“we have so many fans, we don’t want to disappoint them”. you just did it. it has nothing of the capri. it has nothing, the sportiness, the elegance, the charm of a coupe, nothing. next idea? the Ford GT40 electric 7-seater suv? I’m curious to know the opinion of clarkson, may and hammond.
NAILED IT? nailed what? an epitaph? I had a capri when i was a kid, and this yellow suv aint it or a relative. looks more like a polestar than anything else. You should have asked Daggenham to design it instead of a French committee. makes me a bit sad really
Ruined an absolute masterpiece☹️ And the sad thing is that someone at ford thinks that this will live up to the legacy of the old 72' capri that was even raced in group 5 and it was successfull
I was looking forward for a brand new capri 3 doors sports coupe, but this doesn't make me happy, you guys ruined another legend with those SUV's, i'm gonna stay with my original 1982 2.8i Capri
Abysmal. Half the muppets you interviewed can’t even pronounce Capri correctly, let alone design it right. The Capri didn’t need to return in the electric era, try take inspiration from the original and actually design something different and iconic. You haven’t captured the essence of the original at all, you’ve spat it out and trode on it. A “sports car for the family”, it has nothing sporty about it!
Whats next you going to bring back the RS200 as new another SUV or go bigger and make it a van?? if you going to keep killing off the names that made you great why not hit hard and bring back the name Escort and make that into the biggest electric SUV no one wanted
I was saddened when I saw it... As someone who works with Fords, I'm not happy about it. I would have talked to the designer to think about it better. .I don't see it as a fantasy that it will have a big market! but good luck in the future! I can't applaud the designer..
The problem is the stupid ideas the ones in the designer team, marketing and corporates has, thinking of using a legendary nameplate will bring more customers...the customers of the Capri era won't buy this p.o.s..if it has nothing resembling the one they grew up watching or owned..maybe use a new nameplate..also since it is an ev vehicle it will not be considered a car...just call it Ford anything with a letter or number..that is why the chinese and VW wins..cause they bring a entirely new product..means new nameplates, new model new everything
Calling this the new ford is ridiculous. You want your heads banged together, for using the Capri name.for me it looks like a four wheel drive of some type. You designers just ain't got a clue.
Is Ford Europe having an identity crisis, beyond the polestar looks and VW MEB ID5 powertrain vw capacitive switches where is the real capri hiding?can’t just be the yellow colour 😢
Lol" bringing back a legend" - as an SUV. This is marketing people gone crazy: after the Mustang SUV now a Capri SUV, that looks like a copy of Polestar to boot? Very sad ...
Since when have SUV and Capris ever been used in the same context?... I actually find the design irritating as they were barking up the right tree with some of the design choices but the nature of SUV design makes this thing redundant!. The fact they stopped Mondeo production for this is ridiculous. I'm literally in their target market as someone with a young family who wants a sporty motor. What I don't need is an oversized SUV that is more of a hinderance to drive on the tight roads by me than my current hatchback and even if I did want one, every other manufacturer has their own army of these bulbous heaps
To be honest the Capri wasn't all that, beyond the looks. But at least it had the looks. This thing is just cynical marketing of a lacklustre offering.
You didn't want to disappoint anyone ? Really ! Was there any customer consultation done as to what they would like to have seen in a new gen version ? Awful monstrosity !!
"bring this sort of spice into the next generation" How the hell can you keep a straight face while saying that into a camera? Is this guy the world poker champion?
This has got absolutely nothing to do with the Capri. "Bring back". "Next generation". No. This is a random four door SUV with the name Capri. Much like Chinese manufacturers buying famous brand names and bringing inferior products with said name, this car is all but a true Capri.
Even the European Explorer EV is a name failure, its not related to the American Explorer SUV in any way shape or form, this is very disappointing from an awesome brand :(
'are we able to truly deliver'. No. Another too-big, too expensive, boring looking tank of an SUV, totally unsuited to UK roads, and an utter insult to call it a 'Capri'. Not even a Ford underneath. Hideous.
consider me disspointed.... Copy & Paste SUV guys what were you thinking? could have saved this lovely name and re-invent the electric coupe..... someone should have stopped you talking yourselves up.
Forgetting the misuse of the name but what you've created is another bland looking suv style electric car and it certainly does not capture the spirit of the original. You're kidding yourself if you think that
I like the drawing concepts, but just hated the final product. Looks nothing like what I imagine a new Capri should look like. It has none of it's DNA or characteristics. One of the big selling points of the Capri is it's long nose accentuating it's stance. This new one has a short nose and a SUV stance. Who is Ford trying to kid? We, ex-Ford engineers know the original Capri and it's DNA and it's target customers. Did the current crop of designers even try to find out from some of us? If they did, they failed miserably to transfer that knowledge learned.
Call this the Ford Freestyle, it deserves that name more than a Figo with some extra ground clearance (could have called that the Figo X or something) but this is proof that you have changed, for worse. First the "Mustang" Mach-E, then calling the Equator Sport the Territory in some markets (as a Territory owner, that is offensive) and now this electric blob. Jim Farley, please bring Ford Global to its glory again....
Ford you had one job, use the old shape and replace things with modern materials and tech. Give me half of your budget for this and even I could provide a better car that would pass all the tests needed to be on the road. How are you so stupid to completely avoid the capri shape and drive style?
I hope no one buys it. I’m not a negative person but maybe a colossal marketing failure will make Ford actually listen to the customers. The car is probably fine, but your marketing folks are idiots and/or yes men for this. No one who loves Ford or has memories of Ford wants the name Capri associated to that.
tabels1969 who commented aswell is right,Yall are complaining and claiming that this is gonna fail,but believe me...this is gonna sell,because people usually don't look at the name of a car here in the EU,if they like it,they buy it,besides that,everybody is buying suv's anyway so even if they made it small,THAT would be the case where it wouldnt sell,cause ppl wouldn't be interested,so stop yapping and accept it if you want this world to move forward!
Shame on you Ford! I was a life long Ford fan. My first car was an Escort Mk1. It was followed by my favourite- a Mk2 Escort. I've had an XR2, two Focus STs, and my wife has had 2 Galaxys, an SMax, and currently we have a Kuga. But your designers have NO CLUE HOW TO DESIGN A MODERN CAPRI. You lot are a disgrace to the name FORD. You've killed the Fiesta. The Mondeo. No Fast Ford RS models for years. You axed the brilliant SMax. What on EARTH are you doing to the Ford Brand?? The Legend .. is not back - it has been strangled and mutilated! I will never buy a Ford again. My children both have Fiestas. When they ask me what to buy next, I am recommending companies who understand heritage or who build cars people actually want. They won't be Fords.
Ohh my God Ford, are you trying to go bankrupt? ruined the mustang name now the capri ! I fear for the cosworths and the RS lines Please please don't touch the gt40
Cars are now designed by marketeers. Thats the differents, no more personalities, only sale sale sale! They all should watch Pulp Fiction: “Personality goes a long way!”
Who decided this is a capri? Looks nothing remotely like a capri, stubby bonnet length, at least make it look sporty, looks like every other run of the mill rubbish
Hässliches SUV mit schönen Namen , mehr ist das nicht . Wird aber erzählt das wäre die Logische Entwicklung wenn sie denn Capri weitergebaut hätten , was ein Schwachsinn der 911 ist auch kein SUV .
Holly moly this is awful. Sheesh. They used a sporty name again for an SUV, like with the Mustang Mach-E. SUVs should pay twice the taxes just for being hideous, humongous and yet useless. I can't get over how ugly it is, especially the back. Please....burry it or call it differently...don't know "Ug-LEE-V"?
Das Marketing bei Ford muss total den Verstand verloren haben: Solch einem unförmigen Blechhaufen den gleichen Namen eines ehemaligen Kultfahrzeuges zu geben ist an Geschmacklosigkeit nicht mehr zu überbieten. Hier sind eindeutig unreife Stümper am Werke welche über keinerlei Kenntnisse bezüglich der Tradition dieser Automarke verfügen. 😢
Jusrt another SUV? GIVE US CARS BACK!!!!
48K for sh1t that looks like all the other sh1t on the roads. Now that is taking the p1ss!
“we have so many fans, we don’t want to disappoint them”. you just did it. it has nothing of the capri. it has nothing, the sportiness, the elegance, the charm of a coupe, nothing. next idea? the Ford GT40 electric 7-seater suv? I’m curious to know the opinion of clarkson, may and hammond.
I'll tell you whey would say: "Rubbish!"
Capri fans: I can’t believe Ford would betray us by taking the iconic Capri name and putting it on an EV Crossover
Mustang fans: First time?
Can't wait to see the next GT40..SUV
@@richardmorris8245 don’t give them ideas
They did the same to the Puma. No great surprise to take customers for fools.
@aacmove and the ford cougar (kuga)
they at least still make the mustang as a mustang
NAILED IT? nailed what? an epitaph? I had a capri when i was a kid, and this yellow suv aint it or a relative. looks more like a polestar than anything else. You should have asked Daggenham to design it instead of a French committee.
makes me a bit sad really
"Bringing back the legend"
Where? I don't see it.
Ruined an absolute masterpiece☹️
And the sad thing is that someone at ford thinks that this will live up to the legacy of the old 72' capri that was even raced in group 5 and it was successfull
I agree but it does look better than the explorer
Who cares??? It´s an amzing SUV with a beautyful name. I like it. I even don´t know what "group 5" was....what kind of music did they play?
@@jugg3r72 yeah its a lame electric suv with a name that it didnt deserved
@@MystikLFT yea it looks better than the electric explorer
Well thats a really low bar @@gergoillik1258
To be absolutley blunt, everyone involved in this should be fired and banned from the industry for their shame.
I concur 😁
I like it a lot.
@@Beatstockpile127I can give you some numbers for therapy if you want
Ford are taking the piss with that thing 😂
I was looking forward for a brand new capri 3 doors sports coupe, but this doesn't make me happy, you guys ruined another legend with those SUV's, i'm gonna stay with my original 1982 2.8i Capri
If you want to go electric, but still want a coupe, then try the new Honda Prelude. That car has stayed true to the original, unlike the new Capri.
Abysmal. Half the muppets you interviewed can’t even pronounce Capri correctly, let alone design it right. The Capri didn’t need to return in the electric era, try take inspiration from the original and actually design something different and iconic. You haven’t captured the essence of the original at all, you’ve spat it out and trode on it. A “sports car for the family”, it has nothing sporty about it!
Designed by people who haven't got a bloody clue what a Capri should be. Why is everything a SUV these days. Bland world we live in nowadays.
Sorry but the legend is not back, The legend has been ruined thanks to you all at Ford 👏
you guys just had to ruin the capri...
I only drank 2 beers and now I see Ford Capri as SUV.
The car you never promised yourself 😂
Whats next you going to bring back the RS200 as new another SUV or go bigger and make it a van?? if you going to keep killing off the names that made you great why not hit hard and bring back the name Escort and make that into the biggest electric SUV no one wanted
So the next SUV will be called Model T ? Ford is making some terrible decisions these days.
I was saddened when I saw it... As someone who works with Fords, I'm not happy about it. I would have talked to the designer to think about it better. .I don't see it as a fantasy that it will have a big market! but good luck in the future! I can't applaud the designer..
The problem is the stupid ideas the ones in the designer team, marketing and corporates has, thinking of using a legendary nameplate will bring more customers...the customers of the Capri era won't buy this p.o.s..if it has nothing resembling the one they grew up watching or owned..maybe use a new nameplate..also since it is an ev vehicle it will not be considered a car...just call it Ford anything with a letter or number..that is why the chinese and VW wins..cause they bring a entirely new product..means new nameplates, new model new everything
This is not a Capri...the legend is still alive after 50 years!
Is everyone excited for the ford GT40 electric minivan coming next year?
Destroying the past.
Same as the governments are doing, its all reflecting bits bags of poop like this thing
No, if anything they're destroying the future. We shoukd be thankful of the past, because that's when cars were cars.
You can change the car, but not the customers.
Henry ford will probably cry
Family car for families that an afford to spend near 50.000€ in a car. I do not know much families like that.
Calling this the new ford is ridiculous. You want your heads banged together, for using the Capri name.for me it looks like a four wheel drive of some type. You designers just ain't got a clue.
Is Ford Europe having an identity crisis, beyond the polestar looks and VW MEB ID5 powertrain vw capacitive switches where is the real capri hiding?can’t just be the yellow colour 😢
Lol" bringing back a legend" - as an SUV. This is marketing people gone crazy: after the Mustang SUV now a Capri SUV, that looks like a copy of Polestar to boot? Very sad ...
Another SUV? 😒
Since when have SUV and Capris ever been used in the same context?... I actually find the design irritating as they were barking up the right tree with some of the design choices but the nature of SUV design makes this thing redundant!.
The fact they stopped Mondeo production for this is ridiculous. I'm literally in their target market as someone with a young family who wants a sporty motor.
What I don't need is an oversized SUV that is more of a hinderance to drive on the tight roads by me than my current hatchback and even if I did want one, every other manufacturer has their own army of these bulbous heaps
They needed to do same what they did when 2005 Mustang look like 1966 Mustang fastback
1:08 you just did.
4:40 wtf is he even saying. Those seats are exactly the same as id4 and id5
This is H O R R I B L E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND IT IS A POLESTAR 2 with different lamps......
Next up.....the Ford Escort Mexico minivan
Ford Capri designed by Polestar.
To be honest the Capri wasn't all that, beyond the looks. But at least it had the looks. This thing is just cynical marketing of a lacklustre offering.
Capri should be a sportcar
They need to go to specsavers😅😅😅
You didn't want to disappoint anyone ? Really ! Was there any customer consultation done as to what they would like to have seen in a new gen version ? Awful monstrosity !!
"bring this sort of spice into the next generation" How the hell can you keep a straight face while saying that into a camera? Is this guy the world poker champion?
This has got absolutely nothing to do with the Capri.
"Bring back". "Next generation". No. This is a random four door SUV with the name Capri.
Much like Chinese manufacturers buying famous brand names and bringing inferior products with said name, this car is all but a true Capri.
Bringing back the legend the state of that thing makes a mockery of the Capri.
Ford have the best drugs in their design office.
ID Capri
Congratulations, you invented the Polestar 2 !!
"We took an Explorer, painted it yellow, and slapped a legacy badge on it!"
Even the European Explorer EV is a name failure, its not related to the American Explorer SUV in any way shape or form, this is very disappointing from an awesome brand :(
Not a Capri. 😢
'are we able to truly deliver'. No. Another too-big, too expensive, boring looking tank of an SUV, totally unsuited to UK roads, and an utter insult to call it a 'Capri'. Not even a Ford underneath. Hideous.
♥️LOVE YOU FORD CAPRI♥️
Wow- first actual positive comment. I’m assuming you’re being ironic?
consider me disspointed.... Copy & Paste SUV guys what were you thinking? could have saved this lovely name and re-invent the electric coupe..... someone should have stopped you talking yourselves up.
copy of polestar 2 ??
Forgetting the misuse of the name but what you've created is another bland looking suv style electric car and it certainly does not capture the spirit of the original. You're kidding yourself if you think that
I like the drawing concepts, but just hated the final product. Looks nothing like what I imagine a new Capri should look like. It has none of it's DNA or characteristics. One of the big selling points of the Capri is it's long nose accentuating it's stance. This new one has a short nose and a SUV stance. Who is Ford trying to kid? We, ex-Ford engineers know the original Capri and it's DNA and it's target customers. Did the current crop of designers even try to find out from some of us? If they did, they failed miserably to transfer that knowledge learned.
Thats is not a car, it's an SUV.
I got really excited when a new Capri appeared on a notification... then this crapii showed up. What a let down.
Call this the Ford Freestyle, it deserves that name more than a Figo with some extra ground clearance (could have called that the Figo X or something) but this is proof that you have changed, for worse. First the "Mustang" Mach-E, then calling the Equator Sport the Territory in some markets (as a Territory owner, that is offensive) and now this electric blob. Jim Farley, please bring Ford Global to its glory again....
As a ford fanboy I'm sad, Ford Europe is dead to me. I gave them max 3 years before they go bankrupt.
Is this a Southpark episode??
Maybe
You put the Capri name..............................................on that?
Warum nur ein SUV? Warum nicht eine Limosine?
What a complete disaster. This piece of rubbish has nothing to do with the Capri. This is why ford is on its way down fast.
Ford you had one job, use the old shape and replace things with modern materials and tech. Give me half of your budget for this and even I could provide a better car that would pass all the tests needed to be on the road. How are you so stupid to completely avoid the capri shape and drive style?
Oh dear!
Ford i can already tell you this won't sell. Same as electric mustang. Are you guys stupid or you just want ford to go bankrupt.
This is just sad… Imagine telling people in the 80’s the Capri would one day come back as 2 ton electric vw suv
"Look how they massarced my boy " 😢
Spot on! Great comment!
They should have released this in a Hybrid model in North America. People who are looking to buy a card and are sick of SUV will surely buy this.
VW Capri
my first car was a Ford Capri 2.8 Turbo - it was a Dream... and know - I can't wait... why... the legend is back!!! AWESOME!!! Thank you Ford!
are you an npc?
Hallo Guten Tag. Ford weiter so, der ist gut geworden, und die anderen auch auch, ☝️👍👍👍🙋
“A car that only ford could built”, yes you say it right and there’s a reason why 😂
I hope no one buys it. I’m not a negative person but maybe a colossal marketing failure will make Ford actually listen to the customers. The car is probably fine, but your marketing folks are idiots and/or yes men for this. No one who loves Ford or has memories of Ford wants the name Capri associated to that.
tabels1969 who commented aswell is right,Yall are complaining and claiming that this is gonna fail,but believe me...this is gonna sell,because people usually don't look at the name of a car here in the EU,if they like it,they buy it,besides that,everybody is buying suv's anyway so even if they made it small,THAT would be the case where it wouldnt sell,cause ppl wouldn't be interested,so stop yapping and accept it if you want this world to move forward!
Shame on you Ford! I was a life long Ford fan. My first car was an Escort Mk1. It was followed by my favourite- a Mk2 Escort. I've had an XR2, two Focus STs, and my wife has had 2 Galaxys, an SMax, and currently we have a Kuga. But your designers have NO CLUE HOW TO DESIGN A MODERN CAPRI. You lot are a disgrace to the name FORD. You've killed the Fiesta. The Mondeo. No Fast Ford RS models for years. You axed the brilliant SMax. What on EARTH are you doing to the Ford Brand?? The Legend .. is not back - it has been strangled and mutilated! I will never buy a Ford again. My children both have Fiestas. When they ask me what to buy next, I am recommending companies who understand heritage or who build cars people actually want. They won't be Fords.
Ohh my God Ford, are you trying to go bankrupt? ruined the mustang name now the capri !
I fear for the cosworths and the RS lines
Please please don't touch the gt40
Wow polestar should sue
What's wrong with your marketing department, Ford!
You were indeed working with the precious nameplate, the Capri, and you have ruined it. Well done.
Cars are now designed by marketeers. Thats the differents, no more personalities, only sale sale sale! They all should watch Pulp Fiction: “Personality goes a long way!”
This car will not sell. It has no personality, no style. Just the name that it ruined.
the new ford transit cross over 😂
Please make a „facelift“ of the Capri 3
My only question ... Does it have NACS. ?
1:08 You did it😢
Brilliant ! Awesome Car. The Legend is Back !!!
I think you may need to visit an optometrist
That is quite possibly the crapest remake I've ever seen. You should have named it the Ford Just another lemon
Who decided this is a capri? Looks nothing remotely like a capri, stubby bonnet length, at least make it look sporty, looks like every other run of the mill rubbish
You totally missed it! The commentary belongs to another video,surely! The only nailing it you have done is on its coffin!
Why not a coupe... mustang sell good in us. Why not the same in europe
What have I just watched? Introducing Fords all new, Yellow Polestar.
Sorry Ford you have ruined the great name.
Treason of the original. So ugly!
i predicted that this will be controversial on twitter and i was right
Ford are absolutely taking the piss now
Esto no es un Capri : /
But But But, The Ford Capri was a Coupe Fastback and Looked Nothing Like Other Fords!!!! Nope From Me👎
Hässliches SUV mit schönen Namen , mehr ist das nicht . Wird aber erzählt das wäre die Logische Entwicklung wenn sie denn Capri weitergebaut hätten , was ein Schwachsinn der 911 ist auch kein SUV .
"Legend is back more like Legend is Dead "
Holly moly this is awful. Sheesh. They used a sporty name again for an SUV, like with the Mustang Mach-E. SUVs should pay twice the taxes just for being hideous, humongous and yet useless. I can't get over how ugly it is, especially the back. Please....burry it or call it differently...don't know "Ug-LEE-V"?
Join the downvote gang.
This thing has ruined and icon and looks nothing like the original
Das Marketing bei Ford muss total den Verstand verloren haben:
Solch einem unförmigen Blechhaufen den gleichen Namen eines ehemaligen Kultfahrzeuges zu geben ist an Geschmacklosigkeit nicht mehr zu überbieten.
Hier sind eindeutig unreife Stümper am Werke welche über keinerlei Kenntnisse bezüglich der Tradition dieser Automarke verfügen. 😢
everyone involved in the making of this monstrosity needs to be sacked
The Leyend RETUNS in Hybrid or Mild-Hybrid 48V 4 Cylinder PLEASE!!!!!