Nice looking car for it's time, interesting to see the price list with complete Toyota lineup at the time.

Next door neighbour had a brand new N reg yellow one just like the brochure in August 74....SOOOOO jealous..

Malipayong Pasko, Stephen! Happy Christmas from me watching on Christmas Day in Cagayan de Oro City Mindanao Philippines. The early Celicas were beautifully styled. I have to admit that my favourite Celica was the liftback that almost looked like a mini Mustang. Some of the Celica liftbacks in the early eighties also were very interesting. Keep safe and warm there in Manitoba Canada.

Really like the US muscle car-inspired look of these, some attractive designs on offer from Toyota around this time. Turning to the price list, a base model VW Beetle (1200?) came in at £995 on the road at this time. I can remember the adverts. So exactly the same price as a basic Toyota 1000. By no means cheap but fair value considering what you were getting, which is pretty much where Toyota has always been. Nothing wrong with that at all.

Merry Christmas, have relaxing period into New Year there's plenty vids i have miss.

Later in the 70s, this model Celica won in class at the Bathurst 1000 driven by Peter Williamson. Fitted with the world's first in-car camera in 1979, so lots of footage of the Celica.

Remember these love the styling. I owned a 1600ST with a 5 speed loved the pillar less doors and the little wind down window in the rear great looking car at all angles. I always aspire to get a 2000GT. Mine succumbed to the rust worm and was beyond repair but today there value is going up❤

My late Uncle had one of these new in yellow - a GT I think. It was a very nice car indeed. When you think about what else was on the road in 1974 wow it was a super stylish machine. Thanks for showing the brochure. Have a merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas! A friend of mine had one of these as a hand-me-down from her father. She drove it like a scalded cat, and she was utterly beautiful.

This is a good one for Christmas Eve. Great looking car.

Merry Christmas my friend. Back then, in my primary school days, the Celica was quite a common sight on Australian roads..

Thanks, for this brilliant broucher review. ) I've always really" liked the Fiat mirafiori. it's always been my favourite Fiat. ) I really like the look of the supermirafiori 2:0 TC. ) However the more basic 1:4 model really looks good. But My all time favourite" mirafiori would have to be the early series 1. 1300 model ) simplistic & uncluttered. Especially in 2 door form.

Miss my red ranger .. got me and the boys to Amsterdam early 90's. Happy times. Other than an early TT it's been estates all the way.

The CX was my favourite car when I was a kid. It was so beautiful !

BLACK MAGIC. Always loved this car! Back in the day I had a brochure of this - although I was only 13 at the time.

Wow was this car’s styling ever copied. Real game changer.

Love capris , they were the days

Of course we didn't get these Capris in Australia, but I reckon that the Cabaret II looked like great value.

Ford really were marketing experts with the Capri and other special editions in the late 70s and 80s. All these Capri's look great. I remember all these editions from my youth. Very informative video for the Capri fan.

Head restraints were mandatory for all Australian cars from 1972 onwards.

I don't think that I have ever seen one with alloys. Would they have just been the laser alloys ?

I do like two tone but Capri GT4 in silver with red pin stripping looks awesome, even red cluster rings add cool sporting touch.

remember that brochure pic ,, when i was 9!

You talk about the base/poverty spec cars. I think very few sold because they were so terribly decontented. Three things….. 1. By then a fleet manager would not only be considering purchase cost, they works be factoring in resale value when they came off and the L probably retained more value that it’s higher purchase price when it came to resale 2. If you were a private buyer I bet the L was probably only a few hundred more than the base so, again, because you got the extra goodies, a majority of punters ticked the “L” trim box in the showroom. 3. Finally, marketing. The low rent model allowed the advertisers to lead with a line something like “Sierra! From only £4995!” or some such whereas, in reality most buyers spent at least 5250 on the L. Basically, the base really only existed to upsell the better trim level. Whaddyareckon?

I remember the GT4 and the Calypso special editions, this was a nice video to show the special editions.

The Dodge Lancer and Chrysler LeBaron GTS were two of a long line of attempts to sell a more luxurious/sporty compact car model.

My dad had the 2.0is in rosso red. 1987

I'm in the US but I'm in my 50s and my family/brothers owned some British cars when I was a kid. Austin/Morris Minis, MG 1100, Austin America, MGB, and a Plymouth Cricket (Hillman Avenger).

There's a big price difference between the 1.3 Cameo and the other models. it's almost 20% , which is quite a jump. Looking at cars today I'm looking at base model Hyundais or Kias and those are about 10%

Working in a Ford dealership in the early 80’s in parts decals were a nightmare, so many different types and colours, the twin coachlines were the worst for sizes and combinations of colours

The Aspen was smaller dimensionally than the big cars but styled/trimmed like the big cars. It also rode and drove smoothly like a bigger car.

In these brochures they wrote a lot of guff meaning very little. I think that the Capri had an identity crisis from the outset. It was supposed to be an affordable sports car. They had to accept that not many people could buy a 3 litre Capri. They had to extend downwards and make a range of it to be profitable. This led people to wonder what a 1.6 or 2 litre Capri could offer that a Cortina could not.

I nearly bought one, a C plate Laser, in 1997. It was in really, really good condition but the guy wouldnt budge from his asking price of £650. One of my big regrets in life. Thats like £2500 grand now.

I had a 1.6 LS when I was 17 and a 2.0 Laser when I was 19. The 2.0 was so much better than the 1.6. The 1.6 was quite pathetic for a car like a Capri. My 2.0 Laser was lacquer red (the same colour as the 2.8 in your brochure) and I also had the 7 spoke wheels fitted as per the injection. I modified my 2.0 with a Kent fast road camshaft, 4-2-1 exhaust manifold and straight through exhaust with K&N filter with the Weber carb correctly jetted to suit. What a car that was to me, even though by the time I owned them they were very out of date. I owned a Mk2 XR2 straight after the 2.0 Laser and personally I think the Capri wiped the floor with the XR2 in every regard. I have no love for old XR model Fords, but my Capri is the only car I’ve owned that I still miss from time to time. I always wanted a 2.8i or 3.0S but sadly insurance was too expensive for me at the time. Now the cars themselves are way too expensive just to relive some nostalgia.

When the mk1 sierra was launched, you could get the 2.3 carried over from the Cortina 🫤

I noticed in the trim spec the XR4X4 name was listed. You couldn't get it in the Sapphire, only the hatchback. 🫤

I still don't understand why Ford Australia only ever sold the Mk 1 Capri, and only until 1971. I suppose Aussie Ford buyers at the time were usually buying Falcons, and the Japanese cars dominated the rest of the market. Coupés, hatchback or not, were never volume sellers in Australia. That even was the case for the Ford Falcon Hardtop, the Holden Monaro, and the Chrysler Valiant Charger and Hardtop. I suppose they were kind of like the cream on the top of the scones. Optional.

I had a capri when I was about 19 years old and thought I was Bodie from the professionals 😅

Interesting panel fit at 10.25

I do love a Ford Friday , not sure why, never had a Ford but they do bring back the memories as they were very popular cars.

My dad worked for Highbury Ford, dont think he has any brouchers but I know he still has all his Fast Ford and classic car Magazines. Found all of his college and Apprenticeship work. He would love this channel

Very few cars were more 'fun' to drive. Faster, more modern and better looking yes, but the capri (I'm talking about a 2.8i with lsd) was one of the best fun cars I ever owned. It taught me how to drift a car, something that few cars can do these days, it made a nice v6 noise and only the crap brakes let it down. I'd have another one as a Sunday car in a minute if the prices hadn't got so silly.

As a Capri MK3 owner, this review is just excellent! Greetings from Greece

The Capri I suppose was spiritually replaced by the Fiesta XR2, Escort XR3i and Sierra XR4x4 / XR4i. Hot hatchbacks were the priority in the 1980s. The 1.6 Laser had similar power and performance stats as the 1.4 CVH engines available on the smaller Fords. I assume this had the Pinto engine shared with the Sierra.

Really nice video, i had 3 Capris, a 1.6LS, 2.0GL and a 3.0Ghia which was an auto. The 1.6 was quite underpowered, the 2.0 was probably the best engine for performance and economy, the 3.0 just ate fuel and did about 12 to 18 MPG. By 1987 I remember everyone had moved on to Xr3i and Golf GTi's which could easily outperform a 2.0 Capri in every way and were cheaper. In the final year they still sold 14000 of them so not too bad for a car out of fashion and at the end of its run.

There was something nice and special about driving a Capri back in the day. That long sweeping bonnet with the power bulge in it out in front of your line of sight. They were lovely cars to drive even if they were a little tail-end happy at times if they were driven with a heavy divers boot right foot, especially the 2.8 injection model..

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I liked both the original and the facelift. But quality was always variable with these and rust killed many prematurely. By the time the Uno was released, Fiat had made some steps forward with reliability and rust, though not completely sorted. When the Punto and Bravo came around, things were much better.

Another one of those cars that looked far more revolutionary than it actually was. The looks were certainly devisive and personally I prefer the styling of '70s models like the 127, 128 and 131 which, I think it's fair to say, stood the test of time rather better. My dad chose the 128 over the Strada in late 1980, not just because it was cheaper but also because it had some of the appeal of the older Fiats. The Strada did look pretty cool and space age when it launched though, a shame Fiat did not sort out the quality and reliability issues. I can even remember some of the early UK cars on dealer forecourts sporting Ritmo badges!

Interesting video thank you.) It seems, strange not seeing you sitting behind your desk , it's like we've now seen you in the outside as a real full bodied person) I had to do a double take! I thought I was watching another person's channel for a minute lol. .