While I was surfing the web, I do not currently remember exactly how it went but I heard some mention of Jenson FF and it being the first production car ever to have AWD. And since with the internet being able to have information at your fingertips in all I decided to search for more info on this car. It took some time since "Jensen FF" did not get me many automotive hits on Google or Altavista under images. But then I switched to just looking for sites came across a Jenson FF fan site that pretty much got me all the information and pictures I need including that FF stands for Ferguson Formula (named after the Ferguson brothers that founded the company).
Just take a look at this
fan site and come up with a conclusion.
But for those who are too lazy to search the website I will come up with some things in common this sporty car has with ours.
- Both went through an Italian makeover.
- The SVX and FF are both on a AWD/4x4/whatever car on a sizable sports car and exotic like platform.
- Both are AWD sports cars with engines of ample displacement, I.E more than 4 cyclinders.
- The SVX and FF were bothed designed with grand touring in mind.
- Both the SVX and FF are currently sports cars that are currently virtually forgotten in automotive history.
But we're here to change that, like that webring is for the Jensen.
Here is another
Norwegian based fan site that shows all the Jensen models made, and would have been if the company didn't go under in 1984.
Ok I admit, the Subaru XT6 is the true spiritual ancestor of the SVX (as far as I know of). But you have to admit the Jensen FF (and later Interceptor) have allot in common. And the designers who developed the Subaru SVX must have had these cars somewhere influentially on their minds.
On a side note I have taken a personal liking to this exotic hatchback looking G-Type, a couple of prototypes of that vehicle have been produced pictured here:
