2025 Ford Capri leaked

The news that purists probably didn’t want to hear has been confirmed: the famous Ford Capri name will live again – on an electric SUV.

Ford of Europe confirmed as much on Monday, when it released a cheeky teaser video of what appears to be an original owner trying to plug his Mk3 Capri into an EV wall charger – predictably to no avail – before driving away and revealing some obscured text on the ground.

“The legend is back 10.07.24,” it reads.

The same passage can be seen scrawled onto the back window of the classic coupe, all but confirming the born-again Capri will make its world debut today (July 10).

The all-new model was then leaked last night, within hours of its global premiere, confirming it will be a battery-electric fastback crossover akin to the Polestar 2.

Only two images have so far been posted to Car Design World’s Instagram page, revealing a very yellow paint colour, Porsche Taycan-style headlights, black lower body cladding, a raised ride height and large alloy wheels that could’ve been pinched off something much more high-end.

Details are predictably thin on the ground for now, but the expectation is the new Capri will share its underpinnings and key powertrain components with the larger Ford Explorer sold in Europe, which is in turn closely related to the upcoming Volkswagen ID.4.

Rumour has it the Capri is Ford’s twin-under-the-skin to the swoopier Volkswagen ID.5, which would mean it’s based on the German car-maker’s widely-used MEB EV platform and that an 84kWh battery pack could feed both single- and dual-motor powertrains.

It’s unclear at this stage whether the reborn Capri is on Ford Australia’s radar, but its US parent company did trademark the name Down Under back in early 2022.

Ford Australia has also committed to introducing five electrified models by 2025, including the Mustang Mach-E electric SUV released in September 2023, the upcoming Puma EV small SUV and both the E-Transit and E-Transit Custom vans, plus the Ranger PHEV next year.

Beyond its near-term EV rollout, Ford Australia late last year confirmed it’s also studying the Explorer EV and the F-150 Lighting pick-up.

Earlier in 2023, Ford’s global CEO Jim Farley also confirmed the company would produce an all-new seven-seat global electric SUV in 2025, but in April this year Ford announced it would delay a number of new EVs including its flagship electric SUV until 2027 as it focussed on hybrids while waiting for the EV market to mature.

Also pushed back was an unspecified new electric pick-up that is now due to appear in 2026 – a year later than originally planned – but it’s not clear whether this is an updated F-150 Lightning, the EV version of the Ranger or another new pick-up.

Therefore the only non-commercial battery-electric Ford model so far confirmed for Australia beyond the existing Mustang Mach-E large SUV is the Puma EV small SUV, leaving room for a mid-size electric SUV in between.

The hallowed original Ford Capri was a classic rear-drive fastback coupe produced over three generations by Ford of Europe between 1968 and 1986, while the later Capri was a front-drive convertible based on the Ford Laser/Mazda 323 and made by Ford Australia between 1989-1994.

The 2025 Ford Capri will be revealed in full later today Australian time.

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