Ford : Capri Mk1
1969–1973
Model Introduction
The Ford Capri Mk1 was launched in 1969 as the “car you always promised yourself,” a European answer to the American pony car concept. Styled by American designer Philip T. Clark who had previously worked on the Ford Mustang, the Capri combined long-bonnet coupe proportions with everyday mechanicals from the Cortina range. Built across multiple plants in the UK and Germany, it was offered with a wide range of engines from a 1.3-litre Kent four-cylinder to the punchy 3.0-litre Essex V6, allowing it to span the market from affordable style icon to genuine performance car. The Capri’s success was immediate, thanks to its striking looks, accessible pricing, and broad model lineup.
Magazine articles (13)
Magazine Articles
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Promise fulfilled?
It's the latest, the greatest, and just what you've always wanted - as long as you're Mr Average to the Ford market researchers
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Capri meets Cyprus
If Ford of Britain have produced two really good cars within the last five years, then the Capri - odd-looking and expensive, uneconomical, unsophisticated and thoroughly unBritish though it may be - is (and we say it ungrudgingly, if ponderously) undoubtedly one of them
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Q-Car
The other Ford
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Seven Years Apart
Ford Capri 1600GT v Triumph Vitesse Mk2
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Beautiful Broadspeed Capri
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Caprice in the Costliest Capri 3000E
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Giant Test
Morris Marina Coupe v Ford Capri
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Q-Car
Ford Capri RS2600
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Q Car : Turbo May, the ultimate Capri
Turbo May Ford Capri
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Flat-back Ford
Custom Ford Capri Mk1 Pickup truck
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Q-Car Fords with fight!
Uren Commanche 190E
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It's All Happening
Ford Capri RS3100
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Mister Muscle meets the Hatchback
A Ford exercise in grit and glamour
