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JOSS JP1 CGI to be revealed at 2011 Australian International Motor Show

By Tim Beissmann |
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Australian International Motor Show attendees will get their first look at the production version of the locally developed JOSS supercar on July 1.

JOSS Developments will unveil a computer-generated preview of the production model, codenamed JP1, along with a pre-production evaluation vehicle and a wind tunnel model.

The JOSS JP1 will become Australia’s first mid-engined supercar. It will be powered by an all-aluminium V8 with more than 370kW and a 0-100km/h acceleration time of less than 3.0 seconds. JOSS predicts it will come with a price tag of more than $500,000, although the company is yet to confirm when the car will be ready to roll.

JOSS Developments’ technical director, Matt Thomas, said the return to the motor show in Melbourne – seven years after JOSS’s first appearance – would remind Australians that the homegrown supercar manufacturer was the real deal.

“We had an amazing reception for our JT1 prototype in Melbourne several years ago, but building a car business is very involved,” Mr Thomas said.

“So JOSS Developments has spent the last few years working on the business: building investment, working with our technical suppliers, and putting in place the right people so that when we launch JP1 the company will be geared up to deliver a great product to the market.”

 


 

  • UnderBrakes

    Well best of luck to them with this.

    ALL the others have tried and failed, i dont see this being in different.

    You would buy a Ferrari, McLaren, Porsche Lambo etc before this, every-single-time….

  • Roadtard

    You’d be more likely to succeed building a street-legal V8 Supercar – something that closely resembles the actual race cars. I’m sure many of the existing control components and design specs could be employed – and you know there’s genuine interest out there. Maybe the teams will get together and do this under the new Car of the Future.

  • NIK516

    Honestly it looks like something out of the 90s but best of luck to them im sure it would have been an enormous amount of work.

  • Moe

    500,000 is too much the only reason supercars cost about that is because Of the LCT when being brought into AUS, but since this car is built here it shouldnt cost more than 250,000. Clearly Mr JOSS hasnt looked in EU and seen that a 458 or Aventador cost roughly between $250-300,000 AUD straight conversion from euros.

  • PeterG

    $500k…… tell him he’s dreamin

  • http://www.ss.com Thomas

    geee wish I could poor my heart and soul into project that looks 20 years old!

    ARE YOU NUTS?

  • Grammar Nazi

    Looks like a Honda NSW from the front, and a Maclaren F1 from the back.

    They are both two decades old. This one is quickly losing relevance,

  • Moe

    Just another kit car to me, as most agree id rather a 599, Murclieago at that price

  • Glen

    Guys, I’m pretty sure that the “computer-generated preview” of the production model will show a quite different looking vehicle… I would suggest holding one’s horses at least until one sees it.

  • Charles

    3 suggestion to make this car up to date, LED front, side & back light, LED panel display screen for the driver, & the latest range topping V8 from Mercedes-AMG, then it pretty much perfect. 90s though it may be, the F40 is still regard as the best supercar ever made, even compair with current cars like the Bugatti or MP4-12C, therefore they must be doing sth right back then, the spec on JP1 exceed the F40 on paper, hope JOSS can produce a complete package from engineering to driver enjoyment like the F40 of old