Ford Capri Concept Speculations

Artist impression: Ford Capri Speculations

Taking on the Scirocco

By Frank de Leeuw van Weenen
March 26, 2008 10:26 AM
Filed Under: American, Artist Renderings, Ford

Taking on the Scirocco

With rumors a plenty in the automotive industry, German car-mag AutoBild fuels the fire in their upcoming issue. They will publish the first renderings of what a new Ford Capri might look like.

A CarSpyShots reader posted some of the first speculations about the Scirocco competitor. Autobild thinks that the 2+2 concept car may make a 2009 Frankfurt IAA show debut with production starting in 2012. The VW Scirocco has of course recently made its world debut in production guise, leaving Ford well behind if this time line is indeed correct.

The photoshops of the Ford Capri may look good, but we sincerely doubt how much of the design is believable. The front lacks most of Ford's new kinetic design language, but it is nice to see that the rear has been strongly influenced by Giugiaro's Mustang concept. The (most likely) dummy side vents even made it onto the renderings, but we are not expecting Ford's new global rear-wheel-drive platform to be featured underneath the Capri.

Only time will tell whether Ford indeed has plans to revive the Capri.

Source: CarSpyShots

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Comments

Bristol411S3

March 26, 2008 10:55 AM

Pure fantasy. There is no word such a car will ever be built and this rendering is what it might look like, should the stylist AutoBild work for Ford (which he presumably doesn't) and should THAT design be chosen over the other candidates.

jim

March 26, 2008 10:59 AM

Autobild regularly uses Schulte for their renderings and this looks like another inacurate attempt by them. Those guys really should base their renderings on fact rather than this which is clearly just guess work.

amade.ch

March 26, 2008 12:34 PM

if you had read the article correctly, you would have seen that the design of the new ford capri will lead the ford design in a complete new direction. that's why it doesn't show signs of the current kinetic design. the side vents aren't dummy, they're supposed to cool the brake discs (which was also mentioned in the text).

ck314

March 26, 2008 6:21 PM

haha cool the rear discs instead of the front?? and this is not kinetic, true, its pure new edge from the '90s! hilarious

super_car_muscle_man

March 27, 2008 1:28 AM

the front lights remind me of the suzuki xl7

astonmartindb9

April 24, 2008 4:11 PM

No no. tha capri is a classic and this does not look like a capri at all, come on for dont ruin oen of the best ever cars you have ever made

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