Yahoo Autos Ford Will Hit the Capri With the SUV Ray, Just Like It Did the Mustang: Report
The Capri was Ford’s Mustang for Europe, so it should come as little surprise that Ford might give the Capri the same treatment it gave the Mustang not too long ago: Recycle the name for a battery-electric SUV with a sporty roofline. That’s the rumor from British publication Auto Express anyway, which reported Wednesday that a new Capri will be based on Volkswagen’s MEB platform, just like the recently revealed Explorer.
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Of course, Ford isn’t ready to confirm this news just yet — though a spokesperson added a bit about “making electric iconic” that they certainly didn’t need to, which suggests to me that the company is leaning into this one:
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A Ford spokesman told Auto Express, “We don’t comment on future products, but Ford is on a mission to make electric iconic.” That follows on from the company’s exterior design manager, Jordan Damkiw, telling us at the launch of the Explorer, “We’ll be expanding on other iconic names.”
