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Production of cars ceased over the war years, but by 1946 a new vehicle was offered, the Jensen PW (a luxury saloon), but few were produced since raw materials were still in short supply. A more modern coupe followed in 1950, named the Interceptor , which was built until 1958. In 1955, Jensen started production of the 541 , which used the then-revolutionary material of fiberglass for its bodywork. The 541 was replaced by the CV8 in 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e, which replaced the AustinAustin is An Anglicization of the name of Saint Augustine, noticeable in the English version "Austin Friars" to refer to the Augustinian Order. A British make of car; see Austin Motor Company A short lived United States make of automobile; see American Au-sourced straight-6The straight-6 or inline 6 (I-6) is an internal combustion engine with six cylinders aligned in one vertical row. The name slant-6 is sometimes used when the cylinders are at an angle from the vertical. Straight-6 engines have perfect primary and secondar of the previous cars with a 6 litre American ChryslerThe Chrysler Corporation is a United States-based automobile manufacturer. History The company was formed by Walter Chrysler on June 6, 1925, with the remaining assets of Maxwell Motor Company. In 1928 Chrysler founded the De Soto brand at the medium-high V8See also V8 (beverage A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. Overview The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 litres in displacement and in automobile use have gone up to 8. 5 litres o, this large engine in such a lightweight car making the Jensen one of the fastest four-seaters of the time.

For its replacement, the InterceptorThe Jensen Interceptor was a sporting GT-class car built in the United Kingdom by Jensen between 1966 and 1976. The car broke with Jensen tradition by having a steel bodyshell instead of glass-reinforced plastic and by having the body designed by an outsi, launched in 1966Events January January 1 In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. January 2 Strike of public transportation workers in New York City ends January 13 January 3 First Acid Test at the Fil, Jensen turned to the Italian coachbuilder, TouringTouring was an Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firm in the 1950s. Touring-bodied Ferraris: 1948 166 Inter Coupe 1951 195 Inter Coupe 1951 212 Inter Coupe 1952 340 MM Spider Automobiles., for the body design, and to steel for the material. The bodyshells themselves were built initially by Vignale of Italy and later by Jensen. The same 383 in³ Chrysler wedge-head powerplant was used. Initially only a two-door coupe was available, with contemporary square-cut lines except for a large, curving wrap-around rear window that doubled as a hatchback.

Somewhat related to the Interceptor was another car, the Jensen FF—the letters standing for Ferguson Formula , the inventors of its groundbreaking full-time all wheel drive system, the first on a production sports car. Also featured was the Dunlop Maxaret anti-lock braking system in one of the first uses of ABS in a production car. Outwardly, the only differences from the Interceptor were four extra inches of length (all ahead of the windscreen) and a second row of air vents behind the front wheels. The small number of 318 FFs were constructed, and production ceased in 1971.