Ford Capri Reviews

~ ~ 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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

I have owned my capri for 4 years and hold no regrets. Though I will say that they are not for the shallow of pocket. In petrol mainly, also watch out for exhaust problems, mine often works loose from the engine, when driving on bumpy roads. There is of course their rep for rust, which is unfortunately well founded. Look out for probs with ...  Read the complete review

I've always had bad luck with any Ford I have bought, and my Ford Capri was no exception. I bought it from a colleague of mine at work, and she had had no problems with it. To be fair it was a good lucker, a fairly basic model 1600 in lime green, and I thought I was the bee's knees driving off from her driveway with this sporty looking ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

I wanted a Capri for years - they ran in the family. When I passed my test there was no way I could afford to run one - the insurance costs were ridiculous. When I was 18, I was offered my Grandfathers 1978 1.6GL, but insurance costs of £850 for third part fire and theft meant I didn't hang onto it for very long. A couple of years ...  Read the complete review