In light of the Mustang’s massive commercial success, Ford of Europe decided to create a scaled down version better suited to the Old World. The resultant Capri was launched at the Brussels…
Read MoreBetween 1971 and ‘72, Ford’s legendary Capri RS2600 was the class of the European Touring Car Championship field. Six ETCC wins from eight outings in 1971 were followed by an astonishing eight
Read MoreThanks to regulations that effectively only required a passing resemblance between donor car and track version, the Group 5 era of 1976 to 1982 spawned arguably the most spectacular production…
Read MoreThe Capri RS2600 had been conceived by Ford Motorsport Germany as a challenger for the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) which for 1970 returned to a Group 2 format. To qualify…
Read MoreHaving embarked on some early competition outings with the Capri following its launch at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1969, Ford Motorsport Germany decided to create a Group 2…
Read MoreAlthough Ford had high hopes when they launched the Mustang in 1964, the company most likely never imagined it would become quite such a commercial success. On the first day of availability…
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