Autocar rendering of a new Capri
- Steve Saxty
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Autocar rendering of a new Capri
Look, I like Steve Cropley and have known him for decades. We exchanged emails over Xmas when he was doing his Capri piece then. He has my book, and helped with a few quotes. But this, non, niete, no, no...
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/feat ... ford-capri
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/feat ... ford-capri
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Re: Autocar rendering of a new Capri
It looks like the byproduct of a three way liaison between a Capri, an Audi A7 and a BMW X6!
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Re: Autocar rendering of a new Capri
So when many owners lower their Capris the new design makes it 6 inches higher and plonks it on 20" wheels. So safety or whatever might be the reasoning but do they not understand what the appeal of the original was. Oh dear!
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Everything is so high now.Peter-S wrote:So when many owners lower their Capris the new design makes it 6 inches higher and plonks it on 20" wheels. So safety or whatever might be the reasoning but do they not understand what the appeal of the original was. Oh dear!
On Saturday I saw a 60's Mustang following a modern car, and it looked tiny in comparison due to how low it is, as is the Capri compared to a new Fiesta/Focus etc. Just googled it, and my Capri is 51 inches in height and our Focus is just under 58 inches so quite a difference.
What you forget after years of not driving them, is that you have to get down into a Capri rather than climb into a newer car.
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Re: Autocar rendering of a new Capri
I stand by everything I said in another recent post about why we shouldn't have a new Capri!
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Re: Autocar rendering of a new Capri
So true Andy. I was thinking this just the other day, trying to cross the road with parked cars parked up, I just couldn't see over them to see if the road was clear to cross.andyd wrote:Everything is so high now.
Re: Autocar rendering of a new Capri
So what you mean is leave perfection alonepbar wrote:I stand by everything I said in another recent post about why we shouldn't have a new Capri!
Although not everyones favorite most people seem to love the Capri, and it's pretty unmistakeable.
My Sierra again smaller in comparison, would blend in a little more with modern cars and often only true car fans would notice it.
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Re: Autocar rendering of a new Capri
The wheels look really wrong I would say the body was a really great idea but after a large G&T the wheels went wrong .
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Re: Autocar rendering of a new Capri
Wow! It's almost as horrid as a Tickford to look at .. Almost!Steve Saxty wrote:Look, I like Steve Cropley and have known him for decades. We exchanged emails over Xmas when he was doing his Capri piece then. He has my book, and helped with a few quotes. But this, non, niete, no, no...
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/feat ... ford-capri
If an honest man is wrong and after demonstrating that he is wrong he either stops being wrong or stops being honest
Re: Autocar rendering of a new Capri
Mr B wrote:Wow! It's almost as horrid as a Tickford to look at .. Almost!Steve Saxty wrote:Look, I like Steve Cropley and have known him for decades. We exchanged emails over Xmas when he was doing his Capri piece then. He has my book, and helped with a few quotes. But this, non, niete, no, no...
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/feat ... ford-capri
Re: Autocar rendering of a new Capri
Has no one noticed the orange tyres?Jasonmarie wrote:The wheels look really wrong I would say the body was a really great idea but after a large G&T the wheels went wrong .
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Re: Autocar rendering of a new Capri
those wheels look too tyred to Tango
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Re: Autocar rendering of a new Capri
Hard to miss....sheff wrote: Has no one noticed the orange tyres?
I suppose the tyre manufacturers manufacture the rubber any colour they like easily enough. The way I see it, Steve Cropley might be suggesting that it may become fashionable in future years to have tyres in a different colour than the black we're used to seeing. I can't see that catching on, although I'm not known for my fashion sense, so I might be wrong.....
Andrew.