by "DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
Published 09/13/2017 at 01:01
by "DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
Published 09/13/2017 at 01:01
Tags: Today I learned
; Jensen
STARS: 5
2001 Jensen S-V8.
The only product to come from a 10 billion pound investment into reviving the Jensen nameplate, famous for producing the fabulous Interceptor from the 1970s. 20 cars were completed in their original intended factory, before Jensen went bust and the final 18 uncompleted cars were sent to an outside company, where 12 were built and the final 6 were kept for spare parts. So, in total, there’s 32 in existence in the world.
The car was powered by the 4.6L Ford V8 made famous in the Mustangs of the time, good for 325 horsepower and mated to a manual transmission. It would propel itself to 60 in under 5 seconds and was good for 160 mph. Styling was quirky, but I’d say it’s endearing.
A coupe version called the C-V8 was planned but never put into production due to the issues with production, save for one prototype which went up for sale in 2011. It’s a shame this never panned out because like TVR, Jensen is one of my favorite quirky British brands that are overlooked by many mainstream enthusiasts. I’d love to see a modern Interceptor come around, and it looks like we may have had something similar with this strange roadster.
"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
09/13/2017 at 01:45, STARS: 0
Bits of TVR, MG, and bits of other makes with letters, or maybe a touch of Morgan. How much fun would it be to drive one?
"BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo" (bluemazda2)
09/13/2017 at 02:02, STARS: 0
The Jensen S-V8 has seen some things.
Poor little guy. Hang in there.
"Brian McKay" (brianmckay)
09/13/2017 at 02:46, STARS: 0
Twenty billion Pounds Sterling for thirty-two cars?! For years I’ve thought of British sportscar makers that are defunct or no longer British-owned, such as AC, Austin Healey, Bristol, Connaught, Jensen, Lister, Lotus (Malaysian), Marcos, MG (Chinese), TVR, because once in a while I’d read of someone trying to resuscitate a brand...
"punkgoose17" (punkgoose17)
09/13/2017 at 11:13, STARS: 0
It has a similar grill shape as my Elantra. The Jenson looks musch better though.
"punkgoose17" (punkgoose17)
09/13/2017 at 11:23, STARS: 0
I wonder what their estimated/planned production was. With all these start up car companies that fail, I wonder if they go to ‘hard’ tooling because ‘soft’ tooling would cover their production runs.