The Jensen PW is a saloon car built by

Jensen Motors Jensen Motors Limited was a British manufacturer of sports cars and commercial vehicles in West Bromwich, England. Brothers Alan and Richard Jensen gave the new name, Jensen Motors Limited, to the commercial body and sports car body making busi ...

from 1946 through 1952. The PW stood for Post-War, as the car was the first model built by Jensen after the Second World War.Jensen PW
at Motorbase.com A convertible model was also built alongside the hardtop saloon.Jensen Cars - Jensen PW
at JensenCars.org The first models utilized the Meadows

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s. However, issues arising from harsh vibrations while driving eventually led to Jensen engineers to switch first to Nash straight-eights and then to better established

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s from the

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.Jensen History
at The Classic Garage In total, there were less than 20 examples of the PW to leave Jensen's West Bromwich factory.

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PW Luxury_vehicles Limousines {{Classicpow-auto-stub Cars introduced in 1946

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