What cars did Jensen make?
Jensen cars
- Jensen S-type (1936–1941)
- Jensen H-type (1938–1945)
- Jensen PW (1946–1952)
- Jensen Interceptor (1950–1957)
- Jensen 541 (1954–1959)
- Jensen 541R (1957–1960)
- Jensen 541S (1960–1963)
- Jensen C-V8 (1962–1966)
What kind of car is a Jensen?
| Jensen Interceptor | |
|---|---|
| Class | Grand Tourer |
| Body style | 2-door 4-seat hatchback 2-door 4-seat convertible 2-door 4-seat coupé |
| Layout | Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive |
| Related | Jensen FF |
How many cars did Jensen make?
Production Figures
| Number Produced | ||
|---|---|---|
| Jensen-Healey Mk 2 | 1973-1975 | 7146 |
| Jensen GT | 1975-1976 | 511 |
| total | 11014 | |
| Jensen S-V8 | 2001-2002 | 30 |
Who owned Jensen Interceptor?
Jensen 541 (546 made) One 541 was built with the Chrysler V8 Hemi engine (like the original Interceptor belonging to Briggs Cunningham) and was owned by Richard Jensen himself.
What was the price of a Jensen Interceptor?
Interceptors were never cheap, costing $8124 in the U.S. in 1967 (more than $60,000 today), increasing to $26,650 in 1976, the model’s final year.
What was the name of the company that made Jensen Cars?
Jensen Motors built specialist car bodies for major manufacturers alongside cars of their own design using engines and mechanicals of major manufacturers Ford, Austin and Chrysler . The rights to Jensen’s trademarks were bought with the company and it briefly operated in Speke, Liverpool, from 1998 to 2002.
What kind of car is a Jensen FF?
The Jensen FF was a four-wheel drive Grand Tourer car produced by the British manufacturer Jensen Motors between 1966 and 1971. It was the first non all-terrain production car equipped with 4WD and an anti-lock braking system — the Dunlop Maxaret mechanical system used hitherto only on aircraft, trucks, and racing cars.
What is a Jensen bus?
A handful of Jensen buses and coaches were produced for independent operators into the 1950s, with Perkins diesel engines, David Brown gearboxes, and bodywork by a variety of bodybuilders of the time, which had the distinctive large JNSN marque cut into the sheet metal on the front of the bus, below the windscreen.
When was the last Jensen car built in the UK?
In 1958 they built a small number of Jensen Tempo light commercial vans, pick-ups and minibuses, a German original design, built under licence in the UK, none are known to survive. Production of cars ceased during the war years, but by 1946 a new vehicle was offered, the Jensen PW (a luxury saloon).