~ ~ The title of this review “The Car You Always Promised Yourself” was part of the Ford advertising campaign for the Ford Capri when it was first released back in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. It was designed to appeal to the hearts (and loins) of a motoring public at the time when the best affordable cars the motoring public were being offered in the UK were awful dogs of automobiles like the Austin 1100, Hillman Avenger, and Morris Marina. Indeed, my one and only Ford Capri replaced a bloody dreadful Austin 1100, which was about as much fun to drive as a three-wheeled bicycle! ~ ~ The Ford Capri was produced at the old Ford Halewood factory in ...  Read the complete review

‘The Car You Always Promised Yourself’, enthused the adverts for the Ford Capri, and in the case of the Flying Tiger, we did … three times. As passionate Capri enthusiasts, the number we have owned easily exceeds fifty. They are usually bought cheaply and either restored and kept by us for a while, or if they are too far gone, the useful parts are taken out and transplanted into Capris that would otherwise remain on the ‘critical list’! I always find it hard to watch as the corpses of the donor cars are carried off to the scrap-yard, but comfort myself with the thought that one more Capri is going to stay on the road ...  Read the complete review

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This will be a brief summary as my car is now a fully-fledged circuit racer so current opinions will not be relevant to many other people. However, despite its reputation, the Capri changed the face of relatively high performance coupes and made them affordable. Like the XR3 that followed it, this affordability and therefore the mix of drivers that bought them gave them a poor reputation, but actually is was a good car. And don't believe stories about poor handling because they are fairy tales that have been told so often people now believe them. Mine is a 23 year old mark 1 which has been developed over the years into a circuit racer, though it ...  Read the complete review

The capri is an interesting car it has become a kind of cultural icon it has been cut into slices covered in fake fur covered in ciggies and such like but that isn't what the car is about. The capri first and foremost in my opinion is the best production dragster that has ever been made in britain. It is or rather was a poor mans racer. The huge power plants put in the capri accelerate it fast and to high speeds it is only when u turn a corner that your life flashes before your eyes. I have had the pleasure of owning a knackered one and they are nice cheap cars. I threw it away cause it bust.  Read the complete review