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Richard O'Clery · 01-11-06, 07:55 AM

Chris & Simon

The Joss website hasn't been updated for 2 years. The company went strangely silent after the Melbourne and Adelaide 2005 motorshows. Beautiful looking car, but the driveable prototype was built on an Ultima chassis.

I understand they were still trying to raise the money to build a car on their own chassis while at the motorshows, but also taking production deposits at the same time. It was to have an all Australian V8 built by Chev Offroad & Marine Engineering in Melbourne, but only 2 valves per cylinder. In the media of the time, the touted retail price gradually went up from A$450K to A$550K.

I would love to have seen it reach production, but the metrics/timing obviously weren't right. Very expensive for a car without an exotic drive train, notwithstanding the amount of carbon fibre.

If anyone knows more or can correct me, please let me know. Maybe the Joss body will reappear on something more affordable on day.

Hijack over - sorry!

01-11-06, 07:55 AM	#15 (permalink)
Richard O'Clery roclery 3 Tenths Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 360 Rep Power: 7	Re: Anyone want to buy a business in the USA? Chris & Simon The Joss website hasn't been updated for 2 years. The company went strangely silent after the Melbourne and Adelaide 2005 motorshows. Beautiful looking car, but the driveable prototype was built on an Ultima chassis. I understand they were still trying to raise the money to build a car on their own chassis while at the motorshows, but also taking production deposits at the same time. It was to have an all Australian V8 built by Chev Offroad & Marine Engineering in Melbourne, but only 2 valves per cylinder. In the media of the time, the touted retail price gradually went up from A$450K to A$550K. I would love to have seen it reach production, but the metrics/timing obviously weren't right. Very expensive for a car without an exotic drive train, notwithstanding the amount of carbon fibre. If anyone knows more or can correct me, please let me know. Maybe the Joss body will reappear on something more affordable on day. Hijack over - sorry!