Coupe za grosze, które nosiło imię myśliwca i biło BMW na torze

A coupe for pennies, named after a fighter jet and outperforming BMWs on the track. This is the story of the Ford Capri, a European Mustang—a car that brought the American dream to the feet of the common worker. A dream on installments, accessible to everyone, sold nearly 1,900,000 units over 17 years. But behind the gleaming paintwork of this sunny coupe lies a pedigree more profound than anyone could have suspected. They were assembled in factories that had previously stood on opposing sides of World War II. In Cologne, Ford built every third Wehrmacht truck, Maultier half-tracks, and turbines for V-2 rockets, using forced labor. In England, at Dagenham, Ford armed the Allies who fought against them. I'll tell you about a brilliant stunt using cheap parts dressed up in a predatory silhouette, about the nickname "Porsche for the poor," about tuners cramming powerful V8 engines under the hood, and about the South African Perana. You'll witness a massive on-track battle, pitting the plastic RS 2600 from Cologne against the BMW Batmobile from Munich in one of the greatest duels of the 1970s. You'll also learn about the bitter twilight of a legend, the last Capri 280 Brooklands from December 1986, and the name's surprising second life on the other side of the globe. For us, on the eastern side of the Iron Curtain, in the realities of the Polish People's Republic, this car was an unattainable, gleaming dream from another planet. Sit back, because this is the story of a car that carried both the brilliance and the shadows of an entire era. Music used in the film: "Eyes of Glory" by Aakash Gandhi and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by Cooper Cannell. The photos come from archive.org and are publicly available.