This Capri mock-up was based on the Corsair ( a car which evolved from the Cortina ). If you look close enough you can see it still has the Corsair Badge on it. This was one of the first mock-up designs produced in 1965, but it wasn't until January 1969 that the Capri was launched in Europe. The basic design shown in the picture remained the same, but the side panels changed. The rear quarter window panel was replaced with a 'U' shaped side window panel. Quite a few other components remained the as the Corsair i.e. Engine, Transmissions and Rear Axles. Now even though the Capri had no direct European ancestors or heritage (because it was a new design), it did have an distant American cousin in the form of the Ford Mustang. Although there were no great similarities Ford had aimed the car at the same type of market in America five years earlier in April 1964 .