Filed under: Coupes, Ford, Rendered Speculation
Rendered Speculation: Another take on a new Ford Capri
The original Ford Capri was born in the early '70s as sort of a European take on the all-American Mustang and it looks like Ford may be on the verge of reviving the nameplate. Now that the Volkswagen has brought back the Scirocco (in Europe at least) Ford looks set to create a coupe off the Focus platform with the old name. Unlike another rendering we saw last month, this one doesn't have the rear fender vents, but sticks with the current fashion of front fender openings (or at least the appearance of openings). The style of this rendering takes the kinetic design language of Ford's Euro line and applies it to a shooting brake-style coupe very similar to the Volvo C30 (which also sits on the Focus C1 platform) and mixes in hints of the Mazda RX-8. At least it's all being kept in the family. If this new Capri does happen, it likely won't appear before the early years of the next decade, although a concept could appear somewhere in 2009.[Source: AutoExpress]
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bakka 9:48AM (5/01/2008)
Looks like a Mazda.
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Ligor 9:51AM (5/01/2008)
a larger Alfa MiTo
not a bad thig, but i don't lik eFord to copy as blantantly as the Chinese
except for the front end, even the wheels look like a version of the Alfa wheels
Duders 12:49PM (5/01/2008)
Looks like an alfa I think. Just not as flowing.
SPG 9:53AM (5/01/2008)
I'll throw in my two cents as to what I think it looks like too, the Volvo C30, the rear part at least.
Either way, it's a nice looking car.
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Jim in Tampa 10:00AM (5/01/2008)
Who was it that told the auto designers that the public likes these stupid vents (either real or fake) on the side of the cars? Will you please call them and tell them you were joking.
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tankd0g 10:08AM (5/01/2008)
Or at least make them blow smoke or something.
Andrew L 10:13AM (5/01/2008)
Bring it here as a Mercury
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ALEXER 10:16AM (5/01/2008)
they could probably sell this car as a mercury here and save the brand which is passing away day by day
why mercury is not what it used to be? where are the luxurious cougars of the 60s? where the commet is? capri is not here any more!! mercury was designed for performance and luxury but now it is a women's brand. thats just stupid!!!!
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Quattrofan 10:19AM (5/01/2008)
Thats a Capri? Looks like just some Ford Shooting Brake thing. I am not a big fan of all out retro designs (e.g. New Beetle, Mustang, Charger etc...) but not a hint of old Capri? Give me a break.
This is what real Capri looks like...
http://www.moby302.co.za/photo/killarney/historic/touring_cars/71_ford_capri_perana_01_2006.JPG
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Adam 10:22AM (5/01/2008)
The rear end looks like it has the potential to look like a C30. I'm just wondering if there really is a market for this. I would have loved a small RWD coupe, but they just don't exist in the U.S market. I took a look at the C30, but it was just too expensive for what you got and I just wasn't totally enamored with the styling.
Forget Mercury though, its just not needed. Bring this has a Ford and leave those craving luxury to turn to Lincoln.
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Travis 10:42AM (5/01/2008)
there's definitely a market for this (GTI, Si, MCS, MS3), and if they offer it in 2 variants, one with 170hp at 18g, one with 225hp at 22/23g they'd sell like hotcakes.
please make this Ford, and even better PLEASE BRING IT OVER HERE!!!!
Rene Curry 10:36AM (5/01/2008)
The Capri name has been around the Ford stable even before the 70s.
I had a 1955 Lincoln Capri.... and I would love to buy this 1962 Ford Consul Capri and throw a turboed 4 in it!
Ebay link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=001&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=110246172498&rd=1
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Rene Curry 10:51AM (5/01/2008)
Let's see...convince the wife to buy the 1962 Ford Consul Capri and buy a Merkur to transplant the front suspension, rear suspension, & turbo 4. Yeah, that's the project!
targa 11:12AM (5/01/2008)
All,
Please note that this rendered speculation from AutoExpress - a low quality auto rag in the UK. I doubt that there is any truth to these images. In fact I am very sure they are a photoshop of the Ford Visos concept from 2003. Check the links below. These are the original photos that have been chopped.
http://www.autocult.com.au/img/gallery/full/TorqueOmata4051.jpg
http://external.cache.el-mundo.net/elmundomotor/especiales/2003/09/francfort/imagenes/novedades/ford/ford_visos_1_xxl.jpg
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targa 11:47AM (5/01/2008)
In fact the wheels have not even be changed (Visos would have been penned before Mito was even signed off!)
As for the vents, the only reason they are shown is to disguise the origin of the photo, and try and add current Ford Europe styling cues.
I hate Auto Express for repeatedly trying to pass of their make believe drawings as a real insight in a future car design.
Landy 1:30PM (5/01/2008)
You're absolutely right!
They took these pics and added some details from the upcoming Fiesta S (silver frames in lower bumper).
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-ford-fiesta-china/
This rendering has nothing to do with a possible new Capri!
Torrent 11:58AM (5/01/2008)
Good, the car the three bar grille only really looks good on is the Fusion. And maybe the Edge.
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Wildgoosechase73 12:24PM (5/01/2008)
Capri doesn't fit their naming scheme in the US. Could they be abandoning it?
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andybee 12:43PM (5/01/2008)
another dire photoshop by Auto-Excrement being passed off as the real-thing :(
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Throwback 2:01PM (5/01/2008)
I don't care what they call it, just bring it to the USA as a Ford.
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