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    Foreign Favorites

    Aug 16, 2021 4 minutes
    WITH PATRICK R. FOSTER

    Here’s a car that I probably should have written about sooner, because back in the day, it was surprisingly popular, both in Europe and here in the United States. In fact, more than 1.5 million of them were produced worldwide!

    The Capri occupied an unusual spot in the Lincoln-Mercury line-up as a pseudo-Mustang-type car. What made it unusual was the fact that it was a product of Ford of Europe, and that Mercury had already offered a Mustang-type car in the gorgeous Cougar. But over the years, Cougar had evolved to become more of a personal luxury coupe than a pony car, and Lincoln-Mercury wanted something small and sporty to offer younger buyers. When Ford

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