but it was delayed — and nearly died entirely — because Ford came very close to terminating the Fox Mustang on which it was based. In late 1980, the company decided to cancel the Fox-body Mustang and Capri at the end of the 1982 or 1983 model year and replace them with a front-...
In technically its second-generation (and the first produced in the U.S.), theMercury Capriwas a Ford Mustang, which a few exceptions. Those differences were that the Capri was only offered as a 3-door hatchback, it had its own front fascia and a vertically mounted grille, came with and...