ROOM TO GROW

The Mk2: bigger, better-specced and thanks to the addition of a tailgate, easier to live with, too.

Cliched, maybe, but rock music’s second-album syndrome tends to bite harder than even the sequel to a blockbuster movie. Can a new car ever capture the magic of its iconic first generation? Perhaps not. Ford had already experienced an especially difficult follow-up to its phenomenal Mustang, when the Mustang II of September 1973 turned out to be more shopping trolley than muscle-bound brawler. Yet the Blue Oval still played down sportiness for the second-generation Capri of January 1974, in part due to a worldwide fuel crisis but more to broaden the Capri’s appeal for families and fleets. Sales of the Mk1 had been slipping because more manufacturers had waded into the coupé battle: Opel’s Manta, Lancia’s Beta, Renault’s 15/17, Volkswagen’s Scirocco and even Reliant’s Capri-engined Scimitar GTE would soon all…

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Classic Ford (Digital) - 1 Issue, Spring 2024

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