Car enthusiasts love to cringe when a brand reuses an iconic name on a car that isn’t exactly the same as the original, and now you have another option with New Ford Capri. Where The original capri was a two-door gas-powered sports coupe sold in Europe over three generations between 1968 and 1986, the new Capri is a four-door electric sedan that uses Volkswagen underpinnings. Have you got your forks out yet?
I wasn’t a fan of the new Capri when I first saw leaked images, but it’s starting to grow on me. The form factor is very similar to the Polestar 2 – the Capri looks like a sedan in profile, but has a raised ride height and body cladding to hide the weight of the battery, a sloping rear liftgate and bluff overhangs . At 182.4 inches long, the Capri is several inches shorter than a Mustang Mach-Eand is about the same height and width.
The rounded D-pillar and quarter window, black A-pillar, quad LED headlights and taillights, black panel “grille” are all callbacks to the old Capris, and there are some other cool details like the name Capri embossed on the front bumper. Ford says that “The new all-electric Capri is the car that was meant to be the portrait sports coupe. No other family vehicle has a legacy like this.” I’m not so sure about that, but it’s more of a connection than the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross to its namesake.
HOW Ford Explorer EV only in EuropeCapri is based on VW’s MEB platform. The base rear-wheel-drive model has a 77 kWh battery pack and a single rear-wheel electric motor that produces 282 horsepower and 402 pound-feet of torque, which sends the car to 62 mph in a respectable 6.4 seconds. The all-wheel drive Capri has a 79 kWh battery, with an electric motor on each axle producing a total of 335 horsepower and a 0 to 62 mph time that falls to 5.3 seconds. (Ford doesn’t give a combined torque figure, saying only that the front engine makes 99 lb-ft.)
Ford says the single-engine Capri has a range of 390 miles on the European WLTP cycle, while the twin-engine car will do 368 miles. However, the loading time is disappointingly slow. The rear-drive Capri can charge up to 135kW, good enough to go from 10 to 80 per cent in 28 minutes, and the AWD model can charge up to 185kW for a 26-minute 10-to-80 charge. cent. .
The Capri’s interior looks nearly identical to the Explorer EV’s, though sport seats with integrated headrests and a hub-shaped steering wheel are unique to the Capri. The vertically oriented 14.6-inch center touchscreen can be slid forward to reveal a hatch, and a “MegaConsole” under the front armrest holds over half a cubic meter of stuff. A soundbar sits atop the dashboard, and the driver also gets a 5-inch digital cluster display.
Standard features include a massaging driver’s seat (apparently the front passenger is out of luck), a heated steering wheel, dual-zone automatic climate control, navigation and keyless entry. You can get the Capri with a hands-free tailgate, a panoramic sunroof, ambient lighting, a B&O sound system and other goodies. Many driver assistance features are also standard, but you have to pay extra for a 360-degree camera, park assist and lane keeping.
The Capri will go into production in Cologne, Germany, alongside the Explorer EV, with deliveries starting in a few months. In the UK the Capri costs around £5,000 more than a Mustang Mach-E and around £2,000 more than the Explorer EV, which is also similarly sized.
