I saw only one in my whole life and was absolutely impressed by this car. The fact is, UK is almost the last place where independent car manufacturers do exist. While we have some in here, they chiefly do old Porsche clones with either VW or Peugeot engines (the PGO is a remarkable car, indeed).
The Jensen I saw was the same like in the pic. Somehow it made me think of the Studebaker Avanti
It had the same massive look and lots of window space.
Yet it had its own personal touch.
Car and Driver wrote:
Spyker Owner Planning Revival of Jensen Interceptor in 2014
September 20, 2011 at 1:36pm by Alexander Stoklosa
The original 1966–1976 Jensen Interceptor was a British-built, Detroit-powered four-seat grand tourer. After a few on-again, off-again production blips in the 1980s, the Interceptor was dead for good—or so we thought. The owner of the Jensen brand rights has decided to make a run at resurrecting the half-century-old GT for 2014. Healey Sports Cars Switzerland Ltd. (HSCS), the owner of the Jensen brand, has released a few sketches of the new Interceptor along with a few details of its plan to remaster the car for this century.
HSCS has selected CPP Global Holdings to engineer and build the new Jensen Interceptor. CPP (Coventry Prototype Panels) is a Coventry, U.K.–based engineering and coachbuilding firm owned by none other than Vladimir Antonov—the Russian billioniare who bought Spyker sports cars back in February. CPP will supposedly develop and produce the new Interceptor at a “new production facility” on Browns Lane (yes, the same street on which Jaguar’s old HQ was located). Right now there are but two sketches of what the new Interceptor will look like—it’s basically a modern take on the old one—and HSCS’s claim that the car will we based upon an all-new aluminum chassis wrapped in an aluminum body.
Most everything else about the new Jensen is murky; the number of cars to be produced and their prices are still to-be-determined. “Ultra-exclusivity” is intended, and HSCS says the car will make its first public appearance in late 2012 before deliveries start in 2014. The original Jensen Interceptor was powered by a big Chrysler V-8, but neither HSCS nor CPP has revealed what will power the new iteration. Currently the companies are gauging consumer interest in the Interceptor on a new website, but CPP’s founder says work on the car is “at an advanced stage.” We’ll just have to wait and see if a Jensen redux happens in 2012, or 2014, or maybe never—but having the entity that now builds Spykers behind the push gives the new Interceptor at least a sliver of possibility.
The new design perfectly recaptures the charm of the earlier car. It is difficult today to be truly original with car designing without making who knows what. I found the Ferrari Enzo just ugly, the Hulme is not so bad but just looks like a redesigned F1
In general I am partial to the cars of the Fifties and Sixties because they had curves. Seems like they have a problem with curves today, perhaps because they don't do anymore cars by hand on wood shapes.
re: Spyker Owner Planning Revival of Jensen Interceptor in 2014 (karma: 2)en>frfr>en By WilyB Comments: 27201, member since Sat Apr 26, 2003
On Tue Sep 27, 2011 07:49 AM
Hand made cars; I mean truly hand made cars where body parts are hammered against a wooden form are beautiful because, like human, they are not perfectly symmetrical.
I looked at a Jensen back in the early ‘80’s because their ugliness made them low key cars. The one that interested me was almost impossible to find, the Interceptor FF which was one of the first four wheel drive road car and the first car with anti-lock brakes, a decade before Mercedes.
re: Spyker Owner Planning Revival of Jensen Interceptor in 2014 (karma: 1)en>frfr>en By Whatchamacallit Comments: 38149, member since Fri Nov 14, 2003
On Tue Sep 27, 2011 05:35 PM
Hand made cars. Feline, feminine.
Don't forget also the perfection of the interior fittings, when hand made. Even the Peugeot 203 (my dad's second car in the Fifties - the first was a Ford truck) had some crafts-work made on the dashboard that made it unique and gave it a look.
Car seats also were more "furniture" than the actual horrors.
re: Spyker Owner Planning Revival of Jensen Interceptor in 2014en>frfr>en By TexanForever Comments: 18505, member since Thu Jun 10, 2004
On Wed Sep 28, 2011 04:04 PM
... In my younger and really stupid days I was divorcing my first wife, moving to Dallas, and needed new wheels. ... With very little money my choices were limited. Instead of playing it smart and buying either another new 4-CV or a used Ford pickup I stupidly opted for a new sharp looking little 1958 3-cylinder Berkeley sports car. I left L.A. in great weather and arrived half frozen in 16 F degrees with no heater, at a nice warm El Paso motel late at night with one cylinder dead. (later turned out it was due to a bad coil.) The next day I caught a plane to Dallas and had the car shipped the rest of the way. ... not a fun trip.
re: Spyker Owner Planning Revival of Jensen Interceptor in 2014 (karma: 1)en>frfr>en By pippin Comments: 5226, member since Mon Jan 19, 2009
On Wed Sep 28, 2011 04:15 PM
TexanForever wrote:
... In my younger and really stupid days I was divorcing my first wife, moving to Dallas, and needed new wheels. ... With very little money my choices were limited. Instead of playing it smart and buying either another new 4-CV or a used Ford pickup I stupidly opted for a new sharp looking little 1958 3-cylinder Berkeley sports car. I left L.A. in great weather and arrived half frozen in 16 F degrees with no heater, at a nice warm El Paso motel late at night with one cylinder dead. (later turned out it was due to a bad coil.) The next day I caught a plane to Dallas and had the car shipped the rest of the way. ... not a fun trip.
Wos it the 3 wheeler or four? I remember a four wheeled one doing quite well around Brands Hatch in the late 50s. I've forgotton whether he won or not.
Hey, flip my burger and shut the fuck up! They are both shite and Spyker is skint anyway. Is Ivan going to save SAAB? Is he, bollocks!
Wos it the 3 wheeler or four? I remember a four wheeled one doing quite well around Brands Hatch in the late 50s. I've forgotton whether he won or not.
