Talk:Ford Capri

Hi Folks!

In my original article I've made the assertion that the original 1969 Capri was based on the current British Cortina of the time. I'm pretty certain this is fact (or close to it) but I've not found any evidence so far to back this up.

Does any Capri fans know any better? My expertise is more 80's onwards Fords.

Cheers!

Pete Richardson

I don't know if you would call these evidence, but try [1] for origin, [2], [3] for convertible. -- Zigger 14:21, 2004 Apr 4 (UTC)

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Australian Capris? I know of the small convertible Capri that the article discusses, but you also see numbers of the much older Mk 1- type Capri in Australia. Are these private imports, are was the car built/sold here? The implication seems to be that the original Capri wasn't sold in Australia, but maybe it only means the Mk 2. Can someone clarify, it's a bit confusing. Graham 23:55, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

US History

I added some information about US club history under the US section. I added it from memory and from some of the sites "about us" pages. so i am sure it could use some updating.

~Chris Rosenau chris@proimageracing.com

• I removed most of that info because a lot of it was spam. Next time, only provide links to those clubs instead of littering the page with spam. Thanks. --ApolloBoy 02:43, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

> From 1970 to 1977, the Capri was sold in North America through Ford's Lincoln/Mercury Division. These cars carried no brand identification, only the "Capri" name. They were known however as the "Mercury Capri".

Like hell they were. My next door neighbor owned one in 78. They were called "Ford Capri"s. Another friend owned own here in Florida in 83, also "Ford Capri". The Mercury Capri was a rebadged Ford Mustang, as we note. The latter characterization is ok, but I'm pretty sure we want to cut the former one; it seems anywhere between misleading and downright incorrect, in context. Anyone disagree? --Baylink 18:08, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I owned a 1972 Capri V6. They were always referred to as a Ford Capri, perhaps because they were built by Ford of Germany. However, and I didn't realize it until I did some research after reading this article, they WERE imported by Lincoln Mercury. But they were not known as Mercury Capris. An interesting article on the history of Capris by the Capri Club can be found at http://www.capriclub.com/grm/ccna15.html. Also, I just saw an original brochure on eBay that contained wording about the Lincoln Mercury Division of Ford. Alanraywiki 21:01, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Engines

The article is a little confusing about the engines used in the mk1. It says that the range was topped by the Cologne V6 2.0L. Then later it says that the UK retained the the V4 2.0L when the Pintos were introduced. Something seems wrong here. I thought that in the early days the small Kent cross flows were used and V4 2.0 Essex engine was being used. Later the Pinto was introduced to replace the V4. Not sure about the 1.6. I do know for sure that with Cortinas, they used 1.3 and 1.6 crossflows and the 2.0 Pinto until the 1972 facelift when the 1.6 Pinto was introduced to replace the 1.6 crossflow. 87.194.16.118 (talk) 12:45, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

SA30

Capri vs MX-5 I have modified the wording under the Australian Built SA30, the Capri was not designed compete with the MX-5 it cannot of been, due to the fact they were developed at the same time, released on the same year at a different price. Capri Quality Hearsay is not evidence, as it can be argued that consumer affairs programs beat up the Capri more than was justified. Many arguments could be put forward placing it as a very reliable vehicle, one is that laser upon which most parts are sourced was considered relaible, only the roof caused concerns, arguably due to customer expectations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.186.250.8 (talk) 05:51, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Revisions made to Wiki standards.

Intro was written in list style-corrected to proper Wiki standards, Section title and sub-title style revised, Commons links located to proper External links section. Ford Capri has five references. More are needed to obtain a B rating. class revised. Tag added for additional citations needed. Please help to improve article with in-line references. (Vegavairbob (talk) 20:36, 2 December 2009 (UTC))

added table of Mk III engine specs from German wiki page...

It does not include Essex 3.0 engine. Perhaps some can add that?

Gartenmeister (talk) 20:43, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

First With Alloy Wheels

Should we add that this was the first production car with alloy wheels as standard? A colleague has pointed out that he thinks that it was either the RS2600 or the Jensen Interceptor, also in 1971. The Triumph Dolomite page claims this accolade albeit for a few years later, I've asked the question on both the other cars' disucssion pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.111.185.26 (talk) 09:56, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Clarification on the 323 based Capris.

The following paragraph could do with some more clarification.

'The retail price of a US specification Capri in the US was less than the retail price of an Australian specification Capri in Australia. Approximately 90% of production was exported to the US and the increased shipping costs were offset by the reduced cost of manufacturing the "mainstream" left hand drive model compared with the small volume right hand drive model for the Australian market.'

Why was it cheaper to manufacture in LHD when from what I understand from this article, The car was designed in Australia, based on a car from Japan? unless I'm reading it wrong, surely a car designed in colaboration in two RHD territories would be designed in RHD and I'd think it more likely that a US model was cheaper for other reasons. can anyone cite reasonable evidence to back up the above?(Morcus (talk) 03:09, 1 June 2011 (UTC))