Jensen Motors

Jensen began as a small coachbuilding firm run by brothers Richard and Alan Jensen; they bought out the body works of W.J. Smiths & Sons where they worked after the owner's death and renamed it Jensen Motors in 1934. They built exclusive customised bodies for standard cars produced by several manufacturers of the day including Morris, Singer, Standard, and Wolseley. In 1934 they were commissioned by American film actor Clark Gable to design and build a car for him based on a Ford V-8 chassis. The resultant car won them much acclaim and stimulated huge interest in their work including a deal with Ford to produce a run of Jensen-Fords with Jensen bodywork with a Ford chassis and engine. In 1934 they also started to design their first true production car under the name White Lady. This evolved into the Jensen S-type which went into production in 1935.

A revival in 2001 was short lived. By the end of 2002 production on their only model – the £40,000 S-V8 – had ceased.[8]In April 2010 Jensen International Automotive (JIA) was founded. This new company will buy old Jensen Interceptors, and sell them as new ones after a complete restoration, with new engine and interior trim.[9]In September 2011 CPP, a specialist sports car manufacturer announced they were planning to make a new Jensen, expected to go on sale to the public sometime in 2014.[10] The new Interceptor will be based around an all-aluminium chassis and will feature alloy panels, ‘echoing the four-seat grand tourer layout of the much-loved original’, according to the official press release.

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MOTORS BY JENSEN MOTORS INCLUDE:

• 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 CV8 (1962–1966)
• Jensen Interceptor (1966–1976)
• Jensen FF (1966–1971)
• Jensen-Healey (1972–1975)
• Jensen GT (1975–1976)
• Jensen S-V8 (2001)