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Resurrecting the Ford Capri – pros and cons

By 2024-07-31T10:36:00

1. 2024 Ford Capri - ext front (new and old) sketches

Great design, just don’t call it a Capri – or maybe do?

Considering a car’s design carefully after walking around it in the metal is almost always better than making a snap judgement based on a few digital images spread via a social media feed and only seen through your smartphone (possibly in poor light).

Using the former approach twice for good measure, Car Design News saw the reborn Capri over a year ago under embargo in pre-production form and then again at the July 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Despite being inside a cramped temporary exhibition box on the second occasion, we can confirm the new Capri is a coherent design. Whether or not it’s a spiritual heir to the Capri name made famous by the late-60s, sporty-looking GT two-door original with the long nose, we’ll get to later.

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One of the things that’s quick to perceive in the new Capri is the quality of its exterior execution. Shutlines are tight and minimal, and where different materials converge the results are usually flush and neat. You won’t see a bunch of sensors and other asymmetric safety addenda protruding from its front face either. They’re carefully hidden behind smooth and logical surfacing.

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