Sweden's Patchwork Sports Car, the JC Indigo 3000

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
02/28/2014 at 10:22 • Filed to: cydka

This is Cars You Didn't Know About, the feature where I show you some rare and unusual cars that never quite made it into the limelight. In today's edition, we'll be discussing the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , the only car ever produced by a small Swedish firm known as !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

When I said patchwork, I really meant it. Jösse Cars raided the parts bins of their fellow Swedish car makes to create this. Power (a measly 204hp and 200ft-lbs) was provided by a 3-liter, all aluminum, Volvo straight six, and applied to the ground through a gearbox and multi-link rear suspension taken from a Volvo 960. The fuel tank came from a Saab 900, seats were taken out of a Volvo S40, and the steering column came from a Volvo 850. Just about the only thing that is bespoke to the car is the front suspension, a transverse leaf spring "walking beam" design.

The construction of the car was composite body panels over a steel space-frame, with the engine mounted behind the front axle. I actually quite like the styling, it's gives sort of a "TVR-meets-Weismann" vibe. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , with a curb weight of just about 1000kg making up for the low power. It had a top speed of 155mph, and 0-60 came in 6.5 seconds.

The Indigo was first sold in 1997, starting at 250,000 Kronor, or about $39k USD. One of the main selling points of the car was enormous customization, with a full color pallet offered for both interior materials and exterior paint and extensive options that could be tailored to each individual buyer.

Unfortunately, only 42 working cars were produced before JC ran out of money, ceasing production and going bankrupt in 1999.

DISCUSSION (9)

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
02/28/2014 at 15:30

Ahh.. I'd forgotten about this one. I remember reading car magazines in the late nineties and reading about this car, I wanted one SO bad, I wanted mine in lime green with a dark green alcantara interior.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
02/28/2014 at 15:31

Kinja'd!!!

I never expected that the I3K had a racing program.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Goshen, formerly Darkcode
02/28/2014 at 15:34

I doubt it was factory effort, most likely the car pictured was one independently prepped and raced by it's owner. I can't find any info on it, as the site the picture's from is in Swedish .