I've never driven one of these, so what I have to say comes from my
memory of reading road tests in the car mags. The car was originally
manufactured in Australia, of all places. It is no longer sold in this
country, I don't know if it is still manufactured. The road tests I read
were not very complementary. It is underpowered, doesn't handle that
great, and the trim pieces had a bad habit of falling off.
If he can't get a kitchen pass to get an LBC, tell him that he'd be
better off with a Miata than an orphan like the Capri.
David Littlefield
Houston, TX
On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 10:07:12 -0500 "Mike Ellsworth"
<mikeells@alpha.shianet.org> writes:
>I got a call from a friend last night, asking for some advice. He is
>looking at a Mercury Capri roadster (can I call it that here?), and
>wanted
>my opinion on the car. Having never even sat in one, I said I knew a
>place
>where opinions were available on any car ever made. I don't want to
>start a
>Anti-anything thread here, but if anyone has any experience, good or
>bad,
>with these cars, please let me know. Aren't they mid or rear engined?
>Are
>they still being made (I don't think so)? Were they made by Mercury,
>or by
>some overseas partner? All opinions welcome.
>
>p.s. No I can't tell him to forget it and get an LBC. We've already
>had
>that conversation, and his wife said no cars that are older and
>require
>more attention than the kids. This may be as close as he can get to a
>REAL
>roadster.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Ellsworth
>
>
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