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New Ford Capri

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    #32
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    kbannon wrote: »
    I wonder will GM produce a modern equivalent of the Manta?

    Well, if Ford do put this car into production, no doubt GM will also jump on the bandwagon, as they have done in the past, following Ford's lead.


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    #33
    Cmar-Ireland
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Cmar-Ireland


    Vegeta wrote: »
    the two hikers in the background must have got a nice surprise to see a blonde lady prancing around in her undies.


    How the hell did you notice the two hikers????????? :p


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    #34
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    Agreed, the rear side windows are about the only thing that hint at the real Capri.


    As an aside, a bloke I went to school with (many years ago) insisted on pronouncing it "caparee", which we all reckoned was the Irish for 'sandwiches' (ceapairí); therefore, to a small group of lads who went to a certain school back in the '70s, this classic car is known as the 'Ford Sandwiches'. :D

    Carry on...


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    #35
    Guy:Incognito
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    To echoe others, it's not a capri. It's just a new car that Ford decided to attache the Capri name to. The should have just modernised the design but kept it as similar as possible.

    Or better still, built it exactly as before with no changes. :)


    It looks ike an Alfa to me tbh.


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    #36
    WHITE_P
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    Nice car but have to agree with some of the others, it is not a good example of how a modern capri should look.

    Any one of the attached is a good example of modern take on retro cars.

    Not mention what Fiat, Mini and VW have produced.


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    #37
    Cmar-Ireland
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    WHITE_P wrote: »
    Nice car but have to agree with some of the others, it is not a good example of how a modern capri should look.

    Any one of the attached is a good example of modern take on retro cars.

    Not mention what Fiat, Mini and VW have produced.

    Exactly, the four headlight, long bonnet, aggressive front end is what defined the Capri. The new one is very stylish, but is no capri.

    But damn, how gorgeous are the retro Camaro and concept Miura?


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    #38
    Eoin
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 21,238 CMod ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Nice looking car, but more hot hatch than coupe to me.

    I also thought Volvo / Brera as well.


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    #39
    pburns
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    I had to look twice to convince myself it wasn't a re-badged Volvo. I really can't understand those who say it looks good. Whilst the Volvo and new Scirocco have a certain 'something', this is really mediocre and totally lacking in originality.

    Also they'd have some neck to call it a 'Capri' - almost zero Capri styling cues...

    Anyway, back in the 70s Capris were driven by hairy-chesten men. Today affordable coupes are for platinum-blonde builders'molls and metro-men/gaysters...


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    #40
    cantdecide
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    Looks very Austrian to me- that is to say, halfway between Germany and Italy. I must admit I let out a PHWOAR when I saw the photos. Don't like the lack of fifth stud. It trivialises it a little IMO.


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    #41
    Run_to_da_hills
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    Onkle wrote: »
    At least when VW did the new Beetle it just looked like a modern Beetle
    Nope, the New Beetle dose not resemble anything of a Beetle, it is more a tribute to the more recent Mazda 121. The only thing Capri about that new Ford is the rear passenger side windows which is copied by heaps of modern cars other than that it is just like any other Ford.

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    #42
    maidhc
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    pburns wrote: »
    Anyway, back in the 70s Capris were driven by hairy-chesten men. Today affordable coupes are for platinum-blonde builders'molls and metro-men/gaysters...

    The Hyundai Coupe captures the spirit of the Capri better than anything else on the market. Cheap, cheerful, good looking, and available with some rather pedestrian engines.

    Maybe the new Genesis coupe will be driven by hairy chested men!


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    #43
    BnA
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Capri my arse.

    Mike.

    Agreed 100%

    It's an insult to the Capri name.


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    #44
    It BeeMee
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭It BeeMee


    They may as well call it a Model T for all the resemblence it bears to the original.


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    #45
    ShayK1
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    kbannon wrote: »
    (ignore the tart beside the car!)
    c12.jpg

    The back of the new one is too high. The bonnet isn't long enough

    What car?


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    #46
    danger_mouse_tm
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    I thought it was a hyundai i30 or a kia c'eed at first look


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    #47
    _Kaiser_
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    1-Ford_Capri.JPG
    Now how does the new one bear any resemblence to that?? :confused:


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    #48
    WHITE_P
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    Kaiser2000 wrote: »
    1-Ford_Capri.JPG
    Now how does the new one bear any resemblence to that?? :confused:

    Nice :D


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    #49
    ianobrien
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    That's nothing like a Capri. It needs a longer bonnet, a V6 engine, rear wheel drive and a bloody live axle at the rear. The styling is nothing like a Capri, Mk1 or Mk111! It doesn't even look like a Consul Capri!


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    #50
    Cormic
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    I like it. It is not a Capri though. Also why are the exhausts on the front?


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