#sports coupé

Jensen Interceptor III, 1971. Powered by Chrysler’s 440ci V8, the Interceptor had originally been designed at Carrozzeria Touring but financial difficulties at the Italian coachbuilder meant Jensen bought the design off them and had the first series cars built at Vignale before taking over production themselves at West Bromwich, near Birmingham in England. A combination of the early 70s fuel crisis, world-wide recession, and problems with the Jensen-Healey sports car pushed Jensen Motors into receivership with the last Interceptors being made in 1976. 

Jensen C-V8, 1962. Designed by Eric Neale, 500 C-V8s were made in 3 series between 1962 and 1966 initially powered by a 361ci Chrysler V8, then after 1964 it was upgraded in Chrysler’s 330hp 383ci engine. The engine was placed behind the front axle making it one of the first front-mid engined cars. The bodywork was fabricated in fibreglass with aluminium door skins. 

Alfa Romeo 2600 Coupé Speciale, 1963, by Pininfarina. A one-off hardtop that had previously been presented (in 1962) as an open Spider. It was based on Alfa’s flagship straight-6 saloon but the series production Coupé (Sprint) version of the 2600 was built by Bertone with Zagato building 106 Sprint Zagato versions. The Pininfarina concept still exists, in the hands of a collector