From 1970 to 1978, the “Ford” Capri was dubbed a sport compact known as a “captive import” produced and sourced from Ford of Europe. With their euro styling, some models came with a de-cently powered V6 stick combination, and despite being wildly popular in Eu-rope and abroad, not many were sold in North America.
Then, from 1979 to 1986 it was a Mercury branded pony car based on Ford’s Fox Body platform with multiple engine offerings including the famed 5.0 liter. Finally, from 1991 to ’94, the Capri was a roadster style model from Australia and had disastrous sales figures in America,
