Made In Oz: 1991 Mercury Capri XR2

The first Ford product to wear the Capri badge was a German built Ford and a few years later it was recycled as the Mercury Capri (a thinly disguised Mustang produced during the 1980's.)  The Capri nameplate left in 1986, but the name would appear again in 1991 on an entirely different car while the 3rd gen Fox Mustang was still in production. This time the Capri lived on a front-wheel-drive platform from the Mazda 323 (similar to Mercury Tracer) but it was built in Australia but not sold in right-hand-drive.  It only survived for a few years but the one to get is the turbocharged XR2 with a manual gearbox. Find this 1991 Mercury Capri XR2 offered for $2450 in East Mesa, AZ via craigslist.

Capricious: 1994 Mercury Capri XR2

In the US, many of us remember the Mercury Capri as a thinly disguised Mustang produced during the 1980's.  The Capri nameplate left in 1986 as the 3rd generation Mustang lived on for years to come.  The Capri name would appear again in 1991 on an entirely different car while the 3rd gen Fox Mustang was still in production.  Find this 1994 Mercury Capri XR2 for sale in Eudora, KS for $2,500 via craigslist.