Jösse Car

History

• October 1993 Bengt Lidmalm gets the idea for his own sportscar when visiting the TVR showroom at Earl’s Court.
• February 1994 Jösse Car AB was founded, Head office in Arvika.
• March 1994 Bengt Lidmalm and Sven-Olof Fogelberg starts the construction of the first chassis.
• October 1994 First prototype presented.
• 1995 First prototype driven, two more prototypes were built.
• May 1995 The car passes crash testing at the Swedish VTI institute.
• June 1995 A decision was made to start series production of the Indigo 3000.
• September 1995 Engine emissions testing completed.
• 1 March 1996 Production started. Only three cars were built.
• June 1996 First car delivered to a customer.
• September 1996 JC Indigo 3000 was awarded "Utmärkt Svensk Form".
• October 1997 Unveiling of new factory in Åmål, a total of twelve cars were built in Arvika.
• January 1998 Last car was built late in the year.
• January 2001 Last car delivered to a customer on 11 January 1999.
• March 2003 Jösse Car AB was declared bankrupt. A grand total of forty-four cars were built.