The Jensen Interceptor is back, though not in a form anyone could drive home. The Interceptor GTX, revealed in Banbury on 4 September 2026, is a track-only, rear-wheel-drive prototype. Jensen calls it an engineering and development template for the road cars that are meant to follow. It is also the first all-new car from a company that until now has restored and upgraded old Interceptors.
Jensen's own figure is 960 bhp, from a supercharged 6.8-litre V8. Carscoops gives the same output as 973 PS, which is where the 973 figure in some reports comes from.
What is under it
The details below come from the launch coverage, where the outlets agree:
- Engine: a GM small-block V8 taken out to 6.8 litres and rebuilt by Late Model Engines in Texas, with a 2.65-litre Roots-type supercharger and a 7,000 rpm redline. It is rated at 960 bhp as shown, and Jensen says it can be specified up to 1,200 bhp, with more than 1,100 lb-ft of torque.
- Driveline: rear-wheel drive through a six-speed sequential transaxle, with a carbon driveshaft running in a steel torque tube.
- Chassis: a bonded aluminium structure under a hand-formed aluminium body, double wishbones at both ends, Nitron three-way adjustable dampers and hydraulic power steering.
- Aero: the wing, splitter, flat floor and diffuser are quoted at more than 350 kg of downforce.
- Brakes and wheels: AP Racing brakes with steel discs, 20-inch wheels and Michelin tyres.
PistonHeads reports a weight of 1,660 kg and a 49:51 front-to-rear split. Jensen has published neither figure itself.
What comes next
The GTX is the first of three cars. Next is a road-legal Interceptor GTR, and after it a luxury-focused Interceptor GT. Both road cars are expected to have four seats. Managing director David Duerden says around 80 percent of the GTX's exterior form is intended to carry over, and that each stage will be "properly funded, designed, engineered and developed" before the next one starts.
Jensen has given no price, no production numbers and no dates for the road cars. For a small company launching its first new car, a track prototype first and road cars only once each stage is paid for is the careful way round.
Sources: Jensen; launch reports from PistonHeads, Carscoops and The Gentleman Racer. Photographs: Jensen.