The Manta name will also make it's return slapped onto a generic crossover SUV from Opel. The cherry on top is that they say the name was chosen due to the unexpected positive feedback they got from the Manta GSe concept, despite the fact that the Manta GSe concept is literally the polar opposite of a crossover SUV... 🤦
@@n0xx295 Its like only old people with back problems buy cars these days. SUV ("they are so easy to get in and out of" as old people say), and massage chairs for old bad backs. SUV are the cancer of car industry
The more you look at it, the more you notice all the little things they added to try and tie it to the original (aesthetically), and yet they still failed in tremendous fashion. The entire concept (not unlike the Mustang Mach-E) is flawed from the jump. It was never going to work.
Let alone turning a beloved nameplate that was originally a car into a generic SUV Crossover, but this is the new Ford, they scrapped all their cars and left the car market so they can focus in making SUV's, Crossovers, EV's, vans, pick-up trucks and so on, so this is all on them when they go down, lol
@@bradwhite5884Agreed. They should have made EV’s that tailor to their heritage and previous successful designs. I mean look at Renault and their 5 ev. Perfect example of a previous design made into a modern ev.
@@o0alias0o The new Renault 5 is a good example that Ford should of done tbh, I'm not a huge fan of the EV craze, but I've prefer that then another generic SUV Crossover that the trend should of died a long time ago tbh, but Ford rather do SUV's, Crossover's, Van's, Pickup trucks then cars and such tbh, they've lost touch to what the customer wants tbh
I would like to bring my comment from top gear where I said "I wish ford kept the capri like the old one, maybe we could of had a new Ford Zakspeed Capri Turbo" however there sometimes we're bringing back a old model has been good like for example the ford bronco
Now that the Ford GT is out of production, I sure hope that Ford is busy reimagining the Ford Expedition as the next generation Ford GT. What a stroke of marketing genius that will be.
I'd expect other Ford nameplate be turned into another generic SUV Crossover or an EV Crossover tbh, or a generic pick up truck or EV pick up truck tbh I'd expect names like the Gran Torino, Falcon, Galaxie 500, Pinto, Anglia, Sierra, Escort, EXP, Fusion, Taurus, Mondeo, Scorpio, Granada, Cortina, Fiesta, Ka, Focus, Prefect and so on, so yeah I'd love if they bring back the Thunderbird as a luxury coupé or sedan, but knowing them, it would be an all electric sports SUV Crossover with a Thunderbird badge on it, just you wait
They nailed the Bronco because the Bronco was always an SUV, all they needed to do is to keep it an SUV But if the old Bronco was a sedan or a sport car, you can bet they would have made the new bronco a crossover just like they did to the Puma
@@SLICK2801wait they did it the Puma too? I thought I saw the Puma still regular looking at the 2024 WRC, but it could be because of the MSport collab
I’ve never seen or even heard of the capri. Just seeing them for the first time. No offense, the old one looks 5 billion times better. New one looks like a cute toy.
It wasn not just better in looks alone. Old Capri was a legend in Europe and a great race/rally car. Not as powerful as Mustang back then but due to it's great handling it could go toe to toe with it. This new one is another identical SUV or whatever those things are called nowdays
Like it was mentioned slighty, this was somehow the European interpretation of a pony car - smaller 4 or 6 cylinder engines with less power stock - just like GM's Opel had the GT as the "Baby Vette", or the Manta, which in its first model years looked italian, later more like a european Camaro. It did make sense, because we have narrower roads here and much smaller, more compact cars. So, Ford in Europe does have its own heritage. But regarding this, and also the "Mustang Mach-E", it's all nothing, but bad marketing naming cars like this.
@@racingraptor4758 Where I live it was usually called the "poor man's Mustang". The Mustang was a really expensive car in my country (Norway) back then and sold in very small numbers. It was a rare dream car that few could afford. But the Capri had some of the same, and was much more affordable. I once read about this at a local car forum. If I remember correctly the importer only sold 5 Mustangs in 1971. I also remember seeing that the AMC Javelin outsold it, as 7 of them was sold here that year. I wish we had gotten the South African Perana version of the Capri here.
One of the very few manufacturers who brings back old models from the past, keeping their original vibe, is FIAT. 500, 500e, Grande Panda, 124 Spider, ... Greetings from a 124 Spider driver 😎✌🏽
@@user-aRb00d3rThe point is: Even though it’s actually an MX-5, both the design and overall philosophy are true to the classic 124 Spider. It remains a little roadster. This is totally different from the Eclipse Cross, which has exactly zero similarities with the original. Whoever trash talked the late 2000’s Eclipse is now thinking “at least it’s not the crossover!”
Fiat did the 500 better than Volkswagen did the New Beetle, and better than BMW did the MINI. The 500, while considerably different from the 1957 model, still retained the overall styling (even if larger) and still is an entry level car the average “Giuseppe” might purchase. It’s not at all like the other two, who have clearly missed the plot of the original (even if they still look amazing in my opinion).
The Brits are now going through what the Americans had to with the Mach E Beloved sports car turned crap SUV nobody asked for in a market already saturated with them
Punch yourself in the face, forget its made by VW. Squint really hard and maybe the headlights might look like one 😂 But it's too tall and doesn't fit, well anything ford tbh
@GeorgesChannel boys just go have a look at that new renault 5 EV. They absolutely nailed that. I like that, it's retro, it's got the lines. Yes. Well done renault 👏👏👏
Ford's marketing department is something else, who is this brand meant to appeal to? The name Capri isn't going to appeal to those looking for an SUV/Crossover so why use it!? It's just another appliance on wheels, utterly forgettable. If it didn't have the manufacturer logo and I saw it for the first time, I would have immediately assumed it was another Chinese EV company stealing design elements from Volvo and Honda, the rear reminds of Nissan Z. I wonder what will happen to the Ford GT, will they bring an SUV to Le Mans within the next 10 years!? 🤔🤔🤣🤣
Sadly most likely will be a hit. Especially after seeing how many Mach E's drive around my Easter European town. Althought almost everyone there also has normal Mustang with V8 or Chevy (vette or Camaro) so there is a ballance
What is the marketing/business reason for naming cars like this? The capri was a rally/muscle car which had a clear market for driving enthusiasts. A crossover CLEARLY IS NOT made for rally and for driving enthusiasts.
They're all over the place, nothing makes sense anymore. For instance, the Elantra used to be a compact car, but now it's a huge full sized sedan classified as a compact; even though it's a few millimeters smaller all around than the mid 2000's Impala, which are full size sedans. Nameplates are supposed to be associated with a particular car class.
@@johnmacangus2634 It is simple, Ford openly and admittedly said they'll ditched their cars in favour of SUV's, Crossovers, Pickups, vans and such, and will only do Mustangs and GT's as their only "cars" they make, but since they ended the GT production, it is only the matter of time if they keep it as is like the Mustang, turn it into a generic SUV Crossover, an EV, and EV SUV Crossover or just scrapping the GT altogether, knowing Ford these days, one of them are likely, surprised the new Mustang is what it is and not an SUV like the EV version, seems like that was the plan but decided not to because of the feedback from the Mach E or know it will go wrong and piss off all the Mustang fans, but I am just making things up, so yeah
I'm not defending this by any means but unlike Mitsubishi with the Eclipse Cross, Ford at least tried implementing design cues from the original Capri like the rear quarter windows and the front end is a modern take on the design only taller. But regardless of what they try to do, it's still a slap in the face to the original Ford Capri.
The Eclipse Cross also borrowed design cues from the older Eclipses. The shape of the fenders and how they are integrated into the body is taken directly from the last facelift of Eclipse 4G, the line that cuts into the side is clearly reference to the Eclipse 1G's spoiler and how it flows into a sharp point to the middle of the body, the mono-taillight has been a staple in Eclipse's design (except 3G and 4G facelift) and the way the taillight becomes the rear spoiler is just the way it was done on the Eclipse 4G pre-facelift, the rear bumper bulges out just like on the Eclipse 2G and there is one single Eclipse 3G reference which is the slope of the side windows. I mean... If you were to analyze the design, you'd see that whoever designed it put a lot of thought into it. Just not in a good way. 😂😂
My neighbour had a MK3 Capri 2.8 Injection when I was growing up, and that car was absolutely sick. It was black, red stripe down the side, and the classic almost "phone dial-esque" wheels with all of the round holes in the middle. I loved that car so much. The noise it made, the way it shook the ground when it went past, the smell, the way it looked. THAT was a Capri, and it's sl=till one of my favourite cars to this day. This isn't a Capri. This is downright awful. Ford having an 'inoffensive' car with that name has just so happened to offend everyone, even my mother, and she's not a car person.
The Capri could of been a poor man's Mustang on the lines of what's in that category, but they've chose to go with an overweight, oversized bulky electric "sport" SUV Crossover that looks identical to the previous ones and such, so this is all laughable to me tbh
@@bradwhite5884actually could work as some sort of small coupe in fashion of old British roadsters or Japanese,,Miatas". For the price it would have to be cheap since surprisingly base V8 Mustang isn't that expensive for European standards. Tad more expensive than decently equipped Mondeo.
What is it with carmakers reviving nameplates of legendary cars and turning them into generic, inoffensive carmobiles? First the Mitsubishi eclipse, then the Chevy Blazer, and now this.
Money. Crossovers and SUVs are what people buy now because they've been made to believe that to go get groceries and haul your kids to school you absolutely must have a fake offroader with plastic protection so that it can give Karens the illusion of safety. That, and automakers are exploiting a loophole in CAFE regulations to make a pretty penny in the face of a global economic and environmental crisis.
I'm a driving instructor and thought about getting a crossover for my students to learn in as this is the style of most cars being sold nowadays... ... I'm so fucking glad I went for a VW Scirocco instead 😂 my students love driving it, I love driving it - I couldn't imagine anyone being inspired whilst driving this generic iPad of a car.
If they would have squished it to the size of the original capri, flipped the front bumper horizontaly and lowered the section with the lights front and back it would look like a modern capri
The fact that people could theoretically be monitored and made public at any time makes many of us want to disappear into the crowd. This gives a feeling of security. People no longer want to stand out, they believe it makes them vulnerable. And that translates everywhere in product design. That's also why they take a name that was popular from the past. I dont wanna go to deep into it, there is so much psychology involved and I'm not a prof, I just do the math.
To be frank, it’s a good looking car. The problem is that it’s called the Capri. It’s like if Chevrolet decided to make a Corvette SUV… …wait a minute.
I don’t think western car companies are winning against the Chinese car market. And it looks like all they have is heritage and nostalgia towards legendary cars from back in the day, trying to evoke a feeling rather than making great cars.
The problem is not bringing back and giving a "modernized" look. The problema is making it another boring crossover that don't even fill the same niche.
No matter the name plate on the car, the design trend, where every crease or curves are smoothened so that every other car looks like each other, makes it that we have something bland, soulless. Car design is indeed dead.
This shape/side profile actually reminds me of the Ford Escort (UK version) from the 1980s. I think Ford should have called this the "Escort" rather than the Capri.
It's because there is a law that states that if you don't use a name in X years it becomes public domain so they just slap old names on generic SUVs just to not lose it
To be honest FORD didn't create a design philosophie over the last decades, every generation looked completely different. The only real constant is the F150.
Ford of Europe had it's New Edge Design, which was followed by the Kinetic Design in the late 2000 and the Kinetic Design 2.0. Ironically, the Kinetic Design was started by the Ford iosis-concept, which was rumored to hint at a Ford Capri revival. What a disappointment the new one is compared to the hopes we had back then. American Fords Design Language might be less coherent, due to their international car model mix, their trucks and selling some models as Mercury.
What's worse to me is that the design is clearly inspired by the older Capri and, if they made it into a coupe, it could've worked really well. Wasted opportunity by Ford
The problem is that somehow they still become financially successful. I constantly read people saying they hate SUVs, ESPECIALLY the ones bastardising the names of legendary cars of the past. But then they sell like crazy anyway. I will never stop hating SUVs.
They should call a version of the mustang ecobost with a different face-lift a capri, instead of just descontinuing the mustsng ecobost in europe at all
It’s interesting that you mention they’re trying to make it look lower. I think the market has spoken… in spite of what I want, people seem to want to be high. I do think it feels like Ford ev, which doesn’t much feel like regular ford.
“It’s not offensive” to most yes. To the purists/enthusiast it’s extremely offensive. To me it’s boring and I’m an enthusiast, so it’s doubly offensive, the worst car design in my opinion is boring car design. At least we remember the Multipla, the Juke or rodius.
Issues with interior: headup display taken straight from VW and just put plastic around it… Haptic touch ‘buttons’ on steering wheel and centre console… Ford took soooo long to release an EV and have used parts from VW yet didn’t listen to ANY feedback VW got on these interior issues and straight up made the same mistakes in both their Explorer ev and Capri ev. Like WTF 😂
I agree completely! It's just another generic SUV/crossover. When every new model is just boring, doesn't have any connection to the brand in design, even annoys people with the model name - why would anybody buy this, when you can buy any other generic SUV from any brand? Then you might as well buy chinese cars with ridiculous names, like "XPeng". In Europe, Ford's strongest models in numbers were the Fiesta as small compact, Focus and Mondeo, whicht is the Fusion in the US, afaik. They've stopped production of all of these models now, which were they best horses in the stable. They do sell the Mustang officially in Europe, which wasn't always the case. That's the only model they have, when customers neither want to buy a SUV or crossover, or an electric car. Plus, they close whole production plants in Europe regionally, and people notice this. I'd say, that Ford in Europe is officially f...d big time! News say, they want to stick to combustion engines a little longer than expected. We'll see what will happen! Many car manufacturers not only have a problem with bland, generics designs. They also fall, because e-mobility in general isn't as successful, as they thought it was. Turns out, Toyota, Kia and Hyundai were right with their approach, producing what the market wants - not what governments, politics and eco-activists want. Living costs are getting higher and higher, and they think, these really not cheap cars will sell like sliced bread. It's crazy!
@@novawolf_gaming compact, yes. sporty, no. I'd rather have the real one for sportiness. Economical, ehh, it did cost more than an golf for basicly the same (at least I think so)
@robertvanderlinden2813 They're all "the real ones" Also, you say "Sporty no" and then proceed to say "it's a golf," which is a sporty car, literally known as a hot hatch Also, it's literally economical. "It did cost more than a golf" yes, but not as much as a Fiesta ST yet that was called economical A Hot Hatch is a Sporty economical car which is small but spacious
@@novawolf_gaming yes, it's a golf, but tbh volkswagen did the body shape a bit bad, plus the Old beetle had a rear mounted boxer engine with rwd, the New beetle has a front mounted fwd inline engine, the litteral oppisite, the New beetle doesn't deserve to be called a beetle, it's a rip off by the same company, the beetle is great, the golf is incredible, but the new beetle, a combination, is a straight up drisgrace
@robertvanderlinden2813 You seem to just have a vendetta against the Beetle As a personal Classic Beetle lover (specifically 1962), the 2016 model is a beautiful car and is a great successor But not counting my personal tastes or yours for that matter, saying that VW did to the Beetle what Ford did to the Capri is a stretch Atleast the new Beetle is in the same vein as the old one, the new Capri is just a nameplate
SKETCH MONKEY! Could you do ford kinetic design and kinetic design 2.0. this was there most cohesive design era in Europe. The cars had a strong brand identity and emphasized dynamic design, especially the window shape. It was best done in the fiesta 2008 and especially the 2013 model.
It is so funny when more people are excited about the Renault 5, which was mainly affordable people's mover with some option for a more powerful engine 😂. Renault did good work reviving design.
Italien government to the rescue: I am sure the Ford Capri is not made in Italy where the island of Capri is located. Can’t they intervene like with the Alfa Romeo Milano/Junior -‘d save us from This blasphemy?
i had a play with a mates Capri in the 80's when i was a teen in the UK, i enjoyed playing with it. this looks nowt like a Capri. it's another big fat lump on the road.
So they heard the backlash from the Mach-E, and they were like, "Yes, let's do it again."
Revived as an SUV. The Capri gods are committing suicide right this moment.
lol
The Manta name will also make it's return slapped onto a generic crossover SUV from Opel.
The cherry on top is that they say the name was chosen due to the unexpected positive feedback they got from the Manta GSe concept, despite the fact that the Manta GSe concept is literally the polar opposite of a crossover SUV... 🤦
@@n0xx295 fucking execs always doing this shit
Sepuku 😂
@@n0xx295 Its like only old people with back problems buy cars these days. SUV ("they are so easy to get in and out of" as old people say), and massage chairs for old bad backs. SUV are the cancer of car industry
I'd swap a couple of letters around and call it the Crapi
😂👍
I love this comment
You weren't the first 😁
You can't because the name is pressed into bumper. Ford knew it will be cringe for their fans, and keep going in the wrong direction again!
iCrap
A corporate meeting designed this car
Ford Capri as a "coupe-style" SUV.
In other news, there's apparently a reboot of Schindler's List, but this time, it's a teen romantic comedy!
Coupe-style SUV is a contradiction in terms. BMW proved that all the way back with the X6.
A depressing but accurate comparison
YEP
The Electric Ford mustang gave birthbto a something something.
Absolutely dull, monotonous and lifeless design, as I see it. And offensive for the people who know how the original Capri looked like.
That's modern revivals in a nutshell
The more you look at it, the more you notice all the little things they added to try and tie it to the original (aesthetically), and yet they still failed in tremendous fashion. The entire concept (not unlike the Mustang Mach-E) is flawed from the jump. It was never going to work.
Maybe over exaggerated but i think its an offense to what the old tech means to them in altering the look extremely. It is nothing good.
Same goes for the Mocktang, the Eclipse... what next, they'll bring back the Grand National GNX as a hybrid full cab truck?
@@ShonnDayleengl, the headlights and tailights have potential in design language if they idk..... KEPT IT AS A COUPE?!
we DON'T need another CROSSOVER
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Let alone turning a beloved nameplate that was originally a car into a generic SUV Crossover, but this is the new Ford, they scrapped all their cars and left the car market so they can focus in making SUV's, Crossovers, EV's, vans, pick-up trucks and so on, so this is all on them when they go down, lol
@@bradwhite5884Agreed. They should have made EV’s that tailor to their heritage and previous successful designs. I mean look at Renault and their 5 ev. Perfect example of a previous design made into a modern ev.
@@o0alias0o The new Renault 5 is a good example that Ford should of done tbh, I'm not a huge fan of the EV craze, but I've prefer that then another generic SUV Crossover that the trend should of died a long time ago tbh, but Ford rather do SUV's, Crossover's, Van's, Pickup trucks then cars and such tbh, they've lost touch to what the customer wants tbh
I would like to bring my comment from top gear where I said "I wish ford kept the capri like the old one, maybe we could of had a new Ford Zakspeed Capri Turbo"
however there sometimes we're bringing back a old model has been good like for example the ford bronco
@@Mandem_Nj Yep, they did well with the Bronco because it was an SUV at first, but now they fumbled with this, like how? I don't get it tbh
Now that the Ford GT is out of production, I sure hope that Ford is busy reimagining the Ford Expedition as the next generation Ford GT. What a stroke of marketing genius that will be.
I'd expect other Ford nameplate be turned into another generic SUV Crossover or an EV Crossover tbh, or a generic pick up truck or EV pick up truck tbh
I'd expect names like the Gran Torino, Falcon, Galaxie 500, Pinto, Anglia, Sierra, Escort, EXP, Fusion, Taurus, Mondeo, Scorpio, Granada, Cortina, Fiesta, Ka, Focus, Prefect and so on, so yeah
I'd love if they bring back the Thunderbird as a luxury coupé or sedan, but knowing them, it would be an all electric sports SUV Crossover with a Thunderbird badge on it, just you wait
Ehh, they’ve already got the Mustang GTD with the supercharged V8 which is the replacement for the GT
Just to end up looking like a generic suv nobody wants
If the next Ford GT becomes some kind of Lamborghini Urus then Ford is truly dead internally.
What a WEIRD decision for Ford to make… after nailing the Bronco decision, this makes no sense 🤦🏾♂️
Makes sense given the Mustan Mach e decision.
They nailed the Bronco because the Bronco was always an SUV, all they needed to do is to keep it an SUV
But if the old Bronco was a sedan or a sport car, you can bet they would have made the new bronco a crossover just like they did to the Puma
Weird? BAD!! THE WORD IS BAD!!!
@@grantvergottini3974 Aye, just One Ford policy in action. Ford Europe used to do things their own way, now they're just extension of Ford US.
@@SLICK2801wait they did it the Puma too?
I thought I saw the Puma still regular looking at the 2024 WRC, but it could be because of the MSport collab
I thought that it was based on the Polestar 2 and not the ID5. It’s amazing how generic it looks
I thought it looked like the polestar too, literally I thought Ford did a deal with Volvo and rebadged polestars
I’ve never seen or even heard of the capri. Just seeing them for the first time. No offense, the old one looks 5 billion times better. New one looks like a cute toy.
Cute is the look they're going for since ladies are the ones usually driving these crossovers 🤔
It wasn not just better in looks alone. Old Capri was a legend in Europe and a great race/rally car. Not as powerful as Mustang back then but due to it's great handling it could go toe to toe with it. This new one is another identical SUV or whatever those things are called nowdays
The original Consul Capri from the 1960s looks beautiful.
Like it was mentioned slighty, this was somehow the European interpretation of a pony car - smaller 4 or 6 cylinder engines with less power stock - just like GM's Opel had the GT as the "Baby Vette", or the Manta, which in its first model years looked italian, later more like a european Camaro.
It did make sense, because we have narrower roads here and much smaller, more compact cars.
So, Ford in Europe does have its own heritage. But regarding this, and also the "Mustang Mach-E", it's all nothing, but bad marketing naming cars like this.
@@racingraptor4758 Where I live it was usually called the "poor man's Mustang". The Mustang was a really expensive car in my country (Norway) back then and sold in very small numbers. It was a rare dream car that few could afford. But the Capri had some of the same, and was much more affordable. I once read about this at a local car forum. If I remember correctly the importer only sold 5 Mustangs in 1971. I also remember seeing that the AMC Javelin outsold it, as 7 of them was sold here that year.
I wish we had gotten the South African Perana version of the Capri here.
It's impressive that they managed to make a rebadged ID5 look like a rebadged Polestar 3.
Ford is slowly becoming the Disney of the car world
The new EV is NOT a Capri....its an orthopaedic boot!
I remember when Mitsubishi made the Eclipse an SUV. I was dumbfounded. Then they discontinued the Evo. Just Ls all around for them.
One of the very few manufacturers who brings back old models from the past, keeping their original vibe, is FIAT.
500, 500e, Grande Panda, 124 Spider, ...
Greetings from a 124 Spider driver 😎✌🏽
you meant, mx5? 🤔
@@user-aRb00d3rThe point is: Even though it’s actually an MX-5, both the design and overall philosophy are true to the classic 124 Spider. It remains a little roadster.
This is totally different from the Eclipse Cross, which has exactly zero similarities with the original. Whoever trash talked the late 2000’s Eclipse is now thinking “at least it’s not the crossover!”
Fiat did the 500 better than Volkswagen did the New Beetle, and better than BMW did the MINI.
The 500, while considerably different from the 1957 model, still retained the overall styling (even if larger) and still is an entry level car the average “Giuseppe” might purchase. It’s not at all like the other two, who have clearly missed the plot of the original (even if they still look amazing in my opinion).
@@satsumagt5284Ignore the Mazda bits!
@@user-aRb00d3rI don't think it matters, especially when we're on about Fiat doing things that Ford keeps failing to do here.
The Brits are now going through what the Americans had to with the Mach E
Beloved sports car turned crap SUV nobody asked for in a market already saturated with them
Yep, the new Puma shortly before this as well.
I prefer what Toyota is doing with the AE86 ramaking it as carbon copies of the original but as a electric and hidrogen versions
Im so sick of every dam thing being a crossover or an suv. Especially when bringing back a classic name. And an EV 🤢🤮 to boot!
i just lost all respect for ford!!!
I'm done with FORD too
Really? Just now? Not, like 20 years ago?
Lmfao because of this? Lmfao your such a cupcake
@@KhaosEntertainmentbecause of a car you would never buy? Lmfao 😂 y’all are such snowflakes…
@@coldinwisconsin2017 atleast they made cool cars 20 years ago. now they make what? the mustang only?
They did a Ford Puma move on this legendary car. How sad.
Nonsense.
The new Puma is good. This is a "Mustang" Mach-E move.
Puma sucks. Mustang sucks
Puma name aside the new “puma” suv is pretty cool in Europe with a Manual transmission
@@rickbernardy8647there's nothing cool about the Puma. Just another SUV/crossover.
@@Pete_1986 the st line is decent with a manual. It’s certainly better than others in the segment in my opinion
I try hard...but i cannot see any Ford Capri in this.
if you squint it looks like a melting renault cleo
A very tiny bit in the front and rear graphics, but it’s not much
Punch yourself in the face, forget its made by VW.
Squint really hard and maybe the headlights might look like one 😂
But it's too tall and doesn't fit, well anything ford tbh
Uh, it’s yellow, I guess?
@GeorgesChannel boys just go have a look at that new renault 5 EV.
They absolutely nailed that.
I like that, it's retro, it's got the lines.
Yes.
Well done renault 👏👏👏
Ford's marketing department is something else, who is this brand meant to appeal to? The name Capri isn't going to appeal to those looking for an SUV/Crossover so why use it!?
It's just another appliance on wheels, utterly forgettable. If it didn't have the manufacturer logo and I saw it for the first time, I would have immediately assumed it was another Chinese EV company stealing design elements from Volvo and Honda, the rear reminds of Nissan Z.
I wonder what will happen to the Ford GT, will they bring an SUV to Le Mans within the next 10 years!? 🤔🤔🤣🤣
Not 10 years, even less that, more like in a year or in 6 months at this point, lol
Dead on arrival 😂😂
Max Payne reference?
The suburban soccer moms will probably buy it without hesitation
Like John Lennon was on arrival at the Roosevelt Hospital after being shot in New York in 1980.
Sadly most likely will be a hit. Especially after seeing how many Mach E's drive around my Easter European town. Althought almost everyone there also has normal Mustang with V8 or Chevy (vette or Camaro) so there is a ballance
Gonna sell like hot cakes to people who don't give a shit about cars
What is the marketing/business reason for naming cars like this? The capri was a rally/muscle car which had a clear market for driving enthusiasts. A crossover CLEARLY IS NOT made for rally and for driving enthusiasts.
They're all over the place, nothing makes sense anymore. For instance, the Elantra used to be a compact car, but now it's a huge full sized sedan classified as a compact; even though it's a few millimeters smaller all around than the mid 2000's Impala, which are full size sedans.
Nameplates are supposed to be associated with a particular car class.
There are no rally or driving enthusiasts anymore. There's only (wannabe) influencers who would rather ride a bike than driving a car.
I saw it and thought "what Chinese car is coming to the US now"
thankfully it's not coming to the US.
and personally i think i can bear it staying that way.
0:35 it’s like he’s ranting to the cat 😂
It reminds me of the mustang mach e. The car has the name of a sports car with design elements but it's in the form of a crossover SUV lol
and they managed to make the same mistake twice. How does a multimillion dollar company make the exact same mistake twice??
Why not have both a Capri electric sports car and SUV?
@@johnmacangus2634 It is simple, Ford openly and admittedly said they'll ditched their cars in favour of SUV's, Crossovers, Pickups, vans and such, and will only do Mustangs and GT's as their only "cars" they make, but since they ended the GT production, it is only the matter of time if they keep it as is like the Mustang, turn it into a generic SUV Crossover, an EV, and EV SUV Crossover or just scrapping the GT altogether, knowing Ford these days, one of them are likely, surprised the new Mustang is what it is and not an SUV like the EV version, seems like that was the plan but decided not to because of the feedback from the Mach E or know it will go wrong and piss off all the Mustang fans, but I am just making things up, so yeah
Ford still hasn't learnt their lesson 😢
I'm not defending this by any means but unlike Mitsubishi with the Eclipse Cross, Ford at least tried implementing design cues from the original Capri like the rear quarter windows and the front end is a modern take on the design only taller. But regardless of what they try to do, it's still a slap in the face to the original Ford Capri.
Yeah, just like the Eclipse Cross, Puma and Mustang Mach E are a slap in the face for the original Eclipse, Puma and the Mustang legacy tbh
The Eclipse Cross also borrowed design cues from the older Eclipses. The shape of the fenders and how they are integrated into the body is taken directly from the last facelift of Eclipse 4G, the line that cuts into the side is clearly reference to the Eclipse 1G's spoiler and how it flows into a sharp point to the middle of the body, the mono-taillight has been a staple in Eclipse's design (except 3G and 4G facelift) and the way the taillight becomes the rear spoiler is just the way it was done on the Eclipse 4G pre-facelift, the rear bumper bulges out just like on the Eclipse 2G and there is one single Eclipse 3G reference which is the slope of the side windows.
I mean... If you were to analyze the design, you'd see that whoever designed it put a lot of thought into it. Just not in a good way. 😂😂
@@myrmeko I really never paid that much attention to the design of the Eclipse tbh. xD
@@fenrirslip No problem 😂😂
Should they really be praised for reusing old ideas tho?
My neighbour had a MK3 Capri 2.8 Injection when I was growing up, and that car was absolutely sick. It was black, red stripe down the side, and the classic almost "phone dial-esque" wheels with all of the round holes in the middle. I loved that car so much. The noise it made, the way it shook the ground when it went past, the smell, the way it looked. THAT was a Capri, and it's sl=till one of my favourite cars to this day.
This isn't a Capri. This is downright awful. Ford having an 'inoffensive' car with that name has just so happened to offend everyone, even my mother, and she's not a car person.
The whole car industry has gone to hell
Hideous. They should have called it the Mondeo.
The "Merdeo" is better (something like: the "shitty"...)
"I'll leave ford as expected, found on the road DEAD."
An Epic rap battle of histrory line
You should make it a 2 door coupe to see what a GR86 competitor from ford would be like
but electric, it would be double the size of the GR86
The Capri could of been a poor man's Mustang on the lines of what's in that category, but they've chose to go with an overweight, oversized bulky electric "sport" SUV Crossover that looks identical to the previous ones and such, so this is all laughable to me tbh
@@bradwhite5884 capri WAS the "european mustang" in its time btw
@@bradwhite5884actually could work as some sort of small coupe in fashion of old British roadsters or Japanese,,Miatas". For the price it would have to be cheap since surprisingly base V8 Mustang isn't that expensive for European standards. Tad more expensive than decently equipped Mondeo.
What is it with carmakers reviving nameplates of legendary cars and turning them into generic, inoffensive carmobiles? First the Mitsubishi eclipse, then the Chevy Blazer, and now this.
Tbh, the Chevy Blazer was originally a big bulky SUV to begin with tbh, the rest shouldn't be an SUV Crossover tbh
Money. Crossovers and SUVs are what people buy now because they've been made to believe that to go get groceries and haul your kids to school you absolutely must have a fake offroader with plastic protection so that it can give Karens the illusion of safety.
That, and automakers are exploiting a loophole in CAFE regulations to make a pretty penny in the face of a global economic and environmental crisis.
Bunch of yesmen and marketing number crunchers.
I'm a driving instructor and thought about getting a crossover for my students to learn in as this is the style of most cars being sold nowadays...
... I'm so fucking glad I went for a VW Scirocco instead 😂 my students love driving it, I love driving it - I couldn't imagine anyone being inspired whilst driving this generic iPad of a car.
If they would have squished it to the size of the original capri, flipped the front bumper horizontaly and lowered the section with the lights front and back it would look like a modern capri
I think they made a mistake here , it’s supposed to be a Ford Caprison not a Capri. 😂
yup since it is just a plastic toy and not an actual pony car that was meant to be driven and raced
The fact that people could theoretically be monitored and made public at any time makes many of us want to disappear into the crowd.
This gives a feeling of security. People no longer want to stand out, they believe it makes them vulnerable. And that translates everywhere in product design. That's also why they take a name that was popular from the past. I dont wanna go to deep into it, there is so much psychology involved and I'm not a prof, I just do the math.
To be frank, it’s a good looking car. The problem is that it’s called the Capri. It’s like if Chevrolet decided to make a Corvette SUV…
…wait a minute.
xD
What the hell this thing look good?? It's ugly as sin
Yeah, it is like Mitsubishi deciding to make an Eclipse SUV...
...wait a minute
Yeah it’s like GM deciding to make the blazer an SUV…
….Wait a minute
yeah its like ford deciding to make the puma an suv
wait a minute...
Why every companies wanted to risen a legendary nameplate to a freaking crossover. We don't want another crossover goddamnit.
Doesn't look as my 18 yo remembrance of almost buying a 3 Liter black Ford Capri from a friend.
This electric name sharer makes me cry.
I can't wait for the Ford GT40 4 door crossover with a rwd or awd option for around US$70k.
How did they make the mustang GTD and then make this afterwards
I don’t think western car companies are winning against the Chinese car market. And it looks like all they have is heritage and nostalgia towards legendary cars from back in the day, trying to evoke a feeling rather than making great cars.
The problem is not bringing back and giving a "modernized" look. The problema is making it another boring crossover that don't even fill the same niche.
No matter the name plate on the car, the design trend, where every crease or curves are smoothened so that every other car looks like each other, makes it that we have something bland, soulless. Car design is indeed dead.
The Taycan and the Polestar 2 got together and this is their bastardized child 😅
Taycan? Nah. They just cloned the Polestar 2.
@@jamesengland7461taycan looks good, this is just a rebadged Polestar 2 on an ID5
@@jamesengland7461inbreed polestar 2
Their first strike was with the Mach E, them the second was the Puma, now they done with the Capri?
They could have named it the new Edsel.
This shape/side profile actually reminds me of the Ford Escort (UK version) from the 1980s. I think Ford should have called this the "Escort" rather than the Capri.
Escort is a legend
It's because there is a law that states that if you don't use a name in X years it becomes public domain so they just slap old names on generic SUVs just to not lose it
In evolutionary theory, there is a question why so many animals end up looking like crabs. Well, a lot of cars end up crossovers.
To be honest FORD didn't create a design philosophie over the last decades, every generation looked completely different. The only real constant is the F150.
Ford of Europe had it's New Edge Design, which was followed by the Kinetic Design in the late 2000 and the Kinetic Design 2.0.
Ironically, the Kinetic Design was started by the Ford iosis-concept, which was rumored to hint at a Ford Capri revival. What a disappointment the new one is compared to the hopes we had back then.
American Fords Design Language might be less coherent, due to their international car model mix, their trucks and selling some models as Mercury.
What's worse to me is that the design is clearly inspired by the older Capri and, if they made it into a coupe, it could've worked really well. Wasted opportunity by Ford
Old= good
New= bad
The problem is that somehow they still become financially successful. I constantly read people saying they hate SUVs, ESPECIALLY the ones bastardising the names of legendary cars of the past.
But then they sell like crazy anyway. I will never stop hating SUVs.
Dodge Challenger was a perfect modern interpretation with certain mustangs. Hopefully the Hyundai comes to market.
They seriously F'd up the Dodge Dart.
The Challenger & Charger were started under Daimler, as was the Magnum.
The car design community has gone totally mad. I blame BMW and Ford
It's the love child of a BMW X2 and Polestar 2. Should have called it the 2X2
Ford GT40 SUV next so I can bring my kids to soccer and visit my wife's boyfriend like it's 1966 🤪😍
we have already so many crossovers! enough !!!!
They should call a version of the mustang ecobost with a different face-lift a capri, instead of just descontinuing the mustsng ecobost in europe at all
They got a Polstar2 made it ugly and more expensive....eh ok. good luck with that
It’s interesting that you mention they’re trying to make it look lower. I think the market has spoken… in spite of what I want, people seem to want to be high. I do think it feels like Ford ev, which doesn’t much feel like regular ford.
“It’s not offensive” to most yes. To the purists/enthusiast it’s extremely offensive. To me it’s boring and I’m an enthusiast, so it’s doubly offensive, the worst car design in my opinion is boring car design. At least we remember the Multipla, the Juke or rodius.
Mustang, Capri.. Who is next ? Escort ? GT ?
I think the designers tried their best within the boundaries they were given... And I'm sure they didn't want to make this abomination
Issues with interior: headup display taken straight from VW and just put plastic around it…
Haptic touch ‘buttons’ on steering wheel and centre console…
Ford took soooo long to release an EV and have used parts from VW yet didn’t listen to ANY feedback VW got on these interior issues and straight up made the same mistakes in both their Explorer ev and Capri ev. Like WTF 😂
If this actually sells I will be surprised
I agree completely!
It's just another generic SUV/crossover. When every new model is just boring, doesn't have any connection to the brand in design, even annoys people with the model name - why would anybody buy this, when you can buy any other generic SUV from any brand?
Then you might as well buy chinese cars with ridiculous names, like "XPeng".
In Europe, Ford's strongest models in numbers were the Fiesta as small compact, Focus and Mondeo, whicht is the Fusion in the US, afaik. They've stopped production of all of these models now, which were they best horses in the stable.
They do sell the Mustang officially in Europe, which wasn't always the case. That's the only model they have, when customers neither want to buy a SUV or crossover, or an electric car.
Plus, they close whole production plants in Europe regionally, and people notice this.
I'd say, that Ford in Europe is officially f...d big time!
News say, they want to stick to combustion engines a little longer than expected. We'll see what will happen!
Many car manufacturers not only have a problem with bland, generics designs. They also fall, because e-mobility in general isn't as successful, as they thought it was.
Turns out, Toyota, Kia and Hyundai were right with their approach, producing what the market wants - not what governments, politics and eco-activists want.
Living costs are getting higher and higher, and they think, these really not cheap cars will sell like sliced bread.
It's crazy!
looks good... for a car that shouldve been named ecosport.
it looks ok for a modern day production it just has nothing to do with old name
Hey look! a potato!
Many manufacturers does this nowdays, make a generic and boring SUV and give it the same name as a beautiful classic.
How dare you 😅🤦♂️
Gotta love the new Ford Crappy
True 100%👏👏👏👏
The same happend to the beetle, the New beetle was basicly a golf with a beetle looking alike body
At least it remained a compact, somewhat Sporty economy car
@@novawolf_gaming compact, yes. sporty, no. I'd rather have the real one for sportiness. Economical, ehh, it did cost more than an golf for basicly the same (at least I think so)
@robertvanderlinden2813 They're all "the real ones"
Also, you say "Sporty no" and then proceed to say "it's a golf," which is a sporty car, literally known as a hot hatch
Also, it's literally economical. "It did cost more than a golf" yes, but not as much as a Fiesta ST yet that was called economical
A Hot Hatch is a Sporty economical car which is small but spacious
@@novawolf_gaming yes, it's a golf, but tbh volkswagen did the body shape a bit bad, plus the Old beetle had a rear mounted boxer engine with rwd, the New beetle has a front mounted fwd inline engine, the litteral oppisite, the New beetle doesn't deserve to be called a beetle, it's a rip off by the same company, the beetle is great, the golf is incredible, but the new beetle, a combination, is a straight up drisgrace
@robertvanderlinden2813 You seem to just have a vendetta against the Beetle
As a personal Classic Beetle lover (specifically 1962), the 2016 model is a beautiful car and is a great successor
But not counting my personal tastes or yours for that matter, saying that VW did to the Beetle what Ford did to the Capri is a stretch
Atleast the new Beetle is in the same vein as the old one, the new Capri is just a nameplate
This monstrosity is up there with BMW making a 2.4 tonne hybrid "M5" and Mercedes making a 2L 4cyl hybrid and calling it a C63
Del Boy would not be happy with this capri ghia.
As eh as Nissan now is, they did the right thing with the Fairlady z, its till the same car, but modernized
Absolutely agree, sick of bloated cross-over
You nailed the part where it's a Chinese off-brand car with a different nameplate. It's what it is.
Neither Europe want it thank you anyway Ford! 👋🏼
I’d honestly prefer if it was just a re-badges dark horse mustang with old capri colors
100% agreed!
The two side-by-side is hilarous 😂
That at 0:13 is absolutely stunning!
Unlike the rest of the car.
I think this car looks great! Love the color. Very practical and useful.
SKETCH MONKEY! Could you do ford kinetic design and kinetic design 2.0. this was there most cohesive design era in Europe.
The cars had a strong brand identity and emphasized dynamic design, especially the window shape. It was best done in the fiesta 2008 and especially the 2013 model.
Love my mk2 1.6s to my 2.8i,
This I hate!
How is this a surprise!?!?! Did we forget about that mustang abomination THAT FAST??????
Same with the eclipse
Every new car looks like a fish nowadays.
AI rendered designs are nicer than manufacturer designs these days.
It is so funny when more people are excited about the Renault 5, which was mainly affordable people's mover with some option for a more powerful engine 😂. Renault did good work reviving design.
Wont sell many here in the uk
Should have called it the Ford E-scape
Italien government to the rescue: I am sure the Ford Capri is not made in Italy where the island of Capri is located. Can’t they intervene like with the Alfa Romeo Milano/Junior -‘d save us from
This blasphemy?
i had a play with a mates Capri in the 80's when i was a teen in the UK, i enjoyed playing with it. this looks nowt like a Capri. it's another big fat lump on the road.