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The Jensen Interceptor is a grand touring car which was hand-built at the Kelvin Way Factory in West Bromwich, near 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 1950 and 1957 at the Carters Green factory.
The Interceptor III made its debut at the October 1971 Earls Court Motor Show alongside the SP and FF III. By that stage, Interceptor IIIs had been in production for a couple of months and the first examples were already in showrooms across the United States and Britain.
The 'III' alone sold more than all the other versions combined. In 1973, the ultimate version, the Interceptor III Series 4, with an engine approaching 400hp (298kW) and a leather and wood interior, was released.
The Interceptor III Series 4 was launched at Earls Court in October 1973 just as war broke out in the Middle East and the first of the oil shocks of the 1970s began. For the next 18 months, the motoring industry worldwide was hit hard.
Development of the Interceptor continued during the two year model life of the Interceptor II, culminating in the release in August 1971 of the final iteration on the theme, the Interceptor III, made until 1976.
Feb 21, 2024 · The Mark III Interceptor ended production in 1976 with the company in financial trouble and the available supply of parts exhausted. In 1983, the Interceptor name was reincarnated once again as the product of a new company called Jensen Cars Limited.
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Across the 157 Interceptor III's we've seen sell, the highest price ever recorded for this model is £67,500. It was sold by H&H Auctioneers in the UK on 12 Oct 2016.
