Ford Capri Review & Prices

The Ford Capri is an electric coupe SUV with a sloping roofline that hints at the sporty retro predecessor with which it shares a name. If you’ve been tempted by the ‘sports car soul’ marketing line Ford is running with, prepare to be disappointed, but if you’re just looking for a practical, efficient electric car, then the Capri is on the money.

It’s a bit like remembering Ozzy Osbourne’s wild antics from his heyday, then decades later rediscovering him as a family man with a reality TV show.

But while the late Mr Osbourne was truly one of a kind, the Ford Capri is not. Electric SUVs are ten a penny, even those with swoopy sorta-sporty looks. Similarly priced, similarly style-focused alternatives include the Volkswagen ID5, Xpeng G6, Tesla Model Y, Kia EV6, Cupra Tavascan and Genesis GV60… the list could go on.

And while some of those cars, namely the Kia EV6 and Cupra Tavascan, have head-turning looks, the Capri, well, doesn’t. It has awkward proportions with an odd mix of a chunky silhouette and curved edges. While many modern cars suffer from overdesign, the Capri could perhaps do with a bit more panache in the details.

Ford Capri: electric range, battery and charging data

Range: 243-390 miles
Efficiency: 3.8-4.0 miles per kWh
Battery size: 52kWh / 77kWh / 79kWh
Max charge speed: 145kW / 135kW / 185kW
Charge time DC: 25mins, 10-80% @ 145kW / 28mins, 10-80% @ 135kW / 26mins, 10-80% @ 185kW
Charge port location: Right rear
Power outputs: 170hp / 286hp / 340hp

It’s a similar story inside – the squircle steering wheel adds a little character and the soundbar and narrow full-width vents are neat, but the dashboard design is quite plain and while the seats and armrest feel posh, the rest of the materials are quite cheap and scratchy.

The portrait-oriented infotainment screen is the attention-grabber, though. It’s sharp and generally pretty easy to use, and you can adjust the angle to your liking, which also reveals a hidden storage compartment. Practicality is excellent overall, with plenty of cubby holes dotted around the cabin, loads of rear seat space and a boot with a capacity only beaten by the almost van-like Tesla Model Y.

There’s a choice of three battery and motor combinations so you can mix and match maximum range and maximum performance as desired. The pick of the bunch is the RWD Extended Range, which has a bit more performance than the basic model but goes the furthest on a charge – up to 390 miles, officially. Fast charging speeds are on par with alternatives, so expect the 10-80% top up to come in under half an hour.

Out on the road the Ford Capri is a mixed bag. If you’re a classic Capri fan and are hoping this will be a fun electric car to point down a twisty road, you’ll be a bit disappointed. It’s grippy enough and eager to turn into a corner, but the steering is too light and the suspension has a tendency to bounce you about in the middle of a corner. It’s not as rewarding as the Tesla Model Y or Kia EV6.

Things improve on the motorway, where the Capri is at its best – it’s comfortable and wind noise is nicely suppressed. However, rear visibility is poor, which can make motorway lane changes as well as town driving a bit unnerving.

The Ford Capri is wonderfully practical, but the best value is found by avoiding higher trims. Our test car was about £60,000 with options, and it just didn’t feel posh enough to justify the cash.

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Ford Capri prices start at about £41,000 for the Style trim, which comes pretty well equipped and puts the Capri in line with the more affordable versions of alternatives.

However, that comes with the lower power output and shortest range, so budget-allowing, the mid-spec Select model is the best pick. You get a bit more power, but crucially, a lot more range, for around £48,000.

The top-spec Premium model is available with all three motor and battery combinations, starting around £46,000 and rising to £56,000 for a fully loaded all-wheel drive version. That’s a lot of cash for a car that doesn’t feel particularly premium inside – that’s a BMW iX2 with all the trimmings money.

Comfortable and refined on the motorway, but visibility is poor and it’s not very sporty to drive

In town

The Ford Capri is largely easy to drive around town, because it has the usual electric car benefits of punchy motors and the ability to silently waft along in bumper to bumper traffic. You also sit pretty high so get a good view of the road ahead, making it pretty easy to place on the road.

However, there are a couple of issues. The first is the view out of the back – the sloping roofline creates a huge blind spot over your shoulder, which feels especially bad in the Capri, though it’s a similar story with the BMW iX2, Xpeng G6 and other coupe SUVs. The reversing camera is also quite small and low resolution – you have a large, high-definition portrait screen and you get two small camera feeds, one for the 360-degree view and another out the back, squeezed in at the top with a load of blank space beneath. At least that rear-view camera, as well as the front and rear parking sensors, are standard-fit, though the 360-degree view is part of a pricey option pack.

On the motorway

While the suspension can feel a little jittery around town, out on the motorway it’s much better. There’s not a lot of wind noise, and bumps in the road are soaked up well, though the larger alloy wheels on our test car did create a bit more tyre roar than you might like.

Adaptive cruise control, which keeps your speed as well as distance to the car in front, is fitted as standard, as is a lane departure warning system.

On a twisty road

If it wasn’t for the sporty marketing slogans we wouldn’t give the Ford Capri’s underwhelming twisty road performance a second thought, but if you’ve been drawn to this car on the hope it’ll be the EV to put a smile on your face you’ll probably be disappointed.

It’s perfectly capable, but the light steering doesn’t inspire much confidence and the fact the suspension can bounce you about if you hit a particularly lumpy section of road mid-corner doesn’t help. The Tesla Model Y sacrifices comfort to be a bit more fun in corners, while the Kia EV6 does a better job of being capable in the twisties while remaining usable for everyday duties.

Huge cabin and boot make the Capri ideal for family duties, but the hidden storage is a bit awkward to access

Space in the front is excellent, and even though the lowest seat position might be a touch high for taller drivers, you shouldn’t have any trouble finding a comfortable driving position. If you have long legs you might find the seat cushion too short, so it doesn’t offer much under-thigh support.

Storage is also fantastic. The door bins have a slightly narrow access aperture but can carry loads nonetheless, and you get a big space beneath the centre console, which is useful for larger items like purses that you want to keep out of sight. You get two cup holders, though they are a bit too big for your typical water bottles, and the glovebox is a bit disappointing because it’s only half-sized.

The cabin party trick is the movable infotainment screen, which when pushed into the vertical position reveals a hidden storage area. It’s a neat trick, but annoying to access in practice. Firstly, the two USB-C slots are in this space, so you have to push the screen back to access them, and even then they’re fiddly to get to. We also found the screen most comfortable in the halfway position, making the space tough to access – twice we set off the hazard warning lights trying to grab items from inside.

Space in the back seats

Space in the back is excellent, with loads of legroom as well as room under the front seats to put your feet. Headroom is good, even with that sloping roofline, and there’s decent shoulder room, too. It’s wide enough for three to sit relatively comfortably width-wise, but the middle cushion is raised and quite firm, so whoever pulls the short straw might start complaining on longer journeys.

Storage is okay, with door bins and seat pockets in the seatbacks. You also get two USB-C slots in the back so no one has to fight over who gets to charge their phone.

If you need to fit a child seat it’s really easy thanks to all that space, so even bulky seats won’t prove problematic. The ISOFIX mounting points sit under flip-down covers and are easy to find, too.

Boot space

The Ford Capri’s boot is cavernous, and at 572 litres it’s only beaten for capacity by the Tesla Model Y’s 854 litres. The Xpeng G6 matches it almost exactly at 571 litres, followed by the Volkswagen ID5 at 549 litres.

A neat trick in the Capri is the parcel shelf, which is attached to the boot lid, so it lifts out of the way when you open up to make access easy. The bumper sits quite high so lifting heavy items over it could be tricky, but the false floor means there’s no lip. You can drop the floor to maximise space, or keep it in place for huge under-floor storage that’s great for your charging cables.

The rear seats do fold down, but there’s no button or lever in the boot, so you have to reach in, which could be tricky if you’re on the short side. There are straps and hooks to keep items from rolling around, and a 12v connector too.

The interior feels well put together and the screen is sharp, but the design is bland and most materials feel cheap

The Ford Capri’s cabin is an odd mix of quality – the synthetic leather seat upholstery on the seats and armrest of our top-spec car were particularly lovely, the steering wheel feels good to hold and the soundbar atop the dashboard is a cool touch.

However, the rest of the dashboard was made up of plain, cheap-feeling plastics. Build quality is solid, so it should stand up to family life, but there’s a distinct lack of visual flair. The area around the window controls in particular are just flat, featureless plastic. Perhaps not the end of the world lower down in the Capri line-up, but hard to accept on our circa-£60,000 test car. The Cupra Tavascan’s cabin is other-worldly by comparison, the BMW iX2 much posher, and the Kia EV6 more sleek and modern.

That said, the 14.6-inch portrait-oriented infotainment screen in the centre of the car works well enough. That’s good news, because you control the vast majority of functions through it; there are next to no physical buttons in the Capri, which can make changing basic functions like the air con a bit of a pain. The graphics are sharp and it loads menus pretty quickly, though some of the shortcut icons are quite small and tricky to tap on the move.

Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are fitted on all cars, but because the Capri is based on Volkswagen’s electric car technology, we suffered an identical Android connectivity issue to what we’ve seen in our ID7 Tourer long-term test car, which requires you to disconnect and reconnect your phone to get it to display on the screen. Annoying.

There are three battery and motor combinations on the Ford Capri, called RWD, RWD Extended Range and AWD Extended Range.

RWD - which stands for rear-wheel drive, uses a single motor powering the rear wheels. At 170hp it’s not particularly powerful, and these models also come with the lowest range in the line-up at up to 243 miles.

RWD Extended Range uses a bigger battery and more powerful 286hp motor, resulting in the longest range you can get in the Capri at 390 miles. Then there’s the AWD Extended Range, which pairs a second motor for all-wheel drive, which results in the range dipping to 346 miles despite using a slightly bigger battery again.

That compares well with alternatives as only the Model Y runs the Capri close for maximum range, with others getting around 325 to 375 miles in official tests. That said, the entry-level model’s 243-mile range is less than the most basic versions of all those other cars, making it tough to recommend.

We saw respectable economy of 3.6 miles per kWh, which would equate to about 285 miles in our AWD Extended Range car. That’s 82% of the claimed figure, which is bang on what we see from most electric cars. Expect better economy from the lower-powered RWD models; we’ll update this review with figures once we’ve been behind the wheel.

Fast charging speeds are different for each battery, though all will go from 10-80% in less than 30 minutes. If you’re regularly charging on the move, the Kia EV6’s super-fast charging capabilities mean it can do the same top up in just 18 minutes.

It’s a bit of a shame you have to pay about £1,000 extra to option a heat pump, which helps improve battery range in cold weather, even on higher trims.

All electric cars fall into the cheapest band for first-year Vehicle Excise Duty, as well as the most favourable rates for company car buyers.

The Ford Capri was given the full five stars by safety testing experts Euro NCAP. It scored well for adult and child occupant protection at 89% and 86% respectively.

Safety kit is pretty much identical whichever model you go for, which is good news if you’re buying lower down in the range. Adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assistance and all-round parking sensors are standard, though you can add the Driver Assistance pack for a pricey £2,200 to add various extras including a head-up display and a feature that parks the car automatically.

The Ford Capri hasn’t been on sale long enough to get a picture of its reliability, though it shares its mechanical underpinnings with various Volkswagen Group electric cars, which aren’t known to break down often. The main issue is the glitchy infotainment system, which has massively improved in recent times but is still imperfect.

The Ford Capri comes with a three-year/60,000-mile manufacturer warranty, which is the minimum time period you’ll get for a new car in the UK – Kia offers seven years, while Teslas come with four years.