While fans of classic Ford cars in the U.S. harp on rides like the Mustang, Galaxie and others, in Europe, fans love the Capri. The Ford Capri celebrated its 50th anniversary this year and is an iconic car that legions of European Ford fans adore. Ford Europe design head Amko Leenarts says that a new Ford Capri could happen.
However, the design head points out that the car would have to “be in the zeitgeist and has to fit,” noting that it would have to work and not just exist as a project for a designer to bring back an old car. Leenarts also noted that he was amazed by the number of names Ford owns that “spur emissions” that are both positive and negative.
One name that the design head points to for negative emotion is the Ford Probe, a car that is seen as a flop today. Talking about concept cars in general, Leenarts says that Ford has no current plans to return making them. The last pure concept car that Ford created was the 2011 Evos.
Last summer, when Ford celebrated the 50th birthday of the Capri, it rolled out its perfect example from the heritage collection. That car was a Capri RS2600, and Ford used it to make a video to get Capri fans excited about the vehicle. The Capri used a V6 engine rather than the V8 that Americans favor. The little V6 certainly sounds good and pushed the car to decent performance for its era. Not long ago, a 1973 Capri GTU racing car was for sale.
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Source: Autocar
Comments
I SAY DO IT!! CARS ARE SO BORING THESE DAYS WE NEED A LITTLE EXCITEMENT!!
This car was more fun than ANY other I’ve owned since! Bring it back!
I had two Capri II’s back in the day. A ’76 and a ’77, V-6 sticks. Loved ’em both. Solid cars, and handsome.
Had a 72, V6, manual. Other than horrendous build quality it was a really fun car.
Dang! I had a 73 2600 that I wish I had the brains not to sell. Would love to see it remade
My first car. ’71. 4cylinder 1600cc. Mine was called Mercury.
Mine was a mercury too. Miss the car…it was a hoot.
I had a 73 Mercury Capri V-6. Loved it! Except the rear quater windows were “glued” and fell out on 3 or 4 occasions. Somehow the frame got bent and caused a shimmy that was terrible.
Same with mine.. lot’s of little things with that car but I loved it.
The shifter broke off below the boot and the gearbox got stuck .. my father and i couldn’t fix it and I sold it for cheap.. turns out that was a recall that never got fixed
I had a lot of fun with my 73 2600 stick. Red with a sunroof. It would give a 240z all it wanted. My first new car!