He requested a Capri, a sporty coupe available as a Mercury in the United States during the 1970s and sold into the 1980s across the pond. Ford’s Special Vehicle Engineering (SVE) division was ...

But before we tell you what it is, allow us to paint a picture of the conundrum that led to this Capri's customized creation. Imagine you're Henry Ford II ... States as a Mercury (though this ...

The 1981 Mercury Capri isn't necessarily a desirable classic ... as the owner says he originally wanted a 302ci V8 but couldn't get it because of Ford's aggressive policy to deal with the oil ...

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One such example, however, is this bespoke 1981 Ford Capri, a car built exclusively for Ford II to drive across Europe whenever he visited. And now, it can be yours to do exactly the same.

Henry Ford II attracted extraordinary attention last summer by suggesting, in a widely quoted speech, that upcoming American cars would drive the imports from our shores by 1981. Not likely ...

The Mercury Capri had a few visual cues that distinguished it from its Ford sibling ... road and race versions of the Mustang back in 1981. The McLaren upgrades included a revised suspension ...

Later we had the Mercury Capri, which was developed in ... Ford had taken the fight to Porsche in motor sport. Ford dropped the wheezy old Essex engine in 1981, replacing it with the ‘Cologne ...