My First Car: Jensen Interceptor was Tanya Tucker's first love - Toronto Star
I said, ‘Well, it’s not the one I wanted,’ and the dealer said, ‘Wait a minute, we got one more back here …’ So he took me out to the back lot, and there was the car that I had dreamed about. “I had never seen them before, but his was navy blue — it was all blue — it was a pretty car, but I wanted to get one better, so mine was just like the Mac Daddy: it was a 1974 Jensen Interceptor, and you know, they went out of business. They had a factory in Birmingham, England, and at one time, we were over there, and we were thinking of buying the car factory, but at that time, they weren’t interest in selling it. It’s apparent the singer, who mastered stick shift at a young... Sir Charles Dunstone is the majority shareholder, and the company has plans to produce a new Jensen GT as well as a new Interceptor R model. (In a review in Britain’s Telegraph newspaper, the reviewer likens getting ready to drive the powerful 2014 556 bhp ride sans traction control — the car is priced around $340,000 — to getting ready to jump from a plane. Source: www.thestar.com
