Ford Capri Review & Prices

This is the new Ford Capri. Let’s get the awkward bit out of the way – yes, it’s an all-electric SUV with a swoopy roof, not a sleek old sports car like the model that used to wear this name badge. It’s a bit like naming your son Ronaldo in the hope he’ll grow up to be good at football.

Regardless of what it’s called, the new Capri joins a crowded market of style-focused, coupe-ish SUVs, including the Volkswagen ID5 on which it is based, the Skoda Enyaq Coupe and Peugeot E-3008.

In an age of extrovert design, the Ford Capri has soft, fairly restrained features – if you can look past the garish yellow paint it has been launched with. There’s a thick black grille-mimicking strip between the headlights and subtle curves in the front bumpers, while the roof flows down into a high bootlid with a small spoiler.

The interior is shared largely with the Ford Explorer SUV, which means that apart from a few switches it’s not immediately obvious it’s based on Volkswagen underpinnings (Ford is sharing electric vehicle tech with the German car maker). There’s a 14.6-inch portrait-oriented infotainment screen in the centre, which slides back to reveal a hidden storage compartment.

Practicality is promising with a 572-litre boot, which is bigger than the Volkswagen ID5 and Peugeot E-3008, and a match for the Skoda Enyaq Coupe.

You have a choice of two battery and motor options – a single-motor with a 77kWh battery and rear-wheel drive, or a dual-motor with a 79kWh battery and all-wheel drive. The former has 286hp and can go an impressive 389 miles between charges, while the latter has 340hp and goes up to 368 miles, which is still decent considering the extra performance.

This setup is shared with the Volkswagen ID5, but the Ford can actually go further between charges – the Volkswagen has a maximum range of 344 miles – and can charge faster too, with 10-80% possible in 26 minutes at a DC fast charger, compared with 30 minutes for the ID5.

We’ll get behind the wheel soon to give you a full review. In the meantime you can get a great price through Carwow’s Ford Capri deals. You can also browse the latest new Ford deals as well as other used Ford models. And Carwow can help when it’s time to sell your current car, too.

At launch, the Ford Capri starts from about £48,000, which is a fraction more than the Volkswagen ID5, Skoda Enyaq Coupe and Peugeot E-3008, but nothing too drastic. A smaller battery version will go on sale later in 2024, which will bring the starting price down to around £42,000.

There are currently two trims, called Select and Premium. Select opens the range and has synthetic leather and cloth upholstery, sport seats with heating and a seven-speaker sound system. Stepping up to Premium starts at just over £52,000 and adds loads of choice kit, such as 20-inch alloy wheels, a panoramic glass roof, Matrix LED headlights and an upgraded B&O sound system.