DRIVEN: All-new Ford Capri. Right car, wrong name? | Electrifying

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    Ford has some big hero nameplates in its back catalogue - Escort, Explorer, Mustang, Capri. And, as you'll know, it’s bringing some of those names back. The new Explorer? Good car - but it’s not an Explorer. The Mustang Mach-E? 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 size and pricing of the Capri puts it up against the BMW iX2, Cupra Tavascan or VW ID.5 - and, speaking of VW, the Capri has far more in common with the ID.5 than it does with that original Ford icon of the 70s and 80s.
    You see, 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 li-ion NMC 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.
    Is the new Capri the right car with the wrong name? Join Nicola as she puts it through its paces for the first time. Do you like the new Capri? Do you love the name? Let us know in the comments below.
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  • @lowfuel6089
    @lowfuel6089 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +162

    It looks like a polestar 2 with a peanut allergy that's flared up.

  • @Dubnoreix
    @Dubnoreix 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +95

    Ford should look at what Renault is doing with the Renault 5. That’s how you bring back an iconic name.

    • @grizzly8810
      @grizzly8810 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Absolutely. The R5 is one of the most interesting new EVs at the moment, and probably the most interesting one from a European OEM.
      I am seriously considering it as my new winter / city car next year. I'm holding out for the cheaper / smaller battery version, since it will be my second car and I will use it almost exclusively short distance.

    • @marting7639
      @marting7639 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      This is what happens when you partner with VW, you get bland, boring, overpriced cars.

    • @davidmehlhorn726
      @davidmehlhorn726 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      That's exactly what I said on another youtube channel. Ford have lost the plot calling the Mach E a Mustang and now this monstrosity a Capri.

    • @michaelb9664
      @michaelb9664 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Cracking review on what is a travesty of a car.
      Mondeo, Sierra or even Cortina would be more of an acceptable name than Capri. It’s not a Capri, it just another appliance.

    • @jonpetter8921
      @jonpetter8921 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@marting7639 Boring cars sell most......

  • @Nicks_GamingTTV
    @Nicks_GamingTTV 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +54

    I love her she my favourite presenter and I love how entertaining she is and also honest please give her a raise guys
    She deserves it

    • @scoopermg8226
      @scoopermg8226 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Enjoy your wank, mate 😉

  • @amanasd26
    @amanasd26 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +75

    that price is mental

    • @N1ckZ
      @N1ckZ 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      All cars are too expensive nowadays.

    • @davidcolin6519
      @davidcolin6519 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@N1ckZ But BEVs are, in general, following a downward trend. Trust Ford to try to reverse the trend.

    • @alexishart1989
      @alexishart1989 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I know right. What a bargain.

    • @RazvanMihaeanu
      @RazvanMihaeanu 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The funny thing is... if this was 2-3 door coupe... they could have sold it as such.. adding the word "sport" to it..
      48 000 (Jesus!) ... pounds not euros (Holy Mother of God!)

    • @davidcolin6519
      @davidcolin6519 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@RazvanMihaeanu Not much difference between pounds and €uros these days, and I expect the differential to keep swinging.
      If the UK is ever able to rejoin the EU (which seems to be a bigger and bigger "if", I rec kon the pound will be worth about €0,50

  • @bellshooter
    @bellshooter 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +166

    So it's a VW iD5, but £10k overpriced, and heat pump is extra....goodbye Ford.

    • @jonevansauthor
      @jonevansauthor 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      Elon Musk always mentions that the only US manufacturers who never went bust are Ford and Tesla and that Tesla almost went under three or four times. I do not think Ford's unbroken record is going to last much longer and good riddance to bad rubbish tbh.

    • @HairyCheese
      @HairyCheese 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Every hole's a goal.

    • @jamiep61
      @jamiep61 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I think It looks great and I expect It to be very popular

    • @davidcolin6519
      @davidcolin6519 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      @@jamiep61 At that price? Seriously?

    • @garydavis1528
      @garydavis1528 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      It’s a shared battery chassis with some switches only that is designed, engineered and built by Ford with its own superior software that works unlike Vw’s software with Ford getting greater range from the batteries. That battery chassis share is Vw paying-off Ford for rebadging their combustions the Ranger and Transits for Vw to sell as the new Amarok etc that have cosmetic changes only that Ford build and ship to them as Amarok…

  • @scott8919
    @scott8919 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

    I have no idea why it took me so long to get the Capri Sun connection.

  • @drfisheye
    @drfisheye 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    The legend is back! I mean Nicola, obviously.

  • @Bullit151
    @Bullit151 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Thank you Nicola, for risking the ire of Ford to tell it straight.

    • @nicolahume
      @nicolahume 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      This may be the last Ford launch I go on. It was fun while it lasted😅

  • @blackbelt2000
    @blackbelt2000 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +52

    ford is just slapping model names that remotely have any recognition on their EVs hoping it gives their cars cred. They did the same thing with the mustang EV. It obviously backfires. There is nothing wrong with giving a new name for their EV line up.

    • @scott8919
      @scott8919 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      It wouldn't surprise me if Ford did it on purpose in the same way Toyota has a Corolla and a Corolla Cross... that is, they can say they sold X amount of Mustangs and not necessarily have to make a distinction because they're both a "Mustang".
      It's also easier and cheaper for Ford to use trademarks they already own and aren't using than trying to come up with a new name that no one else has taken.

    • @N1ckZ
      @N1ckZ 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      It doesn't backfire though.

    • @jeffreyt02
      @jeffreyt02 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah however the mustang was a great car for its time… this however 😂

    • @davidcolin6519
      @davidcolin6519 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The trouble with "just giving it a new name" is what has happened with the VW ICE names. With the exception of the old names (Golf etc), their entire lineup of "Crossovers" have instantly forgettable names. I'll admit that they're instantly forgettable products as well, with styling which always looks like a VW, but they're also all without any actual, you know, style.
      Jeez, the legacy automakers chose a truly TERRIBLE time to completely drop the ball. I'm really starting to wonder whether ANY of them will survive without really serious governmental support.

    • @davidcolin6519
      @davidcolin6519 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@N1ckZ I've seen 1 Mustang Mach E since its launch. I don't know where all those "sales" went, but I suspect that Ford basically forced their dealers to buy them and "pre-register" them. This is a well known process for massaging sales statistics, and one of the ways that automakers with more dealers than quality, use.

  • @riaz8783
    @riaz8783 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    And that was the last time Nicola was invited to a Ford launch 😂

    • @the_lost_navigator7266
      @the_lost_navigator7266 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      If Ford keep launching crap Iike this, she isn't going to miss much!

  • @marting7639
    @marting7639 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

    As a Mondeo owner, i'm just going to say "How dare you!"

    • @Mancozeb100
      @Mancozeb100 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@marting7639 Exactly , and as a Mondeo mk1 owner in the 90s, I agree! They really should have put the Sierra name on it !

    • @chrispenn715
      @chrispenn715 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@Mancozeb100 Cortina anyone? 😂

    • @MultiDecimation
      @MultiDecimation 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@chrispenn715 granada would make more sense or just scorpio cos it was hideous too

    • @grizzly8810
      @grizzly8810 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Mancozeb100 As somebody who has owned and driven both a very late model ('92 I believe) Sierra and an early mk1 Mondeo, I have to say that at least as >150kkm used cars, the Sierra did a lot better. The Mondeo might have driven better as a new car (I can't attest to that), but it carried its age and milage a lot worse than the Sierra did.

    • @chrispenn715
      @chrispenn715 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @MultiDecimation yep. Good point

  • @markatkinson167
    @markatkinson167 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +51

    Come on Ford if you're going to bring back the Capri name, at least place it onto a sporty looking thing.

    • @N1ckZ
      @N1ckZ 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ah yes, a sporty looking thing, that not even the people who claim they want such a sporty looking thing, would buy.

    • @markgt894
      @markgt894 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      @@N1ckZwell don’t use the Capri name then! Call it “just another slightly raised hatchback”

    • @frenchschnitzel
      @frenchschnitzel 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      They already misused the Mustang name...

    • @markgt894
      @markgt894 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@frenchschnitzel yep and the Mustang Mach E has not exactly been a runaway success. Just proves not all marketing leads to improved sales.

    • @grizzly8810
      @grizzly8810 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@N1ckZ I disagree that nobody would buy them. At some point in the next few years, I need to think about replacint my 3 series coupé that is getting rather long in the tooth (unless I decide to do a running restauration and keep driving it as a youngtime, but that is another story).
      BMW currently doesn't offer a 2 door coupé with an electric drivetrain. Also, I dislike the design of more recent BMWs.
      The only current option for somebody looking for an elegant and sporty 2 door coupé (ideally more GT than sportscar) with an EV drivetrain, seems to be the MG cyberster.
      If Ford would bring a GT coupé in the spirit of the original Capri, I for one would definitely take it into close consideration as a replacement for my current 3 series.

  • @the_lost_navigator7266
    @the_lost_navigator7266 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This video reminds me of the infamous Vectra review by Jeremy Clarkson 😂
    Well done!

  • @LukaFontain
    @LukaFontain 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Finally an electric SUV

  • @Mancozeb100
    @Mancozeb100 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

    Bravo, Nicola - yeah, definitely an insult to memory of Capri ! Certainly nearer Mondeo hatch - though, I’d probably have used the Sierra name ! The (early) Mondeos were just too good, to also be sullied by this ID5 thing !! 😅

  • @UltraJaff
    @UltraJaff 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +34

    This car is a crime against the Capri name, if this was named Cortina, Mondeo, it’d be an insult to those cars names too.

    • @AntJoseph_
      @AntJoseph_ 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes

    • @DavidPlayfair
      @DavidPlayfair 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Anglia, maybe?

    • @Mancozeb100
      @Mancozeb100 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@UltraJaff Well the badge font is nearer to the original Sierra … so that’s my suggestion for it ! Sierra was basically a good car, but wrapped in the weird jelly mould body that horrified people. Something like this “Capri” !

    • @grizzly8810
      @grizzly8810 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Mancozeb100 This hurt a little bit, since I grew up in the backseat of a succession of Sierras (and later inherited the last of its line as my first own car). But I reluctantly have to agree. with you. Ford can only hope that people will warm up to the ugly crossover SUV body just like people in time warmed up to the "weird jelly mould body" of the Sierra.

  • @DavidJohnson-gh3si
    @DavidJohnson-gh3si 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    Please can you interview the marketing people that decided ‘Capri’ was the way to go. Would love to hear their reasoning because most potential buyers seem to be put off just by the bloody name!

    • @nickwinn7812
      @nickwinn7812 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      They're probably all too young to know what the Capri was all about.

    • @teatimetel174
      @teatimetel174 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      they do what they are told by the WEF. get them in evs at all costs..

  • @aleksandarbrzic8351
    @aleksandarbrzic8351 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    Apart from that.... Apart from that..... Apart from that.......... Oh dear...

  • @graemechurch6964
    @graemechurch6964 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    Looking at what Renault is doing with the 4, 5 and Twingo, exciting reinventions of loved old cars, this is really disappointing from Ford. I would really like to see a modern interpretation, but it seems silly referring to this car as a Capri.

    • @senja572
      @senja572 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Renault has done the same thing with 4. 5 was 4's successor, both the same class car. Now, 5 is the true refresh of the old 5. 4 is a crossover... I mean, how could they be two different cars now, when they have been the same class car before, one older and one newer version...

    • @grizzly8810
      @grizzly8810 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@senja572 The Renault 5 wasn't the successor for the Renault 4. Renault 4 and 5 were built in parallel on the same platform during the entire run of the original ('72 - '85) Renault 5. The two models had quite different target groups. The Renault 4 was practical (always 4 door only from the beginning!), affordable and robust and generally targeted more towards rural target groups. The Renault 5 was elegant, modern, better equipped and (optionally) sporty. Until '79 it was available with two doors only. Its target group was more urban and fashionable.
      So while I dislike SUV crossovers in general, I do think I understand where Renault is trying to go with this. The 5 as the new elegant urban choice, and the 4 as the "practical" SUV for those that actually believe that SUVs are practical...
      I am seriously considering the new Renault 5 EV to replace my slightly aging first generation Twingo that I currently drive as a winter / city car.

  • @PattyTheGeek
    @PattyTheGeek 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Love the saucy rename. Very boldly done!🤩

  • @TeaBreak.
    @TeaBreak. 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    This car is the spiritual successor to the old VW Bora. >>>The Ford Bora.

  • @BryanJackson-vy6ss
    @BryanJackson-vy6ss 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Maybe the name is quite clever! Everyone's taking about it.

  • @huwjones5879
    @huwjones5879 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    I'm not at all keen on the recent trend for fabric dashboard and door top coverings. In every car I've ever owned the dashboard gets covered in dust,
    and the door tops in kids sticky fingerprints, and water when you open the doors in the rain. When these surfaces are covered in a nice durable vinyl a quick wipe with a damp cloth sorts them put. Having to use a vacuum cleaner on these surfaces is just something extra to do. Whilst I'm moaning about interior materials, reviewers always go on about the lower doors being "too plasticy", this is where muddy feet come into contact regularly. Give me a hard wearing durable easy to clean plastic every time, it's not as if you are constantly fondling the lower door is it?

  • @examinerian
    @examinerian 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The Mondeo re-badge is genius, brilliant. Keeping all the worst bits of the VW is, erm, questionable. Pricing it above the Mustang Mach E is just insanity.
    I hope you left the badges on when you handed this iD.Ford back...

  • @robsawalker
    @robsawalker 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This reminds me of my school dinners - specifically a bowl of lukewarm tapioca with a dash of red food colouring to make it appear more appealing. It's somehow managed to be both boring and horrible at the same time.

  • @DaveC1964
    @DaveC1964 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Perfectly fine, nice!! You said it all 😮

  • @SuperLuckyCat7
    @SuperLuckyCat7 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Had a Capri gen 1 ages ago. Totally different creature! Todays nomenclature by Ford is like the VW ID 3 4 or 5 would be called "Karmann Ghia"... Yikes 😬 Xcellent review👍Just subscribed ✅

  • @worldofcars_ldn
    @worldofcars_ldn 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Did I hear her say it’s both longer and shorter than an Explorer?! They should have just called it the Explorer Coupe, just like most other manufacturers these days giving us both versions of SUVs

    • @Noah_E
      @Noah_E 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Long in length. Short in height. You don't need a spec sheet to recognize that's what she meant

  • @jonevansauthor
    @jonevansauthor 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The Mondeo bit is fantastic. Geoff's kiss on that one.

    • @jonevansauthor
      @jonevansauthor 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I love that just going through all the haptic stuff it's full of features that make it a product no-one should ever buy in a million years. Why would you save one button by having a rear toggle button to switch between the windows you want to open? That does not help.

  • @littleblackcloud86
    @littleblackcloud86 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Well done Nicola for telling it like it is - nowhere near enough reviewers do this (likely don't want to risk getting off the gravy train). This car is an affront to the name Capri - no wonder Ford are in deep trouble.
    Renault's recent 4/5 launch are showing the industry how to revive an iconic name.

  • @ricolasroc5890
    @ricolasroc5890 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a good presenter! Informative, funny. Told me what I wanted to know about this thing.

  • @andytaylor6893
    @andytaylor6893 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Where is the fully electric Focus??Come on Ford, pull your finger out!

  • @Bob-v6y2v
    @Bob-v6y2v 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Never seen one on the road yet , and with any luck I never will

  • @sIightIybored
    @sIightIybored 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    So they've made a Ford ID.5. They saw everything people hated about the ID cars and left it in then slapped on a historic name that has only angered people.
    Ford better have something good in the pipeline after the ID clones are done with

    • @N1ckZ
      @N1ckZ 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      All press is good press

    • @concinnus
      @concinnus 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The Mach-E is getting a price cut and standard heat pump in the US. No idea abt Europe tho.

  • @natehill8069
    @natehill8069 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Haptic buttons and menus are a giant F-U to customers. It shows they prioritize profit far above safety or satisfaction.
    And the difference between aircon and heat pump is a reversing valve, a single little piece. For £1000?

  • @MrBundesen
    @MrBundesen 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I like it and dont care about the naming, I ordered the 4WD delivered end November 2024, Cant Wait...

    • @rudigerkoch759
      @rudigerkoch759 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I ordered the 4WD in yellow included all options and can‘t wait. My wife and I don‘t mind the name, we drive the car….it‘s great.

    • @gee1502
      @gee1502 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Glad you are looking forward to standing out in the crowd, not because you pissed your money away on a fugly ev, but the fact your the only one that bought a wannabe capri, 😂

  • @matthewtyler-jones8317
    @matthewtyler-jones8317 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    As always the question, if you are looking at this, why not get a cheaper Skoda Enyaq, with 4, count em, FOUR buttons for the windows in the drivers door. And actual buttons on the steering wheel.

  • @jimcabezola3051
    @jimcabezola3051 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    YOU should have been at Ford's marketing department when they named this thing.
    It does the SAME job as a Mondeo: schlepping people to and from work daily.
    YOUR answer to the naming problem is perfect!
    Ford just wanted to rewrite its past by mis-using the Capri name...
    Were I an owner...I would have rearranged the letters to read "Crapi". Until...I saw YOUR video. Renaming my hypothetical Capri to "Mondeo" would be the genius-level move Ford should've taken in the first place!
    Excellent points made in your video! Who knows? Perhaps Ford are watching and will correct their mistake.

  • @th42
    @th42 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I think you’ve nailed it. 👏👏👏

  • @danmason7
    @danmason7 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Nicola, you're literally the second best presenter in the game. Definitely the best women presenter. I reckon only Rory pips you in terms of overall balance of review info x entertainment x knowledge. Keep up the great work 👍🏻

  • @SWR112
    @SWR112 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Whoever signed off that name for this was a complete idiot. It simply created hatred for a car engineers and designers have produced that is probably ok but so many wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole because of the name. Why not call it the Galaxy, Orion, Granada. £56k 😂 who is going to buy that, really so many better looking options without the added baggage of a disaster of a name.
    Would you walk away and look back and think “Nice” 😂 no.

  • @connclissmann6514
    @connclissmann6514 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Thanks for the review. You may have mentioned this already, but this car is not a Capri. No more than an ID.4 is a Scirocco.

  • @tradingcardboss
    @tradingcardboss 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thought Capri Sun and there it was 😂

  • @leonkernan
    @leonkernan 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Noted. Do not finger the hole.

  • @michaelb9664
    @michaelb9664 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A cracking review on what is a travesty.
    I think this review was as kind as it could be, yet the real point was still made.
    Call it a Mondeo, a Sierra or Cortina if they can’t think of anything new, but this is no Capri. It’s just another appliance.

  • @chasf3433
    @chasf3433 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    So we have to look at a low down touch screen and other hard to locate and use haptic buttons to adjust many things on the move but then get bonged at for not looking ahead - brilliant!!! Not sure Nicola is going to stay on Ford's invite list though for this hilarious but spot on video😂

    • @Mancozeb100
      @Mancozeb100 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@chasf3433 Think Ford are just going to ignore it - they’re taking enough flak over this from all sides … but, like when they launched the Sierra back in the day, and the Scorpio… they kept going

  • @CoxJul
    @CoxJul 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Wrong car, wrong name, wrong price!

  • @timdegg182
    @timdegg182 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    WOW the new Cortina..I like it..4 door family stuff.. great about time Ford bring back the family fav Cortina of the 70's .. Thanks Ford well done..

  • @jarletronerud
    @jarletronerud 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This is more like the new Orion :)

  • @Darthadios
    @Darthadios 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I wish they were made real Capri successor.

  • @johnnodge4327
    @johnnodge4327 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    If Ford had called it Scorpio, then people would have been pleased it wasn't as ugly as it's name suggested.

  • @Flickerbrain
    @Flickerbrain 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    It would have been really interesting to be a fly-on-the-wall during the design process for this car. No doubt some really cool "Capri" concepts were made and then the accountants gave their feedback. Say no more!

  • @PaulMeier-cu3ds
    @PaulMeier-cu3ds 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    As usual a fun review, thank you. Mondeo, spot on.
    Leave the marketing disaster of the Capri name aside, this is simply not worth £56k and even the lower specifications in the £45ks are simply terrible value. Ford have done a good job with the VW MEB platform to get the best out of it but not at these prices. As the review points out you might get something more stylish, fun and agile, and cheaper from Mini; you could also add in something from Smart or even Alfa. If you want this sort of wagon the Nissan Ariya range looks pretty good and compare their top of the range E4orce stuff with this top spec so called Capri.

  • @MuziqRocksChannel
    @MuziqRocksChannel 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Almost 60k??? I'd say WRONG PRICE!

  • @Banyan314
    @Banyan314 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Saw this car at Farnborough. It's huge !

  • @HonestWatchReviewsHWR
    @HonestWatchReviewsHWR 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    £1000 for a heat pump 🤯

  • @jullianhuisken7779
    @jullianhuisken7779 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    4:36 CAPRI sun🤣

  • @AlanHorsburgh-y6o
    @AlanHorsburgh-y6o 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Seen a number of reviews now of Capri and Explorer and all agree if you want an electric Ford SUV you buy the Explorer and forget the Capri.

  • @thomash2806
    @thomash2806 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I’d rather have a VW. Or a Dacia. Or a second-hand Merc. Or pretty much anything…

  • @MrHabushi
    @MrHabushi 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Compared to the recently reviewed Renault 5, this just seems utterly soulless. I completely appreciate they're different cars for different markets but the sentiment remains, Ford has plenty of history and nostalgia it could borrow more than just model names from in order to sell SUVs.

  • @davidpaton1317
    @davidpaton1317 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i nearly wet myself laughing when she dropped the towing bracket

  • @David_Parr
    @David_Parr 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Excellent Video 👍
    But when the UK RHD spec comes to the UK,
    The Driver's side wireless phone charger will be on the right side 😊
    Heat pump and heated seats should come as standard on all EVs.

  • @lmc333
    @lmc333 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I am only here for Nicola in the South of my native country.... Totally with you on the correct name !! Not a Capri... This is the Mondeo ! So this car is bigger than the Explorer, which was a SUV to start with ?! Ford ?!

  • @4x5c6v7b
    @4x5c6v7b 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nicola...you are absolutely right. They dropped the ball calling it Capri...just generated so much backlash....the Capri was such an iconic car that you just can't bring it back as an electric SUV. The should have called it the Scorpio 🤣

  • @paultucker1272
    @paultucker1272 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A good honest review. Like "Brian", I'm also old enough to remember the original Capri. In fact, I had 4 of them and loved them dearly. As Ford stopped building them, I swapped for their American cousin, the Mustang, instead. Now I have two of those and love them! This new Capri is nothing more than a marketing exercise. Just like the Mach E, that shares nothing with the original pony car other than the badges......but at least you can still buy a REAL Mustang. I'm a life long Ford fan but they really are taking the pee with the names of some of their EVs. "The Legend Is Back"? No, no it's not. I'd take the Explorer over this for the very fact is NOT a Capri. The reality is the new Capri and the Mach E are relatively boring EV crossovers that blend in with hundreds of other boring EV crossovers and the ONLY way they can get people talking about them is to bring back legendary names. Now, if this were a great looking 2 door coupe with EV underpinnings, it might deserve the Capri name. But it isn't and it doesn't.

  • @AndySnap
    @AndySnap 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ha ha, yes Nicola, your rebranding was perfect! Just the right model name for an EV SUV. But Ford is in a right old fuddle these days, all over the place, remarkable when you think what marketing/product magic they used to have...

  • @Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars
    @Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    VW- can we flog you our haptic buttons? FORD- I guess so....do you have any proper buttons tho?

  • @deeselx
    @deeselx 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The Capri was not a family vehicle, you were right this could have been the new Modeo or Granda. They should have saved the Capri for a new exciting sports EV. Not sure why someone is going to pay more for this car than a model Y that is quicker, more efficient and more practical? Let’s see the Capri sales figures at the end of 2025 compared to the new model Y?

  • @davidmehlhorn726
    @davidmehlhorn726 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Gotta love Nichola and her intelligent use of tape. Now if only she could run this up to the edge of a cliff, get out after forgetting to put it in park!

  • @GeorgeThoughts
    @GeorgeThoughts 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The British would say this is a Mondeo, the US would say this is a taller 2017 Ford Taurus!

  • @nickwinn7812
    @nickwinn7812 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Poor Brian, nobody wanted to get into the BACK of a 70s Capri. It was a driver's car, which this one certainly doesn't appear to be. Calling it a Capri won't make it sell. Sorry Ford, you'd be better off making a small affordable family car, maybe reminiscent of an old model like an Anglia or an Escort, but It would have to look and feel the part to justify the marketing hype because there are a lot of good cars out there for us to choose from.

  • @gathonar
    @gathonar 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Mondeo yeah this looks like a great update to that old car. Oh and a nice bit of tape over them holes in the steering wheel will be needed.

  • @JuanAntonioSegoviaSorian-tw5wz
    @JuanAntonioSegoviaSorian-tw5wz 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Reasonably right car, utterly wrong name. Nice video :)

  • @randombitsofreality
    @randombitsofreality 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    If you can call Mustang an SUV, then you can call this a Capri.
    - The Ford marketing team

  • @Manuel-rl6um
    @Manuel-rl6um 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The question is how does it compare against ID5, Enyaq Coupe and Cupra Tavascan.
    Another question is if the longer and lower body helps autonomy compared to the Explorer.
    One reason why somebody would want a Capri instead of the Explorer might be that (the autonomy), or also for the extra 100L of boot space, or the Crossover design rather than the more traditional SUV design of the Explorer.

    • @mattb4721
      @mattb4721 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Don't forget that the Explorer is a massively ugly shoebox.

  • @rickybryan1759
    @rickybryan1759 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’m with you! It’s nothing like an Australian made Mazda 323 based 2 +2 convertible with a leaky roof and torque steer. This is more like a jacked up Telstar.

  • @mikaelskoglund373
    @mikaelskoglund373 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Mutch nicer look on the inside than outside, but not a Capri more like the Kuga

  • @3dm4rk
    @3dm4rk 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Absolute Travesty to call it a Capri, the only 'remote' similarity to the original is the Mustang look connection. Marketing gone mad.

  • @mrg-ghx8052
    @mrg-ghx8052 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The big problem with this vehicle, like most current vehicles, is its price, it's about 50% too expensive. Ford shouldn't try to sell cars over 50k, because they can't sell cars over 50k, "Ford customers" don't want them and can't afford them, and those who can afford a car over 50k have moved on from Ford. Ford company took this strategy straight from the WEFs backside and losses more on each new vehicle than it sells for 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @mgmarrison
    @mgmarrison 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Ford appears to have lost the plot. Their brand identity is in tatters (in the UK at least), and I doubt this will be on sale for long.
    Bring back the magic in the form of a genuine Fiesta successor, before it’s too late.

  • @familiedegier7072
    @familiedegier7072 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for this nice review, I will definitely try this Capri👍

  • @TimeisReel
    @TimeisReel 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "Nicola, you are one of my favorite Presenters...😅"

  • @leslie19611
    @leslie19611 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If they marketed it as a Mondeo it would probably sell more. Then they could save the Capri name for a coupe version later. Needs a realistically priced base spec though.

  • @Mobile_Dom
    @Mobile_Dom 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i think calling this a mondeo is more insulting than calling it a capri (to the mondeo)

  • @FormulaWhine
    @FormulaWhine 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ford have such a back catalogue of nostalgic names they could have brought back for this car. Sierra. Mondeo. Granada. Zodiac. Cortina... Any of those, and more, would have worked far better than Capri. This will be one of their biggest flops ever.

  • @TheEditorify
    @TheEditorify 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love Nicola!

  • @TL-xw6fh
    @TL-xw6fh 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The Edsel is a more appropriate name for it.

  • @jamesmccormack3229
    @jamesmccormack3229 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When we look at it as an Explorer Coupe it's not a bad car and has some decent points however not amazing either, it's in a section of the market with so many choices now it doesnt stand out. I do prefer the interior layout etc compared to the VW ID's.

  • @JimmyOKennedy
    @JimmyOKennedy 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The lack of a heat pump at that price is very dissapointing. 😞

  • @timdsd
    @timdsd 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I had a Capri in the early 1970's in the U.S. I loved its small size (maybe 165 inches long) and its semi-sporty look. If I remember correctly, it had a clunky automatic transmission and wasn't anything special to drive. It's grown much too big, but I don't mind Ford reusing the name Capri at all.

  • @Pottery4Life
    @Pottery4Life 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you.

  • @Gmh6477
    @Gmh6477 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    So… basically buy an iD5 simply because it’s not pretending to be an iconic coupe. They should have called this thing the Crapi or maybe the Mundane-o

  • @Liverpool1ne
    @Liverpool1ne 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    4:23 we are right hand drive in the UK so only an issue in other markets

  • @MartinMorris-wz4gx
    @MartinMorris-wz4gx 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Mondeo might be appropriate, but Crown Victoria would be another suggestion.

  • @barnoslogik
    @barnoslogik 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    to quote ted lasso (well roy kent) "Don't you dare settle for fine.” now as this is a car show regarding EV this is most apt “You should feel like you've been struck by lightning.” dont get me wrong its a good looking car, with absolutely the wrong name, (2nd time FORD have blown their chances now) but the VAG controls are just awful at best, i have friends in audi's, seats and skodas that absolutely hate the controls, talk about not giving the driver what they need, haptic buttons are borderline dangerous, physical button are better and safer and totally agree about the window, for the sake of 1 button (remove the rear) and have 2 for the rear windows makes so much more sense!!

  • @timothybloomer8287
    @timothybloomer8287 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    You could at least have told us how many miles per kwh you got on your test drive. Not a capri, too big, too expensive.

  • @GregNicolas-vb6vj
    @GregNicolas-vb6vj 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I only got as far as £56,000. Next.

  • @patrickh7368
    @patrickh7368 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ohh dear… will these fit in parking bays 😂… I had 3x proper Capris, won’t be having a 4th … lol.. also it gets silly now listening to these prices that get dreamt up 🙄 but hey great review…😊

  • @goonmerchant
    @goonmerchant 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    yet another soul-less blob of a SUV solely made for people who absolutely have no interest in what they drive let alone.
    In my opinion so undesirable i pity anyone who buys one because the used values will crash so hard it'll basically be the same as burning your cash !
    I'd have thought they'd have learnt their lesson after the mustang-e and what a dismal failure that was.

  • @TheBBKim
    @TheBBKim 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    😂😂 love this review