Ford’s Capri slaps another old name on a new EV

Ford Europe plan manager Amko Leenarts says the look follows an imagined improvement of the Capri since accumulation ended successful 1986, arsenic inspired by the rising popularity of SUVs.

This beefier Capri follows Ford’s different modern takes connected classical nameplates, including the Mustang, which became an electrical SUV, and the Maverick, which ended up arsenic a pickup truck.

It volition travel successful rear-wheel and all-wheel-drive extended-range configurations and a “premium” trim enactment for each. Ford is promising a maximum scope of 627km (about 390 miles) connected a azygous complaint for the extended-range RWD model, based connected European WLTP estimates.

It’s the 2nd exemplary built connected Volkswagen’s MEB electrical conveyance platform, pursuing the Explorer EV that launched successful Europe past twelvemonth and besides has nary plans for a US release. The Capri and Explorer person highly akin specs that enactment up with the Volkswagen EVs they stock platforms with (ID.5 and ID.4, respectively). However, the Capri has a somewhat sportier look that mightiness marque it much of a mediate enactment amid Ford’s lineup with the Explorer and Mustang Mach-E.