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Ford has some big hero nameplates in its back catalogue – Escort, Explorer, Mustang, Capri. And as you will know it’s bringing some of those names back on cars as heroic as the originals. The Explorer, good car – but it’s not an Explorer. The Mustang – again good, but it’s not a Mustang. And now, I’ve had a first look at the electric Capri. Which, yes… you’ve guessed it, is not a Capri.
The new Capri is basically a Ford Explorer, and that car is basically a Volkswagen. Well, sort of… Beneath the surface of both the Explorer and the new Capri lies Volkswagen’s MEB platform and powertrains, which you may be familiar with from the ID.3, 4, 5, Skoda Enyaq and the rest. Ford agreed a tie-up with Volkswagen a few years back, so that VW now uses Ford bits for its commercial vehicles, and Ford uses VW bits for its electric passenger cars, in an effort to cut development and manufacturing costs. And that’s why we have a Capri that isn’t a Capri.
The Ford Capri will be offered with rear-wheel drive, single motor models or a four-wheel drive, dual-motor version. The single motor Capri will be available with a 52kWh usable battery capacity as of 2025, but it’s the 77kWh car that will arrive first – complete with a range of up to 389 miles. It can also manage 0-62mph in 6.4 seconds thanks to the 282bhp electric motor, which is fast even by the standards of its rivals.
The dual motor Ford Capri gets slightly different battery chemistry and a usable capacity of 79kWh, which is good for 367 miles of WLTP range. Not bad given the 335bhp and 0-62mph time of 5.3 seconds.
As for charging speeds, the 79kWh Capri Extended Range AWD does that faster, too! It gets a peak DC charging rate of 185kW, so you’ll get a 10-80% charge in 26 minutes.
The single motor Ford Capri Extended Range RWD charges at up to 135kW, which is still good for the same top-up in under 30 minutes. A 7kW home charger will top the Explorer up in around 13 hours.
Join Ginny as she takes a close look around the new Ford Capri for the first time. Should Ford have chosen a different name for its newcomer? Does it matter to you? Let us know in the comments below.
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If you want electric it looks like a very nice good car I would buy one, but those wheels look hideous I hope you would get a choice. Polestar look the best EVs but I would never give my money to the Chinese. So if I went EV it would be this car sod the name.
Mustang MachE is more Capri than this. They should have called it the Fordrover Discoverish
Load of Sh1t
What a waste of a review. How similar do you expect an electric car launched today to be to a petrol car launched 55 years ago? This car has more interior space, more boot space, better performance, emits less noise and chemical pollution, has massively better tech, is more aerodynamic, and is much more efficient than its namesake.
Ford's marketing team decided to reuse an old car name that resonates with people for this brand new and much better car. That may warrant a passing remark but this reviewer wittered on about it for much of the review.
It doesn't matter. The world has moved on.
Another horrific EV…..nothing has any “soul” any more.
Ignoring the misuse of the Capri name, the Ford range, before their move to electric vehicles, was always logical. Ford offered a model that appealed to a wide range of people at different stages of their life. In contrast, Mustang, Explorer and now Capri are aimed at the same family SUV market segment. Three cars that compete with each other from the same brand? BYD must be laughing their socks off! The only way Ford will shift stock is with cheap lease deals, they are burning brand loyalty with this thinly disguised VW.
80% of the video is about you complaining about the car. 10% is complaining about the name. We get that you don’t like the car; now just tell us about the darn thing!!!
the haptic buttons are 1 of the best things about VW cars. I really don't understand why people don't like them
Ford have lost it – the Explorer isn't even a Ford, it's a VW and this….well this is definitely NOT a Capri! That was a tuff watch 😒
To be fair to Ford, it's been 38 years. No one my age has a clue what a Capri is. Reminds me of when BMW refused to call the 1M a M1 because of an obscure supercar 99% of the planet doesn't remember. It's just a name, and when that name is throughly out of the public memory then it can be anything.
It is the ugliest car i have seen from ford.
Built on a VW platform and looks like a PoleStar. Not a Ford for Ford fans.
It’s a FAIL
Is this car designed for giants? Not a Capri in any respect. Far too big for UK roads and Car Park spaces.
had an explorer gasoline. breaks my heart to see the new explorer electric. if they want to sell electric to their loyal customers? Its almost like they are insulting and spoiling our memories of their great cars by launching these new models. would have bought an electric explorer by now if it looked anything like its petrol predecessor
Is she very small…or is that car f…. huge
Forget the name, it actually looks rather nice.
Bodie and Doyle would get hernias trying to roll over that bonnet 😂
suv , omg another one
I have to agree with you Ginny nothing like the original Capr1 ( I had a Capri 2.0S) Ford should have use an original name for this car
I like it but it's not a Capri
I have no emotional connection to the original Capri and find this a good looking suv.
I think it's better looking than the Explorer. The naming does seem odd, but I can see the resemblance, at least from the waist up. When I was young, it was the Opel Manta or Golf GTI I liked but never really the Capri
A new crapi lol 😅😂😂😂😂
Low effort. Not a good look for the brand.
The problem here is not Fords, it’s the fact that too many people are living in the past and not the future. Other than the big sports car manufacturers and MG, none of them make 2 door coupe’s anymore for one simple reason, they can’t sell them because they are completely impractical. And one things for sure the marketing agency knew what they were doing, as they have you talking about it😉
Looks like a Porsche SUV except the back tale gate. And to be frank it’s similar to many new current SUVs on the market. Is it coming to Australia ? Cost ? And more importantly the power output & torque nm take off – in Australia?
Can't wait for the Ford GT Van .
Bloody muppets at Ford.
Im buying Toyota.
This car look like absolute sh……t.
I don’t mind the car, but it’s the wrong name. It’s a dumb choice.
Such a failure 😂
All the motor journalists, are trying so hard not to rip this a new one, and be totally honest. And risk never being invited back to review any other Ford. So they have to lie, and basically mist over the facts. That its not a Capri at all, and just another EV SUV. And it will never be a Capri, more like a Polestar with a Ford badge. Well done Ginny, you managed that review really well. Now give us your truly honest opinion.
Wow, it has a secret cubby hole and a tilting screen, I'm sold!! Take my imaginary 42k, Ford are in denial. And I'm not promising myself one….ever.
what a great looking EV…
Who cares if it’s not like the original Capri…
All I’m interested in is judging it in its own right… to that end I look forward to the on road review
I love how it looks btw
Wonderful irony that after years of a Jaguar being a Mondeo in drag jibes, the new Capri is a Skoda in drag!
Ford have made an ugly yellow Polestar 2. It’s awful. And expensive. And will have Ford complaining that no-one wants EV’s when they don’t sell enough. Terrible. Just terrible.
There is no way this Fisher Price car is a Capri.
Why call it a capri if you are just gonna make a shitty crossover
Ahh yesss. Ford, the company to push plastic sellout marketing, riding the legacy of the past. F*cking insult! 👏🏼
my first car was the Ford Capri 2.8 Turbo, it was a dream to drive – Ford brings the Legend back! Thank's Ford… can't wait for it! I will enjoy to drive this car next year… the old Capri is History – a new decade, a new look – the 'old' name – you should be happy Capri's are back on the road – good job!
Rubbish!…..what fools gonna buy that over AUDI BMW MERCEDES LEXUS….the list goes on!
It’s gugget
Stop designing cars when on crack…
You have had 30 years to come up with this WTAF FORD
NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOO, just NO
My Ford T-shirts are now in the bin
Henry would be so disappointed
Polestar copy?