Britain’s velvet-gloved muscle car.

📍 ‘The 1972 Jensen Interceptor III was Britain’s velvet-gloved muscle car.’

Italian suit, American heart, gentleman’s manners… mostly.

Now, another revival attempt promises a clean-sheet, analogue V8 GT built in tiny numbers.

Same spirit, modern execution.

If Jensen always felt like a brilliant what-if, this new chapter suggests the question still refuses to die — and thank goodness for that.

♔ Full story

◼︎ 1972: The Jensen Interceptor III arrives as the final, most polished evolution of Britain’s Anglo-American GT experiment.

Touring-styled curves, vast wraparound rear glass, and a Chrysler V8 that sounds like distant artillery.

◼︎ It isn’t subtle. It’s a continent-crossing express for drivers who prefer their luxury served with a side order of thunder.

◼︎ Fast-forward half a century, and the Jensen name still exerts gravitational pull.

Revival attempts have come and gone — proof that the idea is too good to leave buried.

◼︎ Enter Jensen International Automotive (JIA), restomod specialists who’ve announced an all-new Jensen, teased in silhouette.

◼︎ The promise: a clean-sheet aluminium chassis, bespoke V8, and an explicitly analogue driving experience — a modern British GT without digital dilution.

◼︎ Handcrafted in the UK, ultra-low volume, aimed squarely at enthusiasts who believe driving should feel mechanical, deliberate, and faintly rebellious.

♔ Why it matters

The original Interceptor III embodied a glorious contradiction: luxury wrapped around brute force.

📍 ‘JIA’s plan suggests that appetite hasn’t faded. In an era of screens and sanitisation, a hand-built analogue GT feels less like nostalgia… and more like quiet defiance.’