Wikipedia tells us Capri (Italian pronunciation: ['kapri], often mispronounced /kə'pri:/ in English) is an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrentine Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, in the Campania region of southern Italy. It has been a resort since the time of the Roman Republic. Features of the island are the Marina Piccola (Small Harbor), the Belvedere of Tragara, which is a high panoramic promenade lined with villas, the limestone masses called Sea Stacks that stand out of the sea (the Faraglioni), Anacapri, the Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra), and the ruins of the Imperial Roman villas.
Capri is part of the region of Campania, Province of Naples. The City of Capri is the main centre of population on Capri. It has two harbours, Marina Piccola and Marina Grande (the main port of the island). The separate commune of Anacapri is located high on the hills to the west.
The etymology of the name Capri can be traced back to the Greeks, the first recorded colonists to populate the island. This means that "Capri" was probably not derived from the Latin "Capreae" (goats), but rather the Greek "Kapros" (wild boar).
The name has been used for any number of consumer brands, venues and artists keen to borrow some cache from this historic and beautiful place:
Capri Theatre, a cinema in Adelaide, South Australia
Capri, an Italian television series
The Capris, an Italian-American Doo Wop group
Jordan Capri, an American actress
Capri, a color halfway between azure and cyan
Capri pants, a style of trousers
Capri shoes, a style of women's shoes
Capri, a brand of cigarettes
Tiendas Capri, a Puerto Rican bargain department store
Since you're at the AutoPuzzles site, the subject of this article is the autombiles manuactured and sold by Ford, and it's various divisions around the globe:
Lincoln Capri, a series of US luxury cars from the 1950s
Ford Consul Capri, sold sold from 1961 through 1964
Ford (non-Consul) Capri, marketed from 1969 through 1987, also sold in the United States as the "Capri"
Mercury Capri, a version of the Ford Mustang marketed under the Mercury marque in the United States from 1979 through 1986
Ford Capri (Australian), an Australian convertible produced from 1989 through 1994 and sold in the United States as the Mercury Capri
During its many iterations, the Capri has evolved from a tidy mid-1950's luxury car, to an overwrought land yacht, a few hiatuses, and a period where the name was hared by two different models on either side of the Atlantic. In this first installment, the Lincoln Capri and Ford Consul Capri models.
1952 Lincoln Capri
1953 Lincoln Capri Ad
1954 Lincoln Capri
1955 Lincoln Capri
1956 Lincoln Capri
1957 Lincoln Capri
1958 Lincoln Capri
1959 Lincoln Capri - end of the line.
1961 Ford Consul Capri
1962 Ford Consul Capri
1963 Ford Consul Capri
1964 Ford Consul Capri
