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Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

Just seen this in the area, the DVLA details say it has a 6162cc petrol engine! A GM crate engine?? 20221003_123439.jpg20221003_123455.jpg
 
I saw one of these at the weekend. Not the prettiest Jensen but actually quite interesting in that the engine (all 6.3 litres of it) was set behind the front axle, and it was apparently quicker than the Miura etc.

Unfortunately the old Gent driving it didn't display the best of driving skills with a seemingly complete lack of spacial awareness and understanding of where his indicators were. Looked like this, though the paint was rather dull (nice patina though)

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ChrisHGTV said:
I saw one of these at the weekend. Not the prettiest Jensen but actually quite interesting in that the engine (all 6.3 litres of it) was set behind the front axle, and it was apparently quicker than the Miura etc.

Unfortunately the old Gent driving it didn't display the best of driving skills with a seemingly complete lack of spacial awareness and understanding of where his indicators were. Looked like this, though the paint was rather dull (nice patina though)

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There's a rather lovely review here from Motorsport magazineJensen C-V8.

I've always quite fancied one of these.
 
Jay Leno has a CV8:

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Retropower are doing a restomod one at the moment:

retropower.co.uk

Project Connery: Jensen CV8 Restomod

Perhaps the most ambitious and far-reaching Retropower project to date, Project Connery sees us charged with ‘restomodifying’ one of the undoubted unsung heroes of the British GT breed, the Jensen …
retropower.co.uk retropower.co.uk
 
Darrell said:
A friend of mine lives in Jersey and came across this earlier today while out cycling with her husband.
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Apparently it was a delivery driver taking the Ferrari to its new owner.

Ferrari Enzo Crashed While Being Delivered to Its Owner

The Enzo, reportedly registered to someone on the neighboring island of Guernsey, was traveling on one of Jersey’s main thoroughfares Thursday morning when it collided with a Honda Jazz, the European market name for the Fit.
According to the Jersey Evening Post, a delivery driver was at the wheel at the time of the crash. A witness to the Thursday morning incident said that the supercar hit a median as a result of the collision and spun out, settling on the other side of the road. It’s unclear when the Jazz became involved.
Photos taken at the scene show that the left side of the supercar sustained most of the damage, with much of the rear left bodywork ripped off. The rear also looks smashed up. A view inside the driver’s side butterfly door shows the airbags deployed.
Only 400 examples of the Enzo were produced from 2002 to 2004. It sold for $659,000 new and has been retailing in the $2 million range lately. The rear-wheel-drive supercaer is equipped with a naturally aspirated V-12 that can put out 651 horsepower, though the full force of that power was likely not in use on the 40 mph road where the incident occurred.
The owner of the Enzo has yet to be identified, though they’re probably very upset.
 
MikeInWimbledon said:
Apparently it was a delivery driver taking the Ferrari to its new owner.

Ferrari Enzo Crashed While Being Delivered to Its Owner

The Enzo, reportedly registered to someone on the neighboring island of Guernsey, was traveling on one of Jersey’s main thoroughfares Thursday morning when it collided with a Honda Jazz, the European market name for the Fit.
According to the Jersey Evening Post, a delivery driver was at the wheel at the time of the crash. A witness to the Thursday morning incident said that the supercar hit a median as a result of the collision and spun out, settling on the other side of the road. It’s unclear when the Jazz became involved.
Photos taken at the scene show that the left side of the supercar sustained most of the damage, with much of the rear left bodywork ripped off. The rear also looks smashed up. A view inside the driver’s side butterfly door shows the airbags deployed.
Only 400 examples of the Enzo were produced from 2002 to 2004. It sold for $659,000 new and has been retailing in the $2 million range lately. The rear-wheel-drive supercaer is equipped with a naturally aspirated V-12 that can put out 651 horsepower, though the full force of that power was likely not in use on the 40 mph road where the incident occurred.
The owner of the Enzo has yet to be identified, though they’re probably very upset.
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Did the YTS trainee edit that article?

“The rear also looks smashed up” and “The owner of the Enzo has yet to be identified, though they’re probably very upset” are amongst my favourite lines 😁
 
Bobby Dazzler said:
“The owner of the Enzo has yet to be identified, though they’re probably very upset” are amongst my favourite lines 😁
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Loved that line too....

I wondered if he self-insures rather than "pay too much" for comprehensive cover...?
 
Lots of nice cars out and about today. Whilst pretending to trim the hedge, I spotted a Ferrari SF90, AMG GT R, new Aston Martin V12 Vantage, E-type Roadster (Series 3) amongst others. Maybe thinking the weather this weekend is the lay of the sunshine for this year.
 
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MikeInWimbledon said:
Loved that line too....

I wondered if he self-insures rather than "pay too much" for comprehensive cover...?
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I think the key detail in that report is that a Honda Jazz was involved. As a biker I learned that the Jazz was the most dangerous sharer of my roadspace. Typically driven by an old bloke with flat cap and jug handle ears. Co-driven by the wife with concrete blue rinse hair. Especially dangerous in an Asda car park.
 
Teego said:
I think the key detail in that report is that a Honda Jazz was involved. As a biker I learned that the Jazz was the most dangerous sharer of my roadspace. Typically driven by an old bloke with flat cap and jug handle ears. Co-driven by the wife with concrete blue rinse hair. Especially dangerous in an Asda car park.
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Perhaps that’s where the problem lies. They thought it was their road space, like you thought it was your road space?

My parents are ballers. They have matching his and hers Honda Jazz. One silver and one brown 😁
 
Teego said:
I think the key detail in that report is that a Honda Jazz was involved. As a biker I learned that the Jazz was the most dangerous sharer of my roadspace. Typically driven by an old bloke with flat cap and jug handle ears. Co-driven by the wife with concrete blue rinse hair. Especially dangerous in an Asda car park.
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I’d just love to hear what that delivery driver said when he called the office.

“Tracy. You know that insurance cover I asked you to arrange? …..”

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