Ford developing two new EVs based on VW platforms

[Keef]

I like it. The retro aspect is subtle but true to form.

 

[Liquid]

Killing a cool name. It looks horrendous.

 

[05XR8]

I think this would have been the time to work with Mazda-Toyota-Suzuki on their joint small coupe to bring back the Capri nameplate. Missed opportunity.

 

[Neddo]

If this was called Capri X, Cross, Alltrack, etc. it would be fine. Same thing with Peugeot 408. Toyota does this with great success and keeps old names prestigious. Modern Capri coupe with design from this crossover would be great Prelude competitor.

 

[AudiMan2011]

I think this would have been the time to work with Mazda-Toyota-Suzuki on their joint small coupe to bring back the Capri nameplate. Missed opportunity.

Even the newly revealed MG Cyberster coupe concept looks more Capri than the new Capri does.

 

[Keef]

It seems that all the people who hate this are European. It was a Euro car so that makes sense. I have no nostalgia or purpose attached to the name so I don’t care - it looks like a cheaper Polestar 2 which is something I’d be really interested in. Plus the retro aspects of the design are great.

I’d add it to my shopping list.

 

[05XR8]

It seems that all the people who hate this are European. It was a Euro car so that makes sense. I have no nostalgia or purpose attached to the name so I don’t care - it looks like a cheaper Polestar 2 which is something I’d be really interested in. Plus the retro aspects of the design are great.

I’d add it to my shopping list.

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I was born and bred in the USA. I knew about the Capri since the Seventies. When I was little, my brother even had the original AFX G+ Capri slot car!
It's not solely a European thing. Especially as I was growing up and seeing "exotics" like Buick/Opel GTs in the projects where I lived.

When Australia made the Capri convertible, I couldn't believed the nameplate was ruined with that car. Similar to when the Elan was FF. However, both those cars were at least keeping it sporty in their classic spirits.

Ford could have even rebadged the current Mustang. What a novel idea!

 

[05XR8]

Even the newly revealed MG Cyberster coupe concept looks more Capri than the new Capri does.

Oh shoot! Thats not bad. Haven’t read about it or looked at any specs, but that’s at least an homage to the original MGB GT.

 

[Keef]

Oh shoot! Thats not bad. Haven’t read about it or looked at any specs, but that’s at least an homage to the original MGB GT.

It’s Chinese crap because there isn’t a single businessman in Britain who can figure out how to run a car company.

Edit: correction, there’s two, Aston and Ineos and that’s it for locally owned and operated British car companies.

 

[Famine]

It’s Chinese crap because there isn’t a single businessman in Britain who can figure out how to run a car company.

Edit: correction, there’s two, Aston and Ineos and that’s it for locally owned and operated British car companies.

Aston is, famously, owned by a Canadian pants-merchant.

But you did miss Ariel, Ginetta, Lister, and Radical - all British-owned and operated.

 

[Keef]

Aston is, famously, owned by a Canadian pants-merchant.

But you did miss Ariel, Ginetta, Lister, and Radical - all British-owned and operated.

But even Aston is mainstream compared to those other brands.

Make British brands British again! He’ll even if Ineos bought all their IPs it would be more legitimate than Chinese ownership.

 

[Famine]

But even Aston is mainstream compared to those other brands.

Sure, but mainstream wasn't in the post.

Besides, Aston is a terrible example. It has only been British-owned twice since 1975, the last being 2007-2020, and was run into the ground after being rescued from being run into the ground by virtually every owner. It's almost a case study in how British businessmen can't run a car company!

 

[TheCracker]

It seems that all the people who hate this are European. It was a Euro car so that makes sense. I have no nostalgia or purpose attached to the name so I don’t care - it looks like a cheaper Polestar 2 which is something I’d be really interested in. Plus the retro aspects of the design are great.

Its like say the Mustang was discontinued after the fox body, only for the name to be regurgitated 30 years later as the Mach-E.

Its such a Ford thing to do though. I don't think anyone is overly upset at the use of the name, its just a heavy-handed marketing ploy worthy of a continent's worth of rolled eyes.

 

[Keef]

Its like say the Mustang was discontinued after the fox body, only for the name to be regurgitated 30 years later as the Mach-E.

Its such a Ford thing to do though. I don't think anyone is overly upset at the use of the name, its just a heavy-handed marketing ploy worthy of a continent's worth of rolled eyes.

 

[MatskiMonk]

When I hear 'Capri', I think of shagged out C-reg Laser, sat on four bald tyres, gently rotting away in the corner of a derelict car park on a council estate, in an economical deprived area of the north of England, just waiting for an aspiring young arsonist in a hoody to put it out of its misery.

On the plus side, at Goodwood they were enticing people to go and look at it by offering them free Capri-Sun pouches, which was refreshing, since even the water was £1.60 a bottle.

 

[TheCracker]

Edit: correction, there’s two, Aston and Ineos and that’s it for locally owned and operated British car companies.

Also, Ineos might be a British-run company, but their cars are built in France.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

When I hear 'Capri', I think of shagged out C-reg Laser, sat on four bald tyres, gently rotting away in the corner of a derelict car park on a council estate, in an economical deprived area of the north of England, just waiting for an aspiring young arsonist in a hoody to put it out of its misery.

God save the King.

 

[FT-1]

I am so glad to hear this

Ford shelves its 'too ambitious' plans to go all-electric from 2030

In an interview with Autocar, Marin Gjaja, the boss at Ford Model E, said 'uncertainty' around EV demand and legislation has forced it to shelve the target of 2030.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

I said in earlier on in this thread, I genuinely couldn't see how Ford would survive in the UK/Europe if it was going to go full-EV with these underwhelming and overpriced crossovers which are essentially rebadged VWs.

I guess the Puma could still be the main volume seller, but I bet Ford seriously regrets axing the Fiesta and the Focus. As for the latter, I suppose they could extend its lifespan since models are still rolling off the production line.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

I am so glad to hear this

Ford shelves its 'too ambitious' plans to go all-electric from 2030

In an interview with Autocar, Marin Gjaja, the boss at Ford Model E, said 'uncertainty' around EV demand and legislation has forced it to shelve the target of 2030.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

I said in earlier on in this thread, I genuinely couldn't see how Ford would survive in the UK/Europe if it was going to go full-EV with these underwhelming and overpriced crossovers which are essentially rebadged VWs.

I guess the Puma could still be the main volume seller, but I bet Ford seriously regrets axing the Fiesta and the Focus. As for the latter, I suppose they could extend its lifespan since models are still rolling off the production line.

I can almost promise you all of these "full electric by [insert year]" plans were merely marketing ploys to get some short term stock market gains. They couldn't have possibly been based on any kind of well researched business strategy, because it would have been clear that the market was not ready for all-EV that soon. Ford is probably feeling the pain of have no cheap cars in the US Market now, with their cheapest offering being the $30,000 Escape, when Americans are starting to pull back on spending.

Ford in 2021: Wow, there's so much money floating around, why would that ever change?

 

[05XR8]

Why didn’t they learn from this with their global positioning in the UK Escort(RWD) and continuation of Falcon in Australia? Two cars that would have went together with the Mustang as a family. The little city car, sports car and family sedan & wagon.

 

[FT-1]

More evidence that shows Ford has shot themselves in the foot - Ford are cutting production of the Explorer and Capri EVs due to lower demand than expected

Ford Is Already Cutting Capri Production, Blames Weak EV Demand | Carscoops

New VW ID-based Capri crossover and its boxy Explorer brother are being throttled back as employees at the Cologne, Germany, plant are now only working alternate weeks

www.carscoops.com