想想有史以来最伟大的四轮驱动汽车。你可能会想到奥迪Quattro，斯巴鲁WRX，Porsche 959甚至是Lancia Delta Instaleale，但Jensen FF怎么样？
Jensen在奢侈品时结合了最佳技术，以创造汽车的绝对杰作。FF的名称是，它是第一款装有全轮驱动系统，防姑式制动器和牵引力控制的生产车。
詹森Motors was a British car manufacturer that produced the FF from 1966 until 1971. The company was based out of West Bromwich, England and was originally called W J Smith & Sons Limited before Richard and Alan Jensen gave the company a new name, Jensen Motors Limited, in 1934.
Introduced in 1966, the FF was heavily based on the Jensen Interceptor (1966 – 1976) and was a whole 30% more expensive than its already expensive sibling. Not only was the FF more expensive than the Interceptor, but it was also costlier than its rivals leading to poor sales, despite being named “Car of the year” by车1967年。
The FF in the name stands for “Ferguson Formula” and that’s more important than you might think. Harry Ferguson built and flew his own V8 powered monoplane, becoming Ireland’s first man to make powered flight. He also helped the Irish Government build tractors during World War I and convinced Henry Ford to build a tractor known as the Ford Ferguson. Despite these incredible feats and the fact that he lost a $1-million-dollar coin toss, Ferguson’s biggest claim to fame is his involvement in AWD systems.
Ferguson, along with racing drivers Tony Rolt and Freddie Dixon worked together on a number of AWD prototypes. Their intention was to create a system for racing that would also be viable in production cars. Ferguson passed away just as his P99 AWD F1 car built for the Rob Walker Racing Team was set to debut. Despite Ferguson’s passing, Sterling Moss drove the P99 to victory in a damp International Gold Cup at Oulton Park.
詹森Motors and Ferguson had luckily worked out a verbal agreement between them before Ferguson’s death. It wasn’t until 1964 when Harry Ferguson Research Limited and Jensen put that agreement into writing, paving the way to the FF’s development.
大约在同一时间，Jensen正在仔细阅读他们的C-V8 GT汽车。尽管Jensen Brother的愿望，但新的Jensen与C-V8相比完全不同。这辆车将由意大利钢制成而不是玻璃纤维，设计不会在内部设计。两个轮驱动变体将被命名为拦截器，而AWD版本将被称为FF。
Jensen FF继续使用拦截器中的325HP 6.3升克莱斯勒V8发动机，然后将其与3速TorqueFlite A727自动变速箱配合。虽然FF为1960年代产生了疯狂的功率，但其两吨的遏制重量限制为0-100km / h的时间至8秒。这辆车也可以达到225公里/小时（140英里/小时）。
与拦截器的前置发动机不同，FF中的大型美国电厂因防火墙而被推动，为所有AWD良好腾出空间。这具有给予Jensen FF近50/50重量分布的效果，当与有限的滑动差速器和37/63前后转矩分配联合时，为某些特殊处理组合。
The car was praised for its traction and grip at the time andAutocar.将Über-gt描述为“世界上最安全的汽车”，在雪上滑雪坡之后。
Autocar标记FF作为“世界上最安全的汽车”在所有诚实中有点延伸。Dunlop Maxaret ABS系统（最初为飞机开发）只能将制动器脉冲三次，而现代系统一秒的20次相比。这也不利地实现了牵引力控制系统（像最现代汽车的ABS系统的函数）。尽管如此，Jensen FF在市场上几乎所有其他东西都仍然很近。另一个冷却功能是通过机舱内通过摇杆开关调节冲击的能力。
弗格森的“特蕾莎拉”传播的方式淹没进入克莱斯勒的托管石，就是汽车只能成为右手驱动器。这是因为发动机偏离中心，轴驱动前轮侵入乘客区域，这使得汽车无法转换成左侧驱动器。缺乏左手驱动模型和FF的巨型成本意味着Jensen只能在美国最大的市场建造的320 FF中出售中的一个。
虽然只创造了少量的Jensen FF，但它是有史以来最具影响力的汽车之一。在Quattro的发展期间，奥迪购买了一个Jensen FF来研究汽车及其AWD系统的方式。这辆车是如此有影响力的，即今天所有现代AWD汽车都使用Ferguson配方传输的变化。
Derivatives
During 1968, a special experimental FF was produced with a 7-litre Hemi engine imported from Chrysler in the U.S. This engine was never fitted into production models as the suspension limited its use at extremely high speeds and the cost of importing the Hemi into Britain was prohibitive.
Jensen FF.F 100
在1970年代初，詹森处于真正的财务问题。Jensen处于如此遗憾的状态，只生产了15公里的III FFS，并且它们是在剩余的MK II框架上建造的。尽管与公司周围的公司和问题遇到了麻烦，但詹森仍然热衷于建造另一件高性能的汽车。
1972年，Jensen推出了FFF 100原型（实际上，英国的GKN集团在FFF 100后面）。原型底盘造成了一个FFF底盘，并以7.2升的半升，产生600HP和560 LB-FT的扭矩。GKN还抛弃了生锈的意大利身体，有利于更轻的玻璃纤维，这意味着汽车的重约1,500kg。它也由Aston Martin V8的设计师，威廉镇设计。
The FFF 100’s performance was savage. It could go from 0-100-0 mph in just 12.2 seconds, much faster than the Shelby Cobra, and that was in the wet! In dry conditions the car was even faster and could go to 100mph and then back to zero again in a mere 11.5 seconds, that’s fast even by today’s standards. Performance was going to be even better than that though. GKN worked on a fuel injection system for the car and planned on improving the brakes before the project was dropped.
Although the FFF 100 never made it into production, it, the Jensen FF and the Jensen Interceptor paved the way for the legendary AWD cars we have today.
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