Ford Capri reveal | Brave or brilliant move?

[@terrydelahunt842]

Nobody knows how to bastardise an iconic name like ford!

[@neillchippett655]

Award winning Bastardization ! Absolutely Horrible.

[@fergalreidy9669]

diesel...............needed now........................

[@toyotaprius79]

Ford USA never cared for Ford Europe

[@toyotaprius79]

​@@fergalreidy9669wrong tree

[@Roy-gi5ul]

I don'tknow 😊they're all ar it, but. Just what thefascination there is😢

[@oldskoolclassic]

Who ever made this decision at Ford should be sacked

[@martinstewart5205]

It's awful like a van dipped in custard. How they could call that abomination a Capri beggars belief

[@szszg]

Can't wait for the new 2.7 tons 7 seater Ford Escort.

[@rosswhittleton6277]

Im of an age that means I've been lucky enough to have ridden in a 3.0 litre Capri in Silver a 2.8i in white and 2.0s in black all great cars this however is horrendous and an insult to the name.

[@raymondhunt6109]

Looks like a Polestar.

[@neilhaughey6869]

Looks like a half baked rip-off of the polestar. Really sad that the company that gave us the fiesta, escort and sierra has been reduced to this.

[@robking6968]

I think they would have been better calling this a 'Mondeo Fastback' or something.

[@MrGMawson2438]

A new name

[@planestrainsdogsncars4336]

Mondeo Mach-e 😆

[@me-gb2wp]

Or just crap

[@johngreen-sk4yk]

​@@me-gb2wp Or maybe Crap-E

[@nobatteriesincluded3968]

To add insult to injury there’s a Volkswagen 1D6 hiding under this 😂

[@jaffajedi4911]

omg a Capri barf, they have killed the legend

[@fledermausmann8607]

so i guess the next upcoming model will be called the "Model T" ?

[@NobbyOnCars]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@denism66]

And if you want it in black it will be a 2k optional extra.

[@craigbrett672]

it's not a Capri, it's a bland SUV

[@mlann2333]

The name Capri means nothing to anyone under the age of 40 at this stage I think. It's gone since '87 so doesn't matter. Not sure why they bothered all the same, just another suv to me.

[@jamesking8508]

That is horse crap I'm 32 and I've owned 2 capris, my friends who's same age and younger have had capris all thanks to our dad's ect this is an absolute joke of a car. Alot of people I know think this is an awful idea from ford

[@william6453]

Thats bull im 23 and i think its a disgrace to the heritage of ford

[@mlann2333]

Maybe most people then... How's that ?

[@fullsendmountainbiker5844]

As an 18 year old I absolutely love the old Capri. My dad was saying how how his friend owned the 3.0 litre version, and it was a beast. Trust me, my generation hate these crap modern cars trying to be iconic. I’m not totally against EVs but car companies need to at least try and make them look pleasing to the eye. They’ve just stopped trying.

[@guyl9208]

Incorrect from a 90s kid

[@chrismantonuk]

What a waste of a beautiful name 😢

[@Bob-ts2tu]

thankfully it will be like most EV's that no-one wants to buy and won't be around for long.

[@the_amazing_raisin]

I have to say I'm very disappointed that they ignored the Capri heritage No oil spill under the car No rust spots on the wheel arches I bet it even starts first time in winter 😮

[@NobbyOnCars]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ffotograffydd]

😂

[@laurencefahey3132]

Well plain and simple it’s not a capri , it’s just got the same name . Would of been better if they saved the name for something in the future that has some degree of resemblance to the icon

[@jinxvrs]

Agreed - it would have made more sense to use Galaxy, Granada or Scorpio.

[@laurencefahey3132]

@@jinxvrs galaxy would of been perfect 👌

[@TerryHickey-xt4mf]

I am gutted, it is no more a capri than i am, such a shame that a name has no meaning any more.

[@jamesking8508]

​@jinxvrs escort would have been better, they made 5 dr escorts

[@Bob-ts2tu]

should have been called the 'ford bloater' IMHO, sums it up perfect, and can i see that nob cantona giving it his trade mark kung-fu style kick?

[@jollyroger5999]

Reminds me of the BMW X6 which I always thought was pig ugly. This doesn't do much better. They should have just modernised the old capri shape. I think that would have been a winner. Cars are getting quite boring now going with these SUV templates. Anyway great video as always Nobby.

[@chrisblay]

It doesn’t capture the look and feel of a Capri in any way.

[@TerryHickey-xt4mf]

I agree!!

[@philtucker1224]

How about calling it a fiesta, or maybe a Transit? Ranger? Pilot? Taurus? Granada maybe or Scorpio? Grand Focus? Mondeo Galaxy plus?

[@athloneduke]

A NY Taxi comes to mind...

[@NobbyOnCars]

Airport?

[@radt1990]

Very much so mate

[@Denistone]

If they used a new name, I wouldn’t be so disappointed. It’s been a few years, I still don’t like a crossover being called a Mustang. And I don’t like a Capri becoming this. Has the world run out of good new names?

[@quackcement]

what about the shellby mach e crossover, or the puma crossover, everything ford touches turns into a soccer mum suv

[@renleu]

To be fair the previous Capris were also built in Europe (among other places). I think ti looks great and if it drives well, I am definitely putting this on my shortlist.

[@MrGMawson2438]

The Ford Granada hatchback

[@N_MationsYT]

They should’ve made a small compacted coupe with one of the v6s made for the Ford Bronco and F150. Just a preference 😅

[@N_MationsYT]

Considering that the original capri had a V4 & V6. What has the Automative Industry become….

[@fullsendmountainbiker5844]

I’m not against EVs (although I prefer combustion engines), and some car companies have nailed the EV market (like some Teslas and the Porsche taycan/ Audi e-Tron rs) but this sort of crap is a disgrace to iconic cars. These generic electric SUVs need to be stopped.

[@Richard-sl8we]

It's a rebadged VW ID.5 with a few Ford styling tweaks.

[@EinkOLED]

What is going on at Ford? They designed some fantastic cars in the 80's all the way up to the early naughties (ford puma/KA and focus).

[@garyscott3056]

As a child and young adult of the 70's and 80"s I remember the original Capri very well. A lot of ky friends and family had one. I know this new Capri is nothing like the original, but dare I say it, I'm actually growing to like it, and the curved c pillar is definitely nod to the original

[@B-kn8yb]

Brave or brilliant? Why didn’t you include “Stupid” as an option?

[@marketingwizdom]

Most comments here are far too polite. This is just one of the most revolting looking cars I have ever seen. What were they thinking?

[@keithclinch1303]

It’s not a Capri!!!!!!!!

[@menifo4334]

What do they smoke in Ford?

[@derekmeates5077]

Ford really are shooting themselves in the foot .

[@stephenballantyne]

OK, since you asked. The back looks fine, good even. The side profile is decent because it looks like a Polestar. The front is just appalling. Like the blandest, most uninspired front end you could possibly imagine. Then it has an identikit interior to the Explorer, which already borrowed the worst elements of the VW ID cars and they want to charge a fortune for it. Hard to avoid the conclusion that Ford have given up at this point. Oh and I don't care about the name, but that's possibly because I'm not old enough to have experienced the original.

[@gmac5112]

Capri-sun

[@MrGMawson2438]

The Capri ID4 lol

[@the_amazing_raisin]

My favourite part is that Ford took the ID.4 and gave it a useful amount of covered storage inside. VW could take a few notes on that front

[@Jason.Collis]

All honesty I’m 22 and was looking forward to a revamp of the capri after looking for a project car thinking ah I can skip all the work of a project with the new “capri” but this is absolutely awful, I wouldn’t even let my dog sit in this, it’s just not a capri. It’s another generic electric suv

[@easyeddie]

Another SUV/Crossover nobody wants

[@williamfence566]

Can't see Bodie and Doyle handbrake turning for no reason in this. Just an ID5 clone.

[@nickwhitney1534]

As uninspiring as a Mustang Mach E. I think it’s a marketing stunt. They could have called it anything but that would not get anyone talking about it. It’s just another giant battery on wheels. So many to choose from.

[@chrismcerlain1664]

just playing on a name, as the mustang mach e thing. I`m waiting to see the new renault 5 on the road, thats the way to do it if you are going to milk a name

[@lexrobspierre1129]

People are upset at the use of the Capri name, but i think that is the only interesting thing about it!

[@MarkHarveyArt]

Can't wait for the GT40 SUV...... I can almost smell that from here.. 😞

[@Just-a-guy926]

Looks like a Volkswagen in Ford drag.

[@gerrywhelan7426]

The car you always promised yourself. God help us! Come on Nobby, time to get off the fence, say it as it is.

[@enyaq_gorm]

ID4/5 in new clothes? Why not just buy an Enyaq ;-)

[@gerardleahy6946]

I would agree with the Polestar looks. Where did the registration come from? It us an old Co Louth plate and I dont it is street legal in the UK. I dont see the connection with Ford or Capri names. EV manufacturers should get better places to store cables than under all the luggage which may be on board.

[@NobbyOnCars]

Just a plate for display purposes. Agree on the cables. New Skoda Elroq has a net underside of boot shelf for them.

[@jinxvrs]

The plate is a show one - it uses numbers and letters which can be reversed so that when a picture is flipped, the plate reads properly whether it's lhd (HIY I88) or rhd (88I YIH). It's a pretty common tactic in car adverts.

[@gerardleahy6946]

@@jinxvrs Very interesting. I thought they would use old UK plates which would start with CAP or FOR.

[@audrius.jaciauskas]

Brilliant color. Love it. Does it have an ambient light inside? What about seats? Is there wireless charging inside?

[@ConcreteJungle7]

Should of designed it like the Ford Capri Cosworth or even the Brookland, but in futuristic style.

[@XTRLFX]

Looking at the shape the correct name for this thing would have been "Ford Escort".

[@daveomeara2419]

It’s a nice looking machine. Ford now have the Kuga , Explorer and now the Capri at similar price points

[@user-rb2eo4sm9f]

Yes and all not worth the money, Ford are done, the competition is a lot better

[@bosworth3398]

As if we didn't already know....Ford lost the plot some time ago !!

[@Rapscallion2009]

The original was a cheap way into a slightly stylish, sporty car. This is an expensive way into an electric minivan. These are not the same thing.

[@markkearney4315]

Called a Capri but it definitely isn’t a follow on to a fab 70s coupe. But as a car it’s a pretty nice shape. As comments say, part of it Polestar-y shape wise. Like the interior a lot, seat shapes quite sporty. Boot excellent, good size batteries. Nice if something like Lane Assist was standard. Agree with you regarding potentially naming it Focus electric, instead of its name disappearing, the ‘Capri’ is a poor choice for us olds..thanks Nobby, excellent review.

[@ISuperTed]

Well I’ve got a few suggestions what it should be called!. The printable ones are Dora (seeing it’s actually an Explorer Coupe) but I’m going to have to go with the Ford Crapi 😅

[@NobbyOnCars]

Don’t get yourself banned from KZbin with swear words anyway 🤣

[@ISuperTed]

@@NobbyOnCarsBelieve me what I wanted to post was far worse 😂

[@delkeeper]

Looks to me like the Polestar 2 from the side or the new Peugeot 408

[@kevinwestk7958]

Looks like any other suv crap colour doesn't deserve the Capri badge they were classics

[@michaeloherlihy7216]

It's basically a VW ID5 or Skoda Enyaq in a different guise. I wonder if the explorer and this will even sell well, name aside. If not I really wonder about the future of Ford in Europe. In cars anyway, the transit looks to be selling okay

[@NobbyOnCars]

Transit is top notch as usual.

[@mlann2333]

​@@NobbyOnCarsapart from the 2.0L wet belt transit.. 😮

[@EinkOLED]

The new ford Transit is basically a rebadged VW.

[@nickbromhall]

Nope it's a Ford product. VW are using Ford's commercial platforms ​@@EinkOLED

[@masher1832]

It’s the other way around. The new Transporter out in Sep is the re-badged Transit. VW also use the Ford Ranger as the base for the Amarok. Ford get to use the ID4/ ID5 platform for the Explorer/ Capri. Not sure who got the best deal

[@grahamlockley4435]

I dont have any great love for the original Capri but this only shares the name with the original. Absolutely awful mangling of a iconic car.

[@toyotaprius79]

It's a cynical crossover. The backlash has given Ford pretext to back off from EVs which is exactly what they wanted

[@stephenclay6852]

Look beyond the Capri name for its a better looking car than the explorer it shares all its components with other than the body.

[@floydpepper8289]

If they were gonna use an old name for a new four door car then Zodiac would've been better.

[@mikesmith666]

Like th car but have to say Ford should have kept the Capri name for a sports car. Using that name on this body shape, added that's it's electric, isn't helping promote EVs and makes it an easy target for the EV haters.

[@mdr-lw2bn]

Couple this against the Explorer which was/is a VW, this is a sad and somewhat desperate move by Ford (IMO) hoping marketing & nostalgia will equate to sales, rather than real innovation and engineering. This is NOT a Capri!

[@faylonbiryani]

Really nice car but shouldn’t really be called a Capri. They should give these EV new names! It’s too expensive so I’m probably going for a BYD Seal 🤷‍♂️

[@niallf1054]

The Ford design team need to spend some time at Renault....who know how to do real justice to their heritage. .The design of the new 5 is so on point...such a clever design. This on the other hand is so so disappointing. As was said on another channel..... the sales numbers will tell a tale !!

[@loneranger5928]

Nobby 👍 I think another name would have been more appropriate than the iconic Capri. The colour is not for me, but I like the look of the Capri

[@CyberDunk2077]

They spelled it wrong, let’s fix that…… “Crapi” I’ll wait for my check in the post.

[@tomenglishmusic6808]

Yuck. The original Capri was also yuck though. So…yuck all round.

[@gregj7916]

At the very least the design team should be consigned to purgatory…

[@seamushadrill2415]

It’s a lovely car in isolation, but they should have called it something else. As nobby said, maybe the new ford focus and people may have been a lot more accepting of it. But it definitely ain’t no capri and doesn’t reflect any design elements of the original whatever. Its reveal has been a huge disappointment and a massive anti climax after all the hype.

[@planestrainsdogsncars4336]

Oddly enough I thought the curved glass side window on the 3 original Capris didn't relate to the design of the car pleasingly at all, so , here it is on a rather ubiquitous SUV and it _still_ doesn't!.

[@philtucker1224]

You keep talking about “the original Capri” completely wrong as the original Capri was a very stylish 1960s coupe with beautiful rear wing fenders based on Ford Anglia/ Cortina mechanicals.

[@NobbyOnCars]

@@philtucker1224 you don’t say….

[@philtucker1224]

@@NobbyOnCars yep.

[@kaitlyn__L]

So this is just the European version of the Mustang Mach E then… with a slight styling change to make it vaguely resemble the Capri, much like it vaguely resembled the Mustang before.

[@Bob-ts2tu]

Brave or brilliant??, are u taking the pi55? - i'd title the vid 'lazy marketing' or 'plain stupid'

[@ffotograffydd]

It’s a shame it doesn’t look more like the original. I prefer the new Renault 5 because you can tell it’s very much based on the original.

[@lmwt1557]

Capri to me conjurs up an image of a sleek greyhound like image, this is just a lump. Updated Mondeo would have been better but then there's too many of the original still around.

[@carfella7994]

They should be ashamed of themselves! A Capri it is not...

[@Daniel-LouiseOSullivan]

Ford have made shite of the Carpi name. I also don't get how heat pumps and heads up display aren't standard now. Legacy brands like ford are going to die a death if they don't keep up.

[@grahamdoran1969]

Definitely not the Capri we all remember. I agree they should have called it the new focus, and people would be going wow. The capri, people will compare it to the orgional car.

[@chriswatson9700]

I can see how it’s been “Puma-ised”…made bigger and more practical than the original but….they should have gone fully in house with the Capri name rather than bolting it onto another VW platform. Range sounds impressive but not sure it would be achievable given the underpinnings from Wolfsburg 🤔

[@davidcooke813]

It's a joke ...

[@richardrichard9631]

Wow how ford got this so wrong by using the Capri name. Now have you seen the new fiat Panda, that lools like an lectric panda

[@philtucker1224]

Your thumbnail is claiming the EV is a 2.0 litre ha ha! 🤣😂🤣😂

[@gib321]

Nice car - shame about the name. They missed an opportunity not using the Focus name.

[@narniebone1332]

What are ford thinking. still not many buyers will even know where the name comes from or care for that matter at least the price isn’t bad if you like that type of abomination.

[@glenndavid8725]

Ford Crapri, lovely 😂

[@brukanbrugner6978]

I do not care about the legacy. I like the back. I feel front is ugly. Side looks good. 21inch wheels are cool-ish. 19's are horrible, 20's are a copy or Mercedes and are kind of ugly. I am very confused about this car. Would have been perfect to release an Explorer with a bigger boot.

[@paulwilliams5013]

The 'Ford Generic'...for generic people. I wonder how heavy the 'sporty' battery is?

[@christopherhann6725]

This car is just so uninteresting I can't bring myself to call it a Capri it's just a car and that's it

[@polomadmo]

All I can say is WTF is that? Ford needs to fire and replace it's design team it is making all of their cars ugly. Never mind, I know what it is... A Re-Bodied Ford MACH-E and that was shiz too..

[@Mancozeb100]

More of a rebodied ID4/5 !

[@polomadmo]

@@Mancozeb100 Don't get me started with Volkswagen, who do they expect to sell those big fat chunky looking cars to, but middle-aged old men and school mums. I'll stick with my Polestar 2 for now.

[@davidmarshall5596]

Another example of today's cars in general, all roughly looks the same , as for using the capri name fir this ,you're having a laugh 😂🎉

[@robbie6852]

Unpopular opinion: Always thought the original Capri was ugly as sin. Still though, why trample on an iconic model by giving a completely unrelated model that iconic name?

[@frankmetcalfe9391]

There will Never be a 1969 Capri

[@MrBrohoward71]

First the Mustang Then the puma And now this travesty Fords marketing team must be smoking something, Jesus christ !!!!!!!!!!! Isnt this just a slightly fifferent shape Mach e ?

[@grahamleiper1538]

Why did they put the charge port on the wrong side? Ford literally have a deal with Tesla.

[@GlowingTube]

No Ford!

[@KPGRUND]

Yet another unaffordable car for the likes of most of us with a mortgage …or you’ll probably be able to PCP it for about £400-450 a month with a 6000 mile limit and after 4k years you have a zero equity stake in it after paying out say £19-20k + deposit.

[@stevezodiac491]

May I present, 😢 THE ALL NEW, ALL ELECTRIC, FORD CRAPPY !

[@sunnyd6291]

Omg 47k is alot for this car its nothing special

[@craigh6775]

WTH is that, nothing like the iconic Capri , the 1st car I ever owned 40 years ago, what are Ford thinking, its a Polestar ripoff 🤮🤮🤮

[@ScottyJ1122]

Ha ha that's not a Capri, there doing the same as the Mustang EV just a bloody mpv, no Mustang in it. Capri was a UK Mustang, a Coupe. That is not a Coupe.