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The Jensen Interceptor - a 4WD BEAST that held a speed record for 30 years!

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The Jensen Interceptor, quite possibly the coolest name for a car, ever, is to me the epitome of 1970s high end driving. There’s nothing more 70s than playing the latest tunes on your 8-track, and with Cliff Richard being a fan of the car it’s not hard to imagine him blasting down the M1, music blaring out of the windows. Jensen Motors was much more than the Interceptor. It’s a car that foreshadowed the Audi Quattro by 15 years and set a world record that stood for over 30 years. Intro music from Lord Wallace: https://soundcloud.com/lord-wallace/sets/lord-wallace FF photos (many thanks!): https://classicmotorhub.com/showroom/1969-jensen-ff/ To get early ad-free access to new videos, or your name at the end of my videos, please consider supporting me using Patreon from just $1 or 80p a month at https://www.patreon.com/bigcar Support me using Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv Big Car Merch (t-shirts, mugs): https://teespring.com/stores/bigcartv Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigcartv My second channel - Little Car: https://www.youtube.com/littlecar #bigcar



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