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Princess Anne, Farrah Fawcett, Cher and Ginger Baker may not have had a lot in common, but they all shared a love for the Jensen Interceptor.

And soon a whole new generation of drivers will be able to get their hands on the much-loved sportscar as UK automotive company CPP Global Holdings has announced that it will engineer, develop and build an all-new model of the car.

Deliveries to customers will begin in 2014.






The announcement follows yesterday's news that CPP is bringing manufacturing back to Jaguar's former Browns Lane factory in Coventry.

The Jensen Interceptor will be produced on the same site.

This is a further boost to the UK motor industry following yesterday's news that Jaguar Land Rover was investing £355 million to build low-emission engines at a business park near Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, potentially creating thousands of new jobs.

A much-admired GT model, the Jensen Interceptor was originally built between 1966 and 1976.

CPP said a team of Coventry-based design consultants employed by the Jensen brand's owners, Healey Sports Cars Switzerland Ltd, had completed the design of the new Interceptor, which has already gained 'significant customer interest'.

The public unveiling of the Interceptor is planned for late 2012, with deliveries starting in 2014. Annual production numbers and pricing are yet to be confirmed.

Brendan O'Toole, founder and co-owner of CPP, said: 'I started my career by restoring bodies and components for classic British sports cars, so for CPP to take the lead role in reviving this iconic brand is very exciting for the business, and for me personally.

JENSEN INTERCEPTOR FACTS...

The Jensen Interceptor was sporting Grand Tourer class car hand-built in the United Kingdom by Jensen Motors
It was made between 1966 and 1976
6,408 cars were produced
The car is a two-door four-seater
It broke with Jensen tradition by having a steel bodyshell instead of glass-reinforced plastic
The body was also the first to be designed by an outside firm, Carrozzeria Touring of Italy, rather than the in-house staff
The engine was a Chrysler V8 initially of 6276 cc (383 c.i.)
It grew to 7212 cc (440 c.i.) in late 1971
The Interceptor was briefly re-introduced in the 1980s as the Series 4 (S4), as a low-volume 'specialist' motor car

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MGMcAnick wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:28 pm

Quoting the article: "Some Jensen purists aren’t fully on board with this type of restoration, but since all Jensens were built with someone else’s powertrain, planting the potent Chevrolet powerplant in the Interceptor engine bay doesn’t seem to be an offense on the order of replacing a Jaguar engine with a Chevy."

A general Motors V-8 is actually a very popular swap for the DOHC I-6 found in the early Jaguar XJ sedans. Since Jaguar bought GM's popular turbo 350 automatic transmission for those cars, it's a fairly simple process. BRW as they say. Bolt Right Up. Well sort of.