Jensen FF - more than one step ahead of the sports car competition
Summary
The Jensen FF was probably the most advanced car of its time; no other production sports car before it could boast 4x4 drive and ABS. The technology boost was packed into the slightly modified body of the Jensen Interceptor. The fact that the four-seater coupé was nevertheless not a great success was due to the high price and the not exactly simple technology, as well as the fact that Jensen did not actually want to export the car. This report shows one of the few Jensen FFs still on the European mainland and tells the story of the unusual 4x4 coupé, supplemented by original documents and many pictures.
This article contains the following chapters
- The first series-produced all-wheel drive passenger car
- On the ski slope
- First series-produced passenger car with anti-lock braking system
- Better not to sell
- No Interceptor
- From Series 1 to Series 3
- Luxurious and comfortable
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 6min
Preview (beginning of the article)
They had two things in common, the drummers John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell and Ginger Baker. Of course, they all played drums in rock bands (Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream), but they also drove the same car, a Jensen FF, which was perhaps the most advanced English car of the time - with four-wheel drive and anti-lock brakes. Until 1965/1966, all series-produced cars had either driven front or rear wheels. Only off-road vehicles were equipped with selectable four-wheel drive, but these vehicles could not be described as comfortable or even sporty. But Harry Ferguson, the king of tractor manufacturers, had the dream of establishing permanent four-wheel drive in passenger cars. And he invested huge sums of money to get there.
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