7/1/2023 0 Comments Mercury capriHe bought the next generation later and it would scream. This version did not look as much like the Mustang to me as the next generation of this car. Neat little car that in the day was fun to drive. Tony Brunson said: "This week's What Is It? is a 1974 or so Mercury Capri. It was a good-looking car for its time, and the fake vents just ahead of the rear tires gave it a style all its own." The car is a 1971 Mercury Capri that was a poor imitation of a Mustang, woefully underpowered, with an 11.5 second 0-60 time. Norman Lewis wrote: "You were right about this week's car - didn't need a clue. "I heard of a young Capri owner who was constantly having things go wrong and needing repair and that he finally became so frustrated he respelled the name on the trunk of his car from 'Capri' to 'Crapi' by moving the letters around and using super glue." car offerings of the day they suffered from poor build quality and engineering, particularly the earlier models. Capris could have been great cars but like a lot of the U.S. In its heyday, the Capri was second only to the Volkswagen Beetle in sales of imported vehicles. "It first came out in 1971 and continued with design variations on to the '90s. The Capri was born as a European version of Ford's Mustang, designed to cash in on the gotta-have-it popularity of the pony car. After last week's puzzler you really offered us an easy one. Other readers identifying the vehicle were:ĪUGUSTA: Gary Engen wrote: "I believe it's a 1974 Mercury Capri. I have two Miatas: a '97 and an '08 with the power hard top - the most fun per dollar cars I've ever owned." on the Mustang frame and most recently (1990?) as a convertible built in Australia to compete (ha!) with the Mazda Miata - and we know how that turned out. They ruined it when they introduced the Capri II around 1980, built in the U.S. "As usual, they began to try to make it more desirable by adding more trim options, a 'luxury version' and even a V-6. Mine was red I bought a yellow '72 with the 2-liter for my younger brother that he kept for a couple of years. "I didn't keep it long, trading it for something bigger with more options. ![]() I seem to remember paying under $2,000, and when I called my insurance to company to add it to my policy, they thought I meant the Chevy Caprice, saying they'd not heard of the Capri. Performance was so-so, but handling was something not found on American cars of that time. I still have a brochure in a box somewhere, that presented it as 'The Sexy European' car. "A few options were available if you could find them. The German-built car was offered by Mercury dealers in mid-1970 it was a very basic sports car with a 1.6-liter engine, four-speed manual, no AC and no radio. "This one's easy for me, as I bought one of the first ones off the showroom floor it's an early Mercury Capri. We will let our readers tell you about it - and they have some great stories - starting with Larry Garner, of Augusta, who wrote: As a clue last week, we compared the Capri to the Toyota Celica, which also took its styling from the Mustang. ![]() ![]() The distinctive four-passenger coupe, introduced exactly six years after the runaway hit Ford Mustang, also was a hot seller both in Europe and in the States. built in Germany and England beginning with the 1970 model and imported to the U.S. Last week's photo showed the rear wheel and side scoops of a 1974 Mercury Capri, the "sexy European" that Ford Motor Co.
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