My first car as an 18yr old in 1978, was a 1975 N reg MK2 3000GT, insured in my Dad's name with me as a named driver, you could do that back then!😂 Never even considered anything else, it just had to be a 3 litre Capri. I really wanted a MK1 3000 GXL with the four headlights but they weren't that common even then and after looking at a couple of rust buckets decided on the MK 2. Carnival red with the ubiquitous black vinyl roof and factory sunroof. Happy days.🙂

Mk1 and 2 were the best for me

The seats aren’t original, they were never fitted with leather Recaros.

Best regards from germany i have an 77 mk2 3.0s complete restored it took 20years. But my Favoriten Capri is the Mark 2❤

Poor old Tony the Tiger! 😋👍

I have a 2006 jaguar xj vanden plas. I absolutely love the car. My entire life if always admired everything about it till I bought it off my grandpa. He’s now passed and it’s not only sentimental but I can’t wait till I have the money to maintain it and drive it since I have another daily driver I can’t afford both. I’m in a pickle. I don’t have the room really but I don’t want to have to sell it. What should I do?

Had one with the silver pin stripes instead of the JPS gold, when I sold it they were queuing up, nearly got my money back after 12 mths ownership. Mate had a Dolomite sprint and we'd have spirited drives across the New Forest, good times.

What Ford got right and BL got wrong was making very basically-engineered cars that looked appealing and were usebale and easy to drive. The (early) Escort, Capri, Cortina & Granada were live axle, RWD live axle, basic engines with iron blocks & iron heads, BL were messing around with hydraulic/gas suspension, 4 valves/cylinder, alloy heads, fuel injection, overdrive and i don't think that the buying public was that bothered about those features in the 1970s. The Austin 11oo/1300 sold very well and probably would have sold just as well with regular suspension.

Why is Garfield hanging out of the petrol filler cap!Lol

Just shows that black and silver plates look w⚓️ on anything post ‘71.

Think you will find that the mk2 never had a 1 6 crossflow,was allways a pinto,only the mk 1 had the 1.6 crossflow

My MK3 Capri made in 1983 is my baby. It's got everything. Factory sun roof , tinted glass , 5 speed , open rear Windows , fantastic cockpit and interior , hatch spoiler. , heated rear window , remote mirror , etc , etc . Bought her in 1989. Best car I have ever owned. Been offered 30 grand for her, I don't know if this guy was serious, but I walked away laughing saying she'll never for sale in my life time.

The montego could have been a great car if vw built it instead of just haveing vw golf gearbox ! It looked good still does drove very well modern by comparison to cavalier which was good car but sogy allthough safe predictable handling and sierra ! It was awfull an improvement from cortina but still loose i actually prefered a lada for driveing fun than sierra ! 😂😂 and ladas were better in snow unless you had 2 concrete paving slabs in sierras boot 👍👍😅.Seriouslly though driveing a 1.6l montego from brand new estate was nice car its just soon after myb a year or so things went downhill struts wheelbearings carb steper motor autochoke ! Just poor british quality!Now if it had been built to vw standards it would have been the passat which especiall in estate form was a very simillar car and yet passat then right upto 1995 was 1 of the best cars ive known and owned 3 passats 2 saloons 1 estate 2 montegos 1 sallon 1 estate.Britain had motoring history i know BUT britain as much as im ashamed to say HAS NEVER actually made a good car allways shoddy poorly built unreliable and WILL breakdown !! pretty much FORD JAGUAR LANDROVER RANGE ROVER VAUXHALL EVEN TODAY !! 😂😂😂😂😂

My Classic Jags are S Type 3l R - split rims, sunroof. dark green. X reg. And an XK 8 convertible dark blue black hood, 4L. S reg.

There are many other cars that can do what a Turbo R does... But there's no other car than can give the impression that a RR has..

P6 had better brakes than the sd1 . But the sd1 v8 shat all over the 827 vittese

Great review, love the MK2. Slight correction… the normal 1.6 Pinto with the Ford carburettor was 72bhp not 82. The GT was 88.

Lovely old girl how many 50 year old capris are totally original 😊

The MK2 seems to be the most rarely seen version of the Capri these days. There is actually a white one with Gold which I believe are even rarer that. The black and gold cars. Back in the eaely 80's my Dad owned a yellow MK2 Capri 1.6s with a black vinyl roof and the addition of a graphic equaliser which no doubt was the height of sophistication.

Had the 2.0S back in the 70's in the JPS colours,I never saw a GT model in the JPS colours,I started off with MK1 1600xl [DAYTONA YELLOW],then a 2.0S in Roman Bronze,[great colour]wrote that off then the JPS 2.0 last..it took me and my pal Gary down to the South of France and back without a blip..oh I miss them...the soulless cars of today

As a Series 3 XJ12 owner I'm not biased in any way.....but the Series 3 was peak Jaguar.

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Love them, many happy memories of driving them. Had a 1.6L, a 2.0GT and 3.0litre Ghia. Would love to have another one if finances allowed, but they are fetching silly money for a good one. I can't believe it's 50 years since the mark 2 came out. Suddenly I feel old.

Great to see such a survivor of a Mk2. But I always preferred the Mk3 with it's quad headlamps and built in front spoiler......just that bit sportier! My first was an '87 1.6 Laser, probably in 1990. It was uncool then as hot hatches were the thing to have, but being brought up on TV programmes like The Professionals and The Sweeney (not to mention the US imports like Starsky & Hutch and The Dukes of Hazzard) it had to be a rear wheel drive coupe for me. That was followed by a few 2.8 Injection models.......now those had the "go" to match its looks! Now I'm into Mustangs.....the Capri's American cousin :)

The awesome JPS paintwork was well saught after back then. I had four Capris ( two Mk1's & two Mk2's) Thank you for upload.

The car you've always promised yourself

Have you got a bag of cement in the boot?

Bodie had a Stratos Silver 1980 V reg 3.0 S OWC827V (TV fake reg OWC827W) and Doyle had a Solar Gold 1980 3.0 S OAR576V (again OAR576W).

Many of them were sold n Jamaica. I had cousons who had a mk 1600 and another 2.8 US german one.

50 years....where did that go ???

Nice! My dad had 2 of these in his time.

I had mk2 76 p reg ghia, ive Never sat on more comfy seats since.

The Probe all day long, the looks handling and comfort are great. I have a 97 GTS and GT. Great cars, glad I kept them. the 2.5L 24 valve engine gets great mileage, has enough HP for most people's needs. If I need more power, I can get a turbo for it. Modern aro bolt ons are still available. And with a vinyl wrap, my probe looks awesome. People are forever commenting on how cool the Probe looks. The Vauxhall looks like a kindergarten school marms car.

‘You know’

72 bhp for the regular 1.6 pinto which was fitted to the L and the GL. The 1.3 was the only one still using the crossflow in the UK

1.6 JPS. Gutless but cool. Miss my 280 Brooklands.

You must never talk about HP without mentioning the Torque; it is what really tells you the true power output of a vehicle.

Severe issues with the Mk3 Cortinas handling. Everything else is much of a muchness,i vote the Marina 1.8 TC to be a better car than any Mk3 Cortina. By the way i have owned more than a couple of each car.

That rattle.... I'll come back when it's fixed.

I want to Buy this car

From 1990-1992, look the best, sound better and have better quality..

The later Rover Montegos were much better made than the Austin ones as per here. However, I’d sooner have the Sierra.

Good video :) Just got my first Beetle! A very well set up one from 1961. Stroked 1600cc, disc brakes at the front, short shift gearbox, bucket seats. Everything I ever wanted. Good times ahead!

I looked at the mk2 booted version (Belmont) when new - Ended up buying a Citroen BX instead - The BX engine was a bit rattly, but overall the BX was a much better car back to back.... 🙂

Wild how the european probe 4 banger looks Almost excatly like the american 6 cyl gt...At first I though u were reviewing the gt... 93-94 gts were very stiffly sprung, had Aggressive exhausts , less emissions..they handled Taught... the variant you were driving, although it Looks like a usa gt, was likely fitted with the soft 4 banger's springs and struts....would have been cool to see you do a review of these both with their 6 cyl versions...the gt probe is a totally different beast.

Love my Nc, 2011 kendo. Makes me smile everytime i look at it...

XJR, as i have that exact car same colour everything , i even had the engine light up until a week ago when i changed the downstream sensors

Love that car❤ One of the best cars i owned, sadly it was stolen🥲

Xjr x308

Oldie for me