Koenigsegg - a swedish supercar

[Erik]

On of most wanted European cars in the US, the the swedish Koenigsegg.

For U.K. wannabies there's a RHD drive at Modena Cars in the United Kingdom.


Test by Rickard Rydell - Looks very nice on the track

Media archive with many nice pictures and more videos

They will participate in the Super Car Rallye

[Erik]

Car and Driver link

[Erik]

2002-11-14
High-speed tests.

On Sunday the 10th of November 2002 Koenigsegg conducted the first high-speed tests at the Nardo/Prototipo high-speed track.

The tests were kept unofficial in spite of the high media interest due to the risks involved. Koenigsegg rented the 12km long track exclusively with a medical team for a few ours in order to set the car up for future speed records.

Test driver Mr. Loris Bicocchi conducted the first shakedowns of the car and he was very satisfied with the preliminary results.

Unfortunately it started to rain one hour into the tests. However, before a too heavy rainfall, Mr. Bicocchi managed to drive 365 km/h per hour according to company measurements, which was not pushing the car to full speed - only a shake down run!

Koenigsegg now feels more confident than ever that the car will be able to reach the acclaimed top speed.

Christian von Koenigsegg:

-This day was a very important milestone for the CC. It has shown us what it really can do and that it truly is a Supercar. The car performed very well at these high-speeds and was able to maintain cool in oils and water over a long period. We will keep on pushing the borders and within short we feel confident that we officially will be the fastest production car in the world.

[Arthur]

Do you know how fast it is? Engine and so on?

Maybe a V12?

[krabu]

Originally posted by Arthur
Do you know how fast it is? Engine and so on?

Maybe a V12?

Koenigsegg say:
Engine: Ford V8 with supercharger
Power: 655 hp
Torque: 750 nm
0-100km/h: 3,5 sec
Topspeed: 390km/h

[Arthur]

Originally posted by krabu


Koenigsegg say:
Engine: Ford V8 with supercharger
Power: 655 hp
Torque: 750 nm
0-100km/h: 3,5 sec
Topspeed: 390km/h

Öh, the Topspeed is`nt quite right I think. I read somewhere that they (Koenigsegg) were testing the topspeed and they reached "only" 371km/h.

Regards
/Arthur

[krabu]

Originally posted by Arthur


Öh, the Topspeed is`nt quite right I think. I read somewhere that they (Koenigsegg) were testing the topspeed and they reached "only" 371km/h.

Regards
/Arthur

"However, before a too heavy rainfall, Mr. Bicocchi managed to drive 365 km/h per hour"
From the article Erik B posted above.

[Erik]

More pics:

[Erik]

[Arthur]

Quite nice pictures!

But if you have to choose between a Dauer 962 and this Swidish super-car i´ll prefer the German... (My English is`nt so good...) :bunny2:

Anyone els?

Regards
/Arthur

[Erik]

I am sorry to tell you that the Koenigsegg factory is in flames today. :vsad2: :vsad:

[ott]

That's sad news. But I'm wondering if they have ever delivered any cars to the customers ?

C&D article says that they did pre-sold 10 cars. Their car appeared in magazines already few years ago, but I never heard about their production figures.

[Fedex690]

Originally posted by Erik B
I am sorry to tell you that the Koenigsegg factory is in flames today. :vsad2: :vsad:

They said they were going to resume production in a week in some airforce base or something. Local people saved 15 cars from the fire, that's pretty intence.