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Capri (later Mercury Capri) is a nameplate marketed by the Lincoln-Mercury division of Ford Motor Company over three generations between 1970 and 1994.. From 1970 to 1978, the Capri was a sport compact marketed in North America by the Lincoln-Mercury division without any Ford or Mercury divisional branding; [1] it was a captive import, manufactured by Ford of Europe and sold simply as the Capri.
Moving to the Fox platform, the Mustang grew slightly in size (closer to the 1964 original), joined by an all-new Mercury Capri (replaced by the unbranded captive-import Capri). Sharing no body panels with the Fairmont, Ford shortened the wheelbase of the Fox chassis by 5 inches for the Mustang.
The Fox body Mustang was manufactured in Ford's Cuatitlan Itzcalli plant (located in Mexico City) from 1979 to 1984. Both the coupe and the hatchback body styles were offered. These Mexican-built Mustangs had a hybrid appearance from 1981 until 1984, using some Mercury Capri body parts.
The biggest difference was the rear hatch. The EXP used a lift-up hatch with flat glass similar to the Mustang while the LN7 used a hatch with large "bubbleback" glass . A similar "bubbleback" glass hatch was also added to the Fox body second generation Mercury Capri for 1983–1986 as a styling revision. These features made the coefficient of ...
Mercury. Mercury Cougar. Fox. Mid-size; Pony car; Personal luxury car; RWD: 1977–1993 North America Ford. Ford Fairmont Ford Granada Ford LTD Ford Mustang Ford Thunderbird. Mercury. Mercury Capri Mercury Cougar Mercury Marquis Mercury Zephyr. Lincoln. Lincoln Continental Continental Mark VII Lincoln Mark VII. CD3. Mid-size; Mid-size luxury ...
The Ford Capri (SA30) is an automobile which was produced by Ford Australia from 1989 to 1994. The launch of the car marked a revival of the Ford Capri name, previously used by Ford of Europe from 1969 to 1986 and Ford USAs, Mercury Division, on their Fox-bodied , Mercury Capri, from 1979 to 1986.
A Mercury version of the Mustang II badged as a Capri (as evidenced by a proposal using the Mustang II's 2+2 body with a rounded rear quarter window style and characteristic bodyside sculpting) was briefly considered, but the strong sales of the Ford Capri (Mk1) as a captive import through Lincoln-Mercury dealerships shelved plans for a ...
For 1995, a one-year model referred to as the Mustang GTS was introduced. This was considered to be a "stripped down" version of the Mustang GT that included the performance parts of the GT model, but a minimum of non-performance related features, similar in concept to the 5.0 LX Fox-body. 1995 also marked the last year of the 5.0 pushrod V8 ...