it did get a unique bubble-back rear hatch design from 1983, and could be optioned with the same V8s as its more famous cousin. Mercury dropped the Capri in 1986, only to bring the name back yet ...

See All 8 Photos Perhaps keeping a slightly more international flavor than its now Mustang brethren, the '79 Capri ... rear-this one with an Auburn Pro diff. See All 8 Photos This now-nasty ...

engine option is back for '79, and for once Capri shares the fun. MacPherson-type suspension gets credit for the increased engine room and spacious interior. Ford and Mercury offer distinctively ...

The Capri – later renamed as the Mercury Capri – was a nameplate used by the Lincoln-Mercury division of Ford Motor Company between 1970 and 1994 across three generations in North America.

The '79-'86 generation of Capri's are unique in that this was the only time the Capri was ever offered with a V-8 engine. During this period, the Capri was based on the same Fox platform as the ...