AZjeff
$50 Site Donor 2023
Seen on local car lot. Clean. $8k.
Early 90s Mercury Capri
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Looks like a nice example of a survivor that you seldom see anymore. I always liked them more than the ubiquitous Fiero back in the day. If my memory is correct, they were built in Australia by Ford.
Turbo?? Believe so w/ the red piping on the edge trim, but I could be mistaken.
Fun but dreadful vehicles by any reasonable measure...
Poor man's Elan, but with quality that would have made Lotus look great
I am still amazed at Ford Australia's ability to take the majority Mazda drivetrain and floorplan and engineer out the reliability and build quality. My '91 Turbo 5sp had a myriad of electrical gremlins, notable recurring blow fuses for the cooling fans and failing head light motors, w/ the motor job being notably exciting as the original little flange nuts on the motor shafts would seize and shear the shaft...anti-seize made later replacements easier. At ~37k the shift mechanism detached and sunk a few inches, so I could still make it home, bit shifted with my fingertips as the knob was barely above the console. The Dealer happily noted I was out of warranty and no consideration was offered.
Fun though and good looking. They had one of the easier installing and better functioning tonneau covers I have used. I installed better tires and some handle better and go-fast parts from Rod Millen Motorsports (IIRC). Sold mine to free up $ for a Piper Tomahawk...that's a progression of events for the ages.
$8k seems high, but I'd consider it for rarity and cool looks alone. The car has aged well, at least appearance wise.
Check out my camber job! The scanner got weird w/ this photo for some reason.
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Fun but dreadful vehicles by any reasonable measure...
Poor man's Elan, but with quality that would have made Lotus look great
I am still amazed at Ford Australia's ability to take the majority Mazda drivetrain and floorplan and engineer out the reliability and build quality. My '91 Turbo 5sp had a myriad of electrical gremlins, notable recurring blow fuses for the cooling fans and failing head light motors, w/ the motor job being notably exciting as the original little flange nuts on the motor shafts would seize and shear the shaft...anti-seize made later replacements easier. At ~37k the shift mechanism detached and sunk a few inches, so I could still make it home, bit shifted with my fingertips as the knob was barely above the console. The Dealer happily noted I was out of warranty and no consideration was offered.Fun though and good looking. They had one of the easier installing and better functioning tonneau covers I have used. I installed better tires and some handle better and go-fast parts from Rod Millen Motorsports (IIRC). Sold mine to free up $ for a Piper Tomahawk...that's a progression of events for the ages.
$8k seems high, but I'd consider it for rarity and cool looks alone. The car has aged well, at least appearance wise.
Check out my camber job! The scanner got weird w/ this photo for some reason.
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The Capri is cool, but it's not worth that price 
AZjeff
$50 Site Donor 2023
Well you're in luck. Now $2999.The Capri is cool, but it's not worth that price
https://www.edmunds.com/mercury/capri/1991/vin/6MPCT01Z4M8633229/
Carfax shows moderate damage with another vehicle back in '97. Doesn't show what part(s) of the car that were hit.
Nick1994
$100 site donor 2024
omg no, I hated these things when they were new!
Never ever ever, for me as well.... A $8k Miata is so much better in every way I can think of? Except rarity I guess, since once the Miata came out, I can't think why someone would've bought a Capri? So they are pretty rare!
It was 1991 and the Miata was out for a year then, and Ford wanted a Miata-wanna-be.
I really wanted an M100 Elan but some measure of sanity and limited funds took precedent and at the time, Miatas didn't do anything for me.
When I was in early high school (early 1990s), one of the more popular girls in my grade had a grandfather who owned a Ford/Lincoln/Mercury dealership and he gifted her a new Capri when she turned 15th and got her leaners permit. This was i rural Alabama so I can imagine this particular example was the only we had ordered knowing full well that no one in that area was coming to his dealership to buy a weird Australian Miata-esque thing. That is the second time I can ever recall seeing one in person, the other time was a decade or more later and I randomly parked next to one.
Funny, I was never a FWD fan for fun cars, well except for my GTI, I remember thinking at the time “if FWD is good enough for Lotus now…”
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I want to go to arizona just to buy used cars 
no rust.
They have any ford contours?
no rust.They have any ford contours?
I wasnt a fan of FWD cars either until I got to ride a supercharged shopping cart that is the mini cooper s
