Following the 2019 launch of the Mustang Mach-E, which generated blended reactions at first resulting from its use of the Mustang title, Ford is reusing one other iconic coupe nameplate on an electrical crossover to boost its attraction. The brand new Ford Capri is right here, and it’s billed as a coupe SUV, nevertheless it appears extra like a hatchback on stilts, and it bears little resemblance to the two-door basic.
Wanting on the new Ford Capri EV from the aspect, it jogs my memory extra of a Polestar 2 than an precise coupe SUV. The BMW iX2, as an example, which is a direct rival to the brand new Capri, has extra of a coupe SUV fashion and it’s extra aggressive-looking. Nonetheless, it is good-looking and one thing slightly fascinating on this house.
The Ford Capri is one more electrical coupe-like SUV
Producers suppose patrons need rakish-looking tall fastbacks and an growing variety of autos with this physique fashion are reaching the market. Ford expects the Capri to take clients away from the Polestar 2 and BMW iX2, which have completely different interpretations of the identical fundamental design philosophy.
For these not instantly acquainted with the nameplate—particularly these in the US—the Capri is a very well-known marque in the UK and the remainder of Europe, the place it sort of performed the same position to the unique Mustang within the Sixties and ’70s. As a trendy fastback coupe with first rate efficiency and a very good quantity of motorsports heritage, this “European Pony Automobile” appealed to youthful patrons the identical method its American cousin did. In the present day, the title stays fondly remembered by many followers, so its title making a comeback here’s a fairly huge deal.
Ford says the brand new Capri incorporates many design components that nod to the unique two-door constructed between 1968 and 1986. The form of the brand new automobile’s headlights and the fake grille harken again to the Mark 2 Capri, however the largest similarity is the form of the fastback rear finish with its nearly rectangular gentle clusters.
Measuring 182.44 inches in size, it’s nearly seven inches longer than the brand new Ford Explorer EV for Europe and about 3 inches shorter than a Mustang Mach-E. Wheels vary in measurement from 19 to 21 inches, and its selection of colours is claimed to be impressed by the basic Capri palette, particularly the Vivid Yellow presentation shade worn by the automobile within the gallery.
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Inside, its focus is a 14.6-inch infotainment display working Ford Sync Transfer 2, which may swivel out of the way in which to disclose a further storage cubby. The dashboard format is minimalist, with no bodily buttons apart from the hazard triangle below the display, and none of what you see would reveal that the Capri is considered one of a number of new electrical Fords constructed on Volkswagen underpinnings utilizing its batteries and motor.
Opening the big hatch reveals a 20.1 cubic-inch (570-liter) trunk, which will be expanded to 1,510 liters by folding the rear seats.
Identical to the Explorer EV, the Capri rides on the VW MEB platform, making it a detailed relative to the ID.4 and others. The bottom model will get a single 286 horsepower motor on the rear axle, which pushes the automobile to 62 mph (100 km/h) from a standstill in 6.4 seconds and on to a restricted high velocity of 112 mph. It attracts from a 77-kilowatt-hour usable capability battery pack that offers it a claimed WLTP vary of 389 miles.
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The extra highly effective dual-motor variant additionally will get a motor on the entrance axle, which bumps the mixed energy output to 340 horsepower and drops the dash time to 62 mph to five.3 seconds. The highest velocity stays the identical. It has a barely greater 79 kWh battery and a WLTP vary of 368 miles.
DC fast-charging the rear-motor model from 10 to 80% takes 28 minutes at a most charging energy of 135 kW. The twin-motor has the next 185 kW charging energy and going from 10 to 80% takes 26 minutes. Each variations have the identical 11 kW onboard AC charger.
Notable choices for the Ford Capri embody a warmth pump, upgraded entrance seats licensed by AGR, the German unbiased group that promotes again well being and a panoramic glass roof. It comes with loads of security programs as customary, like cross-traffic alert, adaptive cruise management with stop-and-go performance, evasion help and lane help. Optionally, you’ll be able to add a 360-degree encompass view system, lane change help and a head-up show.
The bottom automobile comes as customary with LED headlights, however the Capri Premium trim stage upgrades them to matrix LEDs with an computerized excessive beam perform. It additionally will get an upgraded B&O sound system with 10 audio system and temper lighting over the bottom trim.
Ford will construct the electrical Capri completely for Europe at its newly upgraded Cologne manufacturing facility in Germany, which noticed a $2 billion funding to prepared it for EV manufacturing. The bottom value for the rear-wheel drive mannequin is €51,950, however the mannequin could turn out to be cheaper sooner or later if Ford decides to supply a extra reasonably priced model with a smaller 52 kWh battery pack and a lower-power motor.
