Breaking through the pound barrier

摘要

There were plenty of sceptics when the reborn Jensen Motors proudly displayed a prototype of its proposed S-V8 roadster at the 1998 motor show in Birmingham. The car looked the part, but critical questions about financial backing and the existence of a factory in which to make it remained unanswered. Three years later, the first production cars are about to be delivered to their new owners — a remarkable achievement. Jensen has engineered the car, sourced the components, recruited and trained a small workforce, and rented an industrial unit at Speke,Liverpool, in which to make them.