After a very successful Earls Court Motor Show in late 1999, the decision was taken to show a closed, Coupe version of the S-V8 at the following British International Motor Show at the NEC in 2000.
The pic above is one of the original concept renderings. The original 1998 'show car' was used again as the basis for the Coupe. Stripped back to the bare glassfibre panels, it was put back into the design studio and the new Coupe styling was completed in the age-old manner of clay modelling.
The clay model was completed in two halves, the right hand side being a direct reflection of the S-V8 styling, the left hand side being a much more aggressive design with wider rear wheelarch and a larger. more obvious, integral rear spoiler. The aggressive design would have become the 'Predator' model, which I had put to the Jensen management as a detailed specification and concept in mid-1998. The name was subsequently registered to Jensen Motors.
It was decided to go with the 'right hand side' for the coming motor show and below you see the finished result. It gained a very favourable reception, and many commented that we should have put the Coupe version into production first, before the open model. In hindsight, that could have been a good idea, as probably over xxx£500K was spent in the design of the soft-top and the associated tonneau-cover and fuel tank packaging.
The 2000 C-V8 Coupe
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When I saw this car at the International in June my first reaction was why the hell did the new Jensen company start with the convertable?They could sell these beauties all day long at around the xxx£40/45000 mark.Its a stunning looking car by any standards.Why however did they not copy the
original concept design with the wheels and the lovely scoop taken out along the length of the body.What a fabulous car that is.Surely someone will pick this car up before long and make it a production reality?
Leeds Bloke
original concept design with the wheels and the lovely scoop taken out along the length of the body.What a fabulous car that is.Surely someone will pick this car up before long and make it a production reality?
Leeds Bloke
Jazz and Jensens.There is a God
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