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The Ford Capri was released in January 1969 at the Brussels Motor Show. This car represents Ford’s intent of introducing a car in the European market that was similar to the Ford Mustang model, which had been introduced five years before and was a huge sales success in North America. Although mechanically based on the Ford Cortina, the Capri model is aesthetically similar to the Mustang, carrying on with the ‘pony car’ style and the main features of that model.
Ford made the Mk1 Capri available with quite a wide engine range, so that this model would suit the widest possible range of potential customers, which could choose from among several trim options at an affordable price for them. The Capri RS 2600 version, with the ‘RS’ standing for ‘Rally Sport’, was built in order to homologate the Ford Capri model for the Group 2 racing.
Ford had the Capri Mk1 model produced in Europe, namely at Ford’s plants in the United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium. This car received an important facelift and some revisions in 1972. In 1974 the Mk1 model was taken off the markets and replaced by the 2nd generation model.
topThe Ford Capri was launched with a front-mounted, petrol-fuelled V4 engine that works on a rear-wheel drive platform. The Capri’s V4 engine range includes displacement capacities of 1.3, 1.5, 1.7 and 2.0 litres. Aside these, Ford made also available regular 1.3-, 1.6- and 2.0-liter engines, plus a V6 engine range that starts at a 2.0-liter unit and goes up to a 3.4-liter powerplant.
The Mk1 Ford Capri works with 4-speed manual transmission.
topUnitary steel structure. Platform (no data) Suspension Front McPherson struts with lower wishbones and Bilstein shock absorbers; rear live axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs and Bilstein shock absorbers. Steering (no data) Brakes Front disc brakes and rear drums.
topThe first Ford Capri model was only available as a fastback coupe. This car’s bodywork is mostly recognized for its large front end and smaller cabin, which is still roomy enough to carry four people and regarded as good family car.
topIn 1971 German driver Dieter Glemser won the drivers’ title of the European Touring Car Championship while racing a Ford Capri RS2600. Another German driver, Jochen Mass, achieved the same title in 1972 with the same car.
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Ford’s history in the United Kingdom started shortly after the foundation of the North American Ford by Henry Ford in 1903. Not even a year later, model T’s were being exported to the United Kingdom. The sales success led to the creation of the Ford Motor Company Limited, with its headquarters in London, in 1909, along with an assembly plant that opened in Manchester in 1911. By 1913, Model T was the biggest selling automobile in Britain, hav... more
