The REAL Capri's were discontinued decade's ago. When you see them on the road you know you've seen something iconic. A chap I know has one and a little while ago when he was at tge garage fueling up, someone offered him a grand for his car. He said-do you just want the hub caps ?😂😂😂
Not just the new Crapi, but all modern cars - I do not want nor need all these electronic gadgets. My old diesel Berlingo has a radio, and that has only been switched on once, to see if it worked. What I want in a car is windows, mirrors, two seats (just in case I give a friend a lift to somewhere - usually to collect a 'dead' electric milk-float), a steering wheel, THREE pedals on the floor, a gearshift, a start/stop switch, and the usual wipers, lights, indicators, and heating controls - using physical switches that can be individually replaced if needed, and room in the back for carrying things that are awkward shapes. I don't want nor need a computer that tries to over-ride my braking, steering or accelerator inputs because IT thinks I'm wrong. IT cannot see what is in front, round the corner, or over the blind crest. (Nor can I, but I can anticipate - and I usually know the road). If the manufacturers leave all the 'toys' in the bin, they can sell the car for a lot less, AND there is less to go wrong!
@hamshackleton - too bloody right. I would add a strong structure and airbags just in case. Volvo estates up to around 2010 or so when Volvo became Chinese.
@@daveffs2991 Well it's usually older men who can afford to buy new cars, while younger men buy 2nd or 3rd hand. Right now only fleet buyers want EVs, or they did, but that's coming to an end this year...
Ford Australia stopped making the Falcon here in 2016 . It was the only car Ford was building here . They said it was too expensive to build here making it too expensive to sell . So they stopped building Falcons and bought in the Mustang instead which was $20000 more expensive . I am 57 and have always owned a Falcon or Fairlane . I now own 2 Falcons a 1968 V8 which I have had for 32 years and a 2013 Falcon XR6 turbo which will probably be the last new Ford I will buy .
My Dad had a 72 Fairlane station wagon here in the States with a big V-8. That thing was super fast. He used to load us kids in it and fly down California roads. We loved it.
These “SUV’s” are also more difficult to overtake, gigantic chunks of metal, very high waistline and shallow glass area with chuffing great C-pillars to try and rigidise the mobile monoliths meaning you can’t look through them. Added to which they take up the entire width of a carriageway so you can’t take a sneaky peek around them without being in a hedge or oncoming traffic which is equally huuuuge. "i bought it because i like to sit higher up and see everything" … so everyone else buys a car the same height. Stalemate. "I feel safer in a big car with lots if room inside"… then can't fit in a parking space without dinging someone's door, then moan when someone in a brick bangs their car. Stalemate. "it's a nice place to be when you're stuck in traffic" … not helped by the fact most cars are 2x the size they need to be, so you're causing your own bloody jam. Stalemate. “I need 4wd, hill hold assist and 30k of Dakar inspired options for the bad weather”… when you work from home, have a duvet day when it drops to freezing and live in the suburbs, and don’t go out in the rubbish weather. You also very rarely see any kind of sports equipment in or on them even though a lot of the owners could do with some exercise, there’s a lot of sportswear being worn by them too … deliberately ironically?
SUVs are a pain in car parks, my car is low, when I end up with one either side, I end up having to inch out of the space, praying the people already driving round the car park realise I can't see a thing.
Yes, my wife had a Nissan juke as a courtesy car a while back. You sit wedged in a sort of ‘leg & bum slot’ surrounded by mounds of plastic and carpet. Very claustrophobic, not helped by the gargantuan rear pillars which made a rear view camera a necessity. Shite. 💩
I agree also with your comments about the owners. Whenever I walk past a parked SUV with the owner inside (waiting for someone) it’s always an obese blob wedged in the cabin, fucking about with an oversized smart phone 😬
Well summed up! The thing is, they don't have any more internal space than a normal saloon, hatchback or estate. I sat in one recently and it was like being in a WWII pill-box, so dark inside with tiny windows and terrible sight lines.
Hi Geoff,I was at goodwood fos yesterday, the only complaint the car had that I said the yellow colour is nice .It seems like everyone hates it even the sales women I was talking to.
Maverick is over here in the states. Been here for a few years as a itty bitty tiny little truck that seems to be quite popular with people who don't actually want to buy trucks.
Any new car model nowadays really looks the same as the other brand's equivalent. When I saw that "Capri" here on yesterday's video I truly thought you were talking about that Polestar thing Geoff.😊
The old Capri was popular but it had it's detractors too. Basically we a rebodied Cortina, with a laughably long bonnet containing an undersized engine. Like a short man wearing built up shoes.
Exactly, the Ford Maverick is a better appropriately sized and affordable truck for both the US and EU, instead of ridiculous Ford Ranger company car tax write offs. A hybrid pickup no less, which Ford could have offered since its 2005 Escape hybrid
In the 1960's and 70's in Australia we had 3 major manufactures building cars here . Ford , Chrysler and Holden , and you new which was which without seeing the badges . Now you can't tell a Jag from a Hyundai without seeing the badges .
Japanese, Korean,the most reliable ,the old opels 160i astras were great ,I have a station wagon /estate with 365 plus on the clock 1995,still going strong addendum in south Africa no rust as I am inland
yesterday right before a highway exit there was obviously an accident with very visible cops signs and warning lights showing that the right lane next to the exit (RHD) was closed and you could see the police and ambulance parked on the lane...a guys with an audi SQ5 arrived at an easy 90mph way above the normal speed limit and even more of the reduced because of the accident one and inserted himself at full speed in a 40mph lane followed by hard braking with less than 1m between him and the car in front and back...so sad the police officer was too busy with the event to have seen that schweinhund I think is the correct word for that person
I loved my Capri even though it was a lowly 1.6L . An amazing bit of kit for the price that in hindsight was the best new car I ever had. I was proud I drove a Ford and went on to have several others in the range as I grew older including a top of the range Scorpio Estate - all were brilliant.
Perhaps you're forgetting the firewall bending leading to clutch cable breaking, the piss poor bushes in the steering rack leading to steering wheel shudder, and rust problems. Great to drive but could have done with better quality control.
My father in law had every mark of Cortina. Ford blotted their copy book with the Sierra as it wouldn't fit down his drive (between two buildings) so he couldn't get it in his garage. Ford's loss was Volvo's gain.
Many years ago was taking to a small manager from the Ford Dagahnam plant. I said I hated the look of the new Ford KA that had just come out and he was amazed that I didn’t like it. “But all of the reports and studies are saying that this is exactly what people want so it is going to be a huge success, this is the car of the future” he said. To which I asked “who commissioned and paid for those reports?” He replied that Ford did. To which I threw my hands up in the air as said “well then !” He just stared blankly back at me oblivious that there might be a problem in believing the report about a Ford product when Ford themselves are making those reports.
I thought I parked next to one of these this morning , but when I looked it was a Mach E ! I did think to park somewhere else for safety but was only there a couple of minutes
As ex-motorcyclist I was chased by an unmarked police 2.8 Capri injection, I stopped when they setup a road block. I just thought it was a kiddy-boy racer until I found the road block with marked police cars, I would have stopped if I knew. So I have fond memories of a Capri, it was also a Capri that made me never get into another car when I was 13 until I 26 when my company told me I cannot have a company motorbike and needed to pass my car test. They then bought me an Audi 100 which was a big car for my starter company car, from an Yamaha FZR750 to a long box on wheels. The new electric Ford Explorer is very small. I hate the designs of new cars and motorbikes. My favorite cars was strangely a Peugeot 405 SRI as it was a fun car even though the sun roof popped out over taking a car at around 120mph and smashed on the road behind me; fun car crap build quality. Most reliable because of bullet proof engine was the Vauxhaul Calton and the V6 Omegas done ~ 400,000 in a lot of them and never ever got them serviced.
I always knew it as the FORD Capri. People love Fords for their hot hatches, from Mexicos, to RS2000, to XR3's to RS1600i, RS Turbos, Cosworths, etc etc, this is what Ford should do. Drop all the utter junk they currently have and bring back the sporty XR range, no EV petrol engine, 150BHP fiesta XR2 and a 200BHP XR3, then a higher range RS cars as the premium range.
I helped my friend put a 3.5 v8 rover engine from an sd1 into a mark2 popular plus. Looked standard except for the rostyle wheels and air outlets in the boot lid because there was no room in the front for the radiator. We put a transit radiator in the boot. Great fun .
The interior being a selling point isn't really surprising, it's where you spend all your time. It can be the difference between a long arduous journey and eating the miles without noticing.
Yeah but if you ask me the interiors are shit now. lots of glaring screens where basic functions have to be operated through a touchscreen rather than simple buttons, black headlining is making interiors feel dark and cramped, piano black plastic everywhere which ages like milk. They have everything you couldn't want except quaility and simplicity.
@@gravemind6536 Absolutely agree with this, the giant screens especially are soul crushing, but there are still better or worse ones. I got a Defender with a tan interior, feels nice and open inside and while there is a modest screen theres a console covered with buttons for anything important. Actual clicking ones!
@@aacmove No, it is completely political to the point of treason and beyond. I for one have had enough and would take up arms TODAY. It is nothing to do with cars , covid, immigrants etc etc etc. We are being fed lies in every aspect of our lives. Some can see it most cannot. Our government must be destroyed so we can start again. Fuck the bastards they are scum to a man.
New car models are extremely expensive to produce wth all the testing and type approval regulations, with EV sales shrinking they simply cant afford to throw any more money at it. like other manufacturers they are using stock pre approved bodyshells / drivetrains and simply changing trims etc for variety, but to spice things up they are using iconic names.
It's estimated that Ford spent upwards of £500 million designing the new Capri. Much focus was given to aerodynamics, acoustics, aesthetics ergonomics and development. Ford executives were delighted with the finished product but the shit hit the fan when the tea boy came in and informed them that no one gave the designers a photo of the original Capri to look at before they started.
i think the real number is way lower. you could of course count part of explorer ev and vw's costs as part of the 'design' costs to yank the number pretty high
@@lasskinn474 You think it's lower based upon what? The price tag to develop a new vehicle starts around $1 billion. According to John Wolkonowicz, Senior Auto Analyst for North America at IHS Global.
@@asensibleyoungman2978 the point is that it is not a new vehicle by a long shot. they did not develop the electronics for this, they did not develop a new floor plan for it, they did not develop even all new all bodypanels for it, they did not develop a drivetrain for it. it is a variant for an existing model branded as it's own model and ford didn't develop the drive train, floor, suspension etc for the model it's based on either!
@@asensibleyoungman2978 you need some sort of a chart of how much it is new production line? they didn't even spend the money yet to upgrade the onboard software modifications to the latest upstream version from the platform used. now granted, you could spend few hundred mil doing nothing too, which is not exactly unheard of either.
Excellent video Geoff - chapeau to the Man With No Name ... his comments are "Nail. Head. Hit." With regard to Ford commercials, anyone know where I can get a Ford Transcontinental - most beautiful tractor unit ever made ... it was so high for it's era and what encouraged me to get my HGV Class 1 (now C+E) artic licence back in the day. Looking forward to the new Ford Zeffah, Ford Cantina, and Ford Zodiak models.
Ford of Europe has been in last chance salon for many years and it’s true that only the commercial vehicle division makes money (and has pretty much always made money). When the fleet driver car choice was basically Ford, Vauxhall or Rover they still made money based on volume (despite the high discounts) with service business based on the size of the vehicle park. The increase in popularity of leasing allowed a high purchase price to be offset by high residual values. Consequently, the premium brands suddenly came into scope of the average fleet driver, rather than just senior managers… and basically that killed the segment sadly…
My love for the automotive pretty much stopped at 2017 where the last few nice ICE cars were made. My diesel ST is from 2015 and I love it, planning on maintaining it as long as it takes as I do everything myself. Best car ever , cheap RT and 700mile radius.
Yeah keeping the 2016 Toyota Auris I've got for the same reason it was hard to find a good car to buy back in 2019 when I bought it. Proper handbrake, 4 cyclinder engine with timing chain reasonably sized 16 incha alloys and no intrusive technology that ruins it. Gonna be a long time before I buy anything else.
2:40 "don;'t want to offend countries with names" 🤣🤣 I dont remember them banning the "Getz" from Liverpool. 😂😂 And why don't VW call their MPV the "Pak1carrier"?
Names that don't offend? Nobody did my challenge on the Audi e-tron which the Crapi is based on. I said that Audi had said exactly what the e-tron is, run a French to English translate on the word étron. Just do the translation. If I wrote it down, you wouldn't believe me. On second thoughts, maybe the Audi and the Carpi are very closely related.
Do you reckon Ford could produce another Focus that had electric windows as an OPTIONAL EXTRA and zero other frills? Simple 1.4litre petrol (or diesel), 5-speed manual, wipers and lights. OK, add brakes too if you want but you know what I mean....... absolutely NOTHING else. Sell it for £12k and wipe the market clean, EVs included.
No because it has to have lane assist, AEB and a whole host of other sophisticated nanny state equipment. People need to start looking after the cars they've got or otherwise you're gonna end up with a modern restricted and intrusive piece of crap.
Geoff because legislation has killed the car industry. I think the manufacturers should switch to providing parts to rebuild older cars. Remaking body-shells, engines everything.
My Mom had a Ford Maverick two door in the 1970's. Ford discontinued the Maverick decades ago, only to bring back the name on a pickup truck last year. Ford likes certain car names and doesn't care what vehicles they stick them on. (Ken in Maine, USA)
Hilarious that the “interval” ad was for a public charging station in Brum. I remember the Capri as being driven by boy racers, I remember cars with go faster stripes and flames. There’s an amazing Triumph Herald around here (2 colours of green, sparkling chrome - aahhh) it’s in superb condition. How many trips in the back of the family Herald trying not to be car sick? Ours was pale blue, the Anglia was lemon, the Corsair was white, the Triumph 2000 can’t remember. In those days cars were all different styles and colours, OK may be not aerodynamic but people didn’t travel as far or as often decades ago. My mother used to whizz around in a Triumph Spitfire, mid blue - £5 petrol to fill up! Remember the line from Life on Mars. - “Fire up the Quattro”? Who the heck is going to shout with urgency “unplug the Capri…what d’you mean somebody’s nicked the charging cable?” Here’s a thought how will the film companies shoot car chases with EVs? Crashes would be quite spectacular. Re-make of Bullitt or the French Connection?
I’m 16 and I also miss the cars that Ford produced. They had the Ford Focus RS, The orginal Ford Puma coupe, Ford GT40, Ford Escort Cosworth etc. Now they are bringing their heritage down with these overhyped EVs that majority of people can’t buy outright anyways. Luckily Japanese brands like Subaru and Honda keep the sports car hype alive. There’s still the Subaru BRZ and Honda are releasing a new prelude coupe. My first car next year is going to be my dad’s 2016 Subaru BRZ when I get my license.
We, once, had a Ford Cortina 1600E for the business. On the way to London, it developed a load knock and we had to stop. Not seeing and visible problem, limped into Northampton. It was a broken crankshaft, hence the loud knock.
I've had 3 Fiestas, 2 Escorts and a beautiful R reg Mondeo in my driving life, my husband has had loads of Fords too, he always wanted a Capri but he doesn't want this new one he said "what a load of s**t" & I couldn't agree more. Great video Geoff I look forward to more updates on this ❤
I’ve always liked Fords, my first was a transit custom, when Bristol Street was in the city centre in Worcester, I had a 2nd row of seats, roof lining, nice floor, massive removable parcel shelf. It came in cheaper than a Ford Escort estate car, and was more useful. Wife had the Ka for school run/work. Then we had a mondeo estate, basic edge model, but was pimped up with extras to a titanium model, loved that car, wife was travel sick in it. Then S max, nice car, but after a year EGR valve issues. Then life changed and I bought a focus diesel estate, 2014, 20 quid car tax, economic to run, still have it, with just over 50000 on clock. Every time I visit Bristol st Worcester, I can visibly see the demise of the brand, and franchise. Before at least 3 new car sales people, now 1, and at least 5 2nd hand sales people, now 1 or 2. Stock wise not much choice in either sector.
I come from a Ford family. My dad owned a Mk1 and Mk5 Cortina, mk2 Sierra and mk1 mondeo. I had a mk4 fiesta, mk4 mondeo, kuga, and focus st. When they shut Bridgend, I came over all Spanish. My steering wheels now sport an S not a blue oval.
What I want in a car: 1. Reliability & low servicing costs. 2. Low running costs, ie. Good fuel economy and sensible tyres. 3. Five seats and large boot for a dog cage and to carry things. 4. No toys, just ABS. 5. Enough power to cruise comfortably at 85 mph (To give plenty of slack for cruising at 70). 6. An easy to clean, light coloured, comfortable interior. 7. A 500 mile range and 5 minute refuel/recharge. My cars are functional. You can even call it a Proton Wanker, I’ll still buy it if delivers.
yep. i dont give a flying fek what it looks like what it's called as long as it's cheap to run. too many idiots get emotionally attached to a piece of metal.,.it's just a car. a pos one aswell. all fords are junk.
There are some design elements that make a difference - eg. Height of boot lip, length and height of doors, visibility all round (pillars/obscuring features minimised), turning circle, right position and comfort of seats, drivers controls & easy (intuitive) use of same, parts availability, easy of service. A lot of those are also in the Looks Department.
@@James-cs2wi i'm too tight to ever pay that for a car. sold the camaro and now most of my cash in in stocks and shares. hoping to make enough to buy my 2 sons houses outright from the investments. make me happy if i can do that for them. had enough of sports cars and fast bikes. too old for all that. anyway we love our leaf. great car for us. bought our 20 year old son brand new kia ceed gt-line 1.5t 160 bhp. he loves it
I had a Skoda Mk2 facelift Octavia VRS diesel. Leather Interior, huge boot. 55-60 mpg, quick, comfy. Probably the best family car I've ever owned. I had it for 8 years and it overlapped with a new Porsche Macan S diesel. The Octavia had no issues...routine servicing and a set of front brakes in its time with me. Even after stepping out of the Porsche it felt a nice place to be. The Macan went on to have major dpf issues and I sold it after 3 and a half years. Whoever owns that old Skoda must be feeling lucky...what a car! 👍🏻😎
Had to take my old Honda Legend into the dealers and had a "new" CRV courtesy car for a day - horrible! Looked like sh**, drove like sh**; inside was all about touch screens which were a safety nightmare when moving (no precise control on sliders etc) and full of "bongs", "beeps", "flashing icons" and other such sh** from so called driver aids which I call "driver distractions" - no wonder people are buying older cars and keeping them ......
Yep sticking with my 2016 Toyota Auris for the foreseeable future, last of its kind before all the intrusive technology came along and all the other crap ruining modern cars.
Pardon me if I wrote this yesterday, my Dad owned 3 Ford Capri's. A 3.0 GXL Mk 1, A 3.0 S Mk 3, and his last one was a 2.0 Ghia Mk 3. Thankfully he took professional photos of all his cars using medium format film cameras. I can see the fun he had with them.
I have a 2005 Subaru Legacy. Large inside, actually quite small outside, and I love its rear/side angles. I even think the ones after lost that look. And now they all the same as new cars are just skateboards with a samey looking body put on top.
I agree with you on the look and feel of the Subaru's. I have had a string of them and for me the best is without a doubt the 2002 forester 2ltr Sport I had for 11 years! followed by the 2005 Outback H6 3 ltr. which I had to scrap due to the non availability of parts from Subaru!
You made a good point about badge snobbery,but on the other side of the coin, Dacia seem to be doing well. Still plenty of people that just want a reliable tool that gets thejob done.
I drive a 2004 Mondeo ST220 4dr saloon. Heard, Ford will bring a new Capri to the market, thought I'll buy it. Then I saw pictures of the VW-based Polestar 2 lookalike. Thank you Ford, you made my decision easy, I'll keep my ST220
I just got back from a visit to the UK and could not believe how much Brits love Fords, and how many small Ford cars are on the road. I have never felt Ford made very good small (4 cylinder) cars here in the US. I will say the big Ford trucks are super popular here and the v-8 versions are pretty reliable. I really enjoy your channel and appreciate your warnings about all of this green nonsense appearing in Europe because what happens there eventually comes our way.
Yes because they were cheap to buy and run and reasonably reliable. Then Ford killed off the Fiesta, Focus and Mondeo, massive sellers for decades. Ford trucks get tax breaks in the USA and fuel is cheaper so a V6 or V8 truck makes sense.
My dad bought a Capri 1.6 GL in 1970 (metallic green), I had started driving the previous year (my car was a £40 A35, which was a dog, and yet rose tinted classic aficionados, seem to quite like them now!). The Capri was bloody brilliant! Low slung, handled well enough, could just about induce a power slide at the end of Aberystwyth Prom . . . Such happy memories . . . As an aside, I was invited to a customer focus clinic during the development of the SAAB 9000 in around 1982. We were there to comment on the style of the car, not the interior (I don't recall seeing the interior), as it happens I didn't think much of the shape of the car (but they did give me Cross Ballpoint and pencil set with the SAAB moniker attached) , but my point is, don't car manufacturers have such clinics these days . . .? If so, don't the invitees just scream in horror?
I am from the U.S.A. and the one thing you said I agree with, The Focus (2001-2008) was the best car ford ever made. It was cheap, simple, reliable, and was cheap to repair as well. They were not beautiful cars but they were great transportation and again, reliable. I had two.
The idea that modern car buyers are more interested in the inside of a car rather than the outside is evident in the high number of battleship-grey motors currently poisoning the landscape. I keep looking at these cars wondering if they forgot to put the top-coat on!?!?!?
That explanation sounds legit. Ford would obviously needs to make a more affordable EV. But they just can't. Not even with 70% engineering savings with that MEB platform. I hoped they would get out of the EV dip. Can't see this happening with this expensive Capri. The explorer, however might just cut it. And this has the oval...
Agreed 100%. What a shame and this makes so much sense. Car design is literally a cut and paste exercise with more focus on what it "feels like" inside. At least older cars will retain their value and individuality on the road (as long as they can survive)
Maverick is now sold in the United States as a base level small pickup truck. The "Cougar" name first appeared in 1967 under the Mercury marque attached to Ford-Lincoln-Mercury - as a more posh version of the Mustang. Mercury was positioned as the midrange marque, Ford the blue collar marque, and Lincoln the luxury portion of FLM
If I were wealthy I would probably "rent" my cars with PCP/PCH but as I always keep my cars long term I'm far happier to take out a bank loan cheaper than any car dealership will offer and pay over 5 years in the knowledge that I will have at least 5 years of no repayments after the first 5 years. For reason's I don't understand, people on PCP seem to ignore the fact that they will always be paying and they cite the reduced monthly spend by failing to acknowledge the usual first oversized payment or deposit that never comes back, so it they divide that amount by the term and add it to the monthly cost they are practically back at the monthly purchase price over 5 years. My current car was new in 2015 at £37000 and despite being 9 years old has actually still got quite a lot of value with very low mileage but I've got no intention of selling on. The new Capri to me is the same as what a Ham and Pineapple pizza is to an Italian fron Naples.
Great video, I hadn't really thought in that way(in the e-mail) but 'yes', young and middle-aged office types have no idea how an ICE engine works and don't care as long as their surroundings are pretty and a bit tech. Reminds me of my Ex who wanted me to re-paper a wall even though the plaster was falling off due to damp!
I know we all are hurt at the use of Puma, Mustang and Capri, but with the Chinese where they are currently the only early advantage the likes of Ford have is the heritage names. I would love to see a Ford coupe, but people don't buy them anymore, people aspire towards compact SUV's and crossovers. It might swing back, MG coming to the UK with a sports car might change things in the long term.
You got the point. This new EV might be a good car, maybe even a great one. But it will always fail to meet my expectations as a customer for a car named „Capri“ - To see this name on a rebadged VW ID.5 (ID.5 is a good EV, but VW did not call it Scirocco) makes feel fooled by the Ford marketing department.
