New Mustang Stablemate?

[samson]

That's funny. My mother owned a Mercury Capri back in the 80's. Not sure that's a car I'd want to "bring back" in any form, but what do I know.

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[9secondko]

Have you seen the ‘original’ capri, irl?

No need to try to shift goalposts and change the subject dude.
Your comment had nothing to do with my post snd was a straw man. The grown up thing to do would be to admit you misunderstood amd move on.

to answer your entirely new subject, I’m not old enough to have been around when the original was around. I do remember the Fox body capri under the mercury brand.
I’ve seen photos of the original and it was quite the hideous thing. The concept still looks like a Datsun and the final result still looks like a VW - more so than the original capri.

So now that I’ve obliged you on your tangent, you can kindly admit that your response to my post was a bit out of left field.

 

[Zig]

No need to try to shift goalposts and change the subject dude.
Your comment had nothing to do with my post snd was a straw man. The grown up thing to do would be to admit you misunderstood amd move on.

to answer your entirely new subject, I’m not old enough to have been around when the original was around. I do remember the Fox body capri under the mercury brand.
I’ve seen photos of the original and it was quite the hideous thing. The concept still looks like a Datsun and the final result still looks like a VW - more so than the original capri.

So now that I’ve obliged you on your tangent, you can kindly admit that your response to my post was a bit out of left field.

And the subject of the thread is?

 

[robvas]

Gheeyyyy

 

[9secondko]

And the subject of the thread is?

As expected - Another non-answer. Nothing to do with your weirdo initial straw man reply to my post on the similarities to Datsun and vw.

 

[Radiant]

As expected - Another non-answer. Nothing to do with your weirdo initial straw man reply to my post on the similarities to Datsun and vw.

We're looking at these low-swept, 2-door coupes from the late 70s up against a modern car with multiple crash pillars, high body lines, giant wheels desperately trying to keep proportion with the oversized body; the car the Capri resembles is the Polestar 2. I'm okay with the aesthetic, but "stablemates" is marketing speak.

New cars have a 20% discount (not helping used prices), but a 2 year old car with low miles is 50% off rrp.

Same in the States, Mach-E have 20%+ discounts. For the sake of keeping the conversation going, I'll argue that a lot of those Mach-Es were greedily configured. My local dealership has a fully loaded 2023 Mach-E GT with the $5000 panoramic glass roof collecting dust.

 

[Zig]

read and comprehend my friend. It will help in the future.

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[DevilDog]

Don't women wear capri's

 

[Zig]

Don't women wear capri's

The really tall ones call them shorts

 

[DevilDog]

The really tall ones call them shorts

 

[9secondko]

We're looking at these low-swept, 2-door coupes from the late 70s up against a modern car with multiple crash pillars, high body lines, giant wheels desperately trying to keep proportion with the oversized body; the car the Capri resembles is the Polestar 2. I'm okay with the aesthetic, but "stablemates" is marketing speak.

It’s what can be expected of Fords all-SUV move.

It’s not really a Capri comparable to the essence of the old one and the same way the Mach e isn’t a Mustang.

But it’s whatever at this point.

The Mach e is fine on its own as an E-suv. The capri looks like the more feminine version of that.

We’ll see how it goes.

 

[BoostRabbitGT]

With the new Capri I'm starting to understand why people were upset when the Mach-E debuted. I'm still hoping the "New Mustang Stablemate" is a car (not a crossover, SUV, truck, or van) that's different enough from the traditional Mustang to justify its existence.

 

[Radiant]

It’s what can be expected of Fords all-SUV move.

I hope to see Ford return to cars. To compete with inexpensive Chinese EVs, they need smaller hybrid sedans, not $50k+ SUVs.

With the new Capri I'm starting to understand why people were upset when the Mach-E debuted. I'm still hoping the "New Mustang Stablemate" is a car (not a crossover, SUV, truck, or van) that's different enough from the traditional Mustang to justify its existence.

You're one of the people who convinces me Ford is leaving money-on-the-table by not having a "Panamera 4S E-Hybrid" equivalent in their Mustang "stable". Putting the Mustang label on SUVs sells SUVs, I get it, but there's a genuine audience for a 4-door, hybrid V8 vehicle.

 

[BoostRabbitGT]

You're one of the people who convinces me Ford is leaving money-on-the-table by not having a "Panamera 4S E-Hybrid" equivalent in their Mustang "stable". Putting the Mustang label on SUVs sells SUVs, I get it, but there's a genuine audience for a 4-door, hybrid V8 vehicle.

I'd certainly be part of that audience. Question is, what would be the starting price for such a vehicle? (The cynical side of me says 50-60K.)

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