llan and Richard Jensen started business manufacturing auto bodies under contract for Austin. The firm also made bodies for the Volvo P1800, Sunbeam Tiger and Austin-Healey in addition to the first Interceptor built from 1950 to 1957 with various engines under an attractive glass fiber body.
The second iteration of the Jensen Interceptor was hand-built at the Carters Green Factory in West Bromwich from 1966 to 1976 and represented an ill-timed effort to capture the hearts and minds of the luxury GT marketplace. Unlike its predecessor, the new model was clothed in steel using a handsome body designed by Carrozzeria Touring with the earliest examples built by Vignale before Jensen took over serial production. The styling was heavily influenced (if not outright borrowed) from the Brasinca Uirapuru, a limited production GT coupe manufactured in Brazil, and featured a distinctive large rear window that also served as the tailgate.
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