Personally, I think the market speaks first. The UK market for supermini segment vehicles was something like 900k vehicles in 2015 and in 2022 it was 490K. Similar trend on Lower Medium.
Puma was number one best seller in the UK in 2023, Fiesta wasn’t in the Top10. Ford make more money per unit on Puma 
In the end it’s all about Business.
Funny as the Puma is a tall Fiesta. I’m always amazed at how people are happy to pay more money for more air.
The truck side is where the money is made, the cars are out of favour.
I am an ex Ford employee, so biased……but the Puma is just wonderful to drive. They can do it.
Thing is, if they reintroduce the Capri, will the options list include a couple of paving slabs to go in the boot 
I must admit, not much use for the very basic 1300L I had long experience of, but the 3 litre models needed something to make the rear behave far better.
Even my later 1.6 mark II was uncontrollable in the damp - never knew what the rear end was going to do!
Lasted well the last road tax ran out December 1987. 
Oh yes, it seems damp roundabouts were the nemeses of Capri and 911 drivers in those days
Digressing, as kids with a basic L-model, we used to see if we could tell the designations of other models from their external trim and body-panel configurations (we weren’t tall enough to look over the dash to see the tyre widths!). This said, in those (mark 1 variant) days, if you set out on a 100-mile drive, you just hoped to get home without breaking down, and having a mechanic as a dad was a huge benefit.
Clearly not a V6 model 
There’s not a lot to go wrong really in those days. Punctures were more common because tyres were not as good as they are now.
My Granada got nicknamed “Old Faithful” because it never broke down. 
As expensive as parts are for old cars are……the new ones take the biscuit. An all singing, dancing headlight over a grand, hate to think what the led touch screens etc cost.
Keep em going if you can.
Most of my dad’s Fords (Capri/various Escort estates) were very reliable. The Cortina Mk4 not so much as, IIRC, the sealed carb’s kept malfunctioning. And there’s nothing worse than a mechanic not being able to break open a carb.!
Compared to the likes of Avengers (truly awful), Austin 1300s (OK but aged design), and the lamentable Marina, the Fords were the best cars in their class at the time, especially for those doing higher mileages (20k+ p.a.).
Now that’s what a car should be like.
When I was a kid my dad had a Ford Pubic. It was made out of old corsairs. I’ll get my coat
Or the KA special SI edition.
I had a Daytona yellow Escort Mk1 1.3L. Must dig out a photo.
Some of my Granada restoration pics. I drove this car to Cornwall for a family holiday when I was 19 years old. I didn’t expect it to still be here at 58 years old! 
These repairs were done by me. A restoration shop replaced a rear quarter and slam & headlamp panels, they then prepped and painted it.
The engine was also built by me. All the running gear is original, only one ball joint has ever needed to be replaced in 47 years.
