British manufacturer of sports cars and commercial vehicles
Jensen Motors Limited #00182205
Industry
Automotive
Founded
1922; 102 years ago (1922) (as W J Smith & Sons Limited)
Defunct
2011 (2011) (ceased trading 1976 resumed trading in 1998)
Fate
dissolved 2011
Headquarters
West Bromwich, England
Key people
Richard and Alan Jensen
Products
Automobiles
Alan Jensen's first Avon Special
Jensen Motors Limited was a British manufacturer of sports cars and commercial vehicles in West Bromwich, England. Brothers Alan and Richard Jensen gave the new name, Jensen Motors Limited, to the commercial- and sports car body-making business of W J Smith & Sons Limited in 1934. It ceased trading in 1976. Though trading would resume in 1998, Jensen Motors Limited was dissolved in 2011.
Jensen Motors built specialist car bodies for major manufacturers alongside vehicles of their own design using engines and mechanicals sourced from 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. Under subsequent owners, a new version of the Jensen Interceptor was announced in 2011. It was planned to bring manufacture of that new model back to the former Jaguar motor plant in Browns Lane, Coventry.
JensenMotors Limited was a British manufacturer of sports cars and commercial vehicles in West Bromwich, England. Brothers Alan and Richard Jensen gave...
Birmingham in England, by Jensen Motors between 1966 and 1976. The Interceptor name had been used previously by Jensen for the Jensen Interceptor made between...
The Jensen FF is a four-wheel drive grand tourer produced by British car manufacturer JensenMotors between 1966 and 1971. It was the first non all-terrain...
The Jensen GT is a British sports car. It was introduced by JensenMotors in 1975 as the shooting-brake version of the Jensen-Healey. The new configuration...
between Austin and JensenMotors of West Bromwich, the A40 Sports originated when Austin's chairman Leonard Lord, upon seeing the Jensen Interceptor, requested...
The Jensen 541S was JensenMotors luxury GT model of the Jensen 541. Announced in mid-October 1960, the Jensen 541S was four inches wider than the 541R...
The Jensen 541 is an automobile which was produced by JensenMotors from 1954 to 1959. It was first exhibited at the London Motor Show in October 1953...
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The Jensen PW is a saloon car built by JensenMotors from 1946 through 1952. The PW stood for Post-War, as the car was the first model built by Jensen after...
JensenMotorSport is an auto racing team that competes in the Formula Regional Americas Championship. It formerly competed in the Firestone Indy Lights...
30,000 units in the region, falling far short of General Motors' 88,852 units and Nissan Motors' 75,000 units. In South America, Ford's primary operations...
Rolt had been discussing a similar project with JensenMotors, which ultimately resulted in the Jensen FF. The company's recovery effort brought a partnership...
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A hood ornament, and designed and manufactured in conjunction with JensenMotors. Production of the A40 Sports, which was intended as a sporty touring...
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Motors Limited. MG underwent many changes in ownership over the years. Morris's Nuffield Organization merged with Austin to create the British Motor Corporation...
Kjell Qvale became the majority shareholder in JensenMotors. The first production version of the Jensen-Healey was completed in 1972. In 1974 Nico Minardos...
the public for the first time at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1960 and Volvo turned to JensenMotors, whose production lines were under-utilised,...
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