The Ross was a Brass era automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan from 1915 to 1918 by the Ross Automobile Company.
The Ross automobile had a Herschell-Spillman V-8 engine with body styles including sedans and town cars and were priced at $1,350 and $1,850, equivalent to $55,719 in 2023.
[1] The "Ross Eight" won fame briefly in 1916 for being the first automobile to climb San Francisco's famous Fillmore Street hill in high gear, where grades reach a maximum of 251⁄2%.
[2] New York capitalists took over the company in late 1916 and changed the car from an 8-cylinder to a Continental six-cylinder.
The Company entered receivership and in February 1918, the Ross plant had been sold.