When the Jensen Healey convertible was introduced in 1972, it became obvious that there were a few issues with the reliability of the Lotus Type 907 1973cc engine. The sports estate proved to be a competent and practical road car with a Lotus Twin-Cam 144 bhp engine now mated to a 5-speed Getrag gearbox, 2 + 2 seating, and a reasonably sized boot. Still, by the time the Jensen GT was introduced in September 1975 (they had dropped the Healey part in the name as Donald Healey had now left the company), most of the early teething troubles had been ironed out. Under the shadow of the industrial crisis of the 1970s, including rising fuel costs which saw the demise of the big-engined Interceptors, Jensen Motors went into liquidation in May 1976, meaning that the GT production runs only lasted nine months with a total of only 509 cars built, less than half being right-hand drive.
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