Ford Capri long-term test: report 3

The iconic Ford Capri has been reborn as a sleek electric SUV, but what’s it like to live with? Our used cars editor is finding out...

Published04 August 2025

The car Ford Capri 77kWh RWD Extended Range Premium Run by Mark Pearson, used cars editor

Why it’s here To see if this new electric coupé SUV can cut it in a highly competitive class

Needs to Dispatch work and family life without any range anxiety issues and while coping with a wide variety of everyday family duties

Mileage 2499 List price £52,185 Target price £52,185 Price as tested £56,335 Test range 277 miles Official range 370 miles

17 July 2025 – Braking bad

After all the splendid work that’s gone into making my Ford Capri go, and it does go very well, I’ve had some worries about making it stop.

You see, my only area of major concern, dynamically, has been the brakes. While they ultimately provide more than adequate stopping power, they have too much initial travel in the pedal and a rather spongy feel thereafter, which initially made slowing down and stopping a matter of furious calculation, and often involved me ending up millimetres away from my garage door or the car in front.

There is also a very noticeable but totally harmless application of the hold-assist system as you’re coming to a halt, which feels a bit odd – this being the very useful system that holds the car on the brakes when stationary without you having to touch the brakes.

However, through driving my Capri every day, I've gotten used to its brakes and automatically make those mental allowances; perhaps it’s worth paying attention to that old adage that you shouldn’t worry about brakes because they only slow you down.

As mentioned, the rest of my Capri is dynamically rather impressive. It may not handle in a way that will excite Bodie and Doyle of The Professionals fame, but it is a lot faster and a lot safer than the original Capri. The 3.0-litre V6 S version of the old car could dispatch the 0-60mph sprint in either 7.5sec or 8.0sec, depending on which magazine you believe, whereas my car dismisses that feat in 6.4sec.

My new Capri is more responsive, too, to both the accelerator pedal and the steering, thanks to the near-instantaneous power available from its electric motor and its quicker, more modern and electrically assisted steering. And on impressively fat tyres, it grips well.

In other news, in a recent spell of extremely hot weather, I was pleased to record a figure on the digital dash readout of more than 400 miles of range after a recent charge-up to 100%. This is more than 30 miles better than the official figure of 370 miles.

Of course, the figure on the dash readout is a guesstimate, based on your previous driving style and taking into account other factors, like the weather. So, it will be interesting to calculate the real figure the next time I have to stop to charge.

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