World car
Capri was built in several places in the world, including in Great Britain, the United States and Germany. And they used the engines they had. Cars from Great Britain got the Kent engines from the Cortina. It was de which ended up in Norway. English Capris were also delivered with a V4 from Corsair, - and of course the top model with a 3 liter V6. Cars from Cologne got V4 engines from the 12M. The Germans also had their nice little V6 engines. Cars from the USA got Pinto engines. They could also be equipped with power steering. European cars inherited the rack and pinion steering from the Escort, which was introduced a year earlier.
Also with V6
The pictured car in Blue Mink metallic with a black hood was photographed in the Tønsberg area. The car is actually as clean as it looks in the pictures. Built in Cologne, it has the same small V6 used in the contemporary 20M and the rare OSI model, later also the Ford Consul/Granada. It produces 125 HP and must be ideal for a car like this. Later also came the 2600 GT, which I think is the most attractive engine package. I have read that cars with V6 only got some reinforcements in the front and were otherwise the same car as those with 4-cylinder engines. On the outside, you can spot the sixes by the fact that they have a hood.
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About the pictures
The silver-grey car was photographed at one of the Veteran car days at RøhneSelmer Lillestrøm. The white car was photographed at a Ford meeting at RøhneSelmer in Billingstad outside Oslo. The yellow 3000 GXL is photographed at the Oslo Motor Show 2021. It is an English-built car. The green car is pictured in Céret, France in connection with a street party there. The blue car is photographed at a car meeting in Perpignan, 2023. It is a 1700 GT XLR (V4), probably manufactured in Germany. The red car, a 3000 GXL, was at the Right On car meet at Isegran near Fredrikstad in 2023. The car with caravan was at the Veteran Car Day at RøhneSelmer Lillestrøm, 2024.
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