Koenigsegg

Portuguese racing driver Carina Lima has been revealed as one of the seven owners of a Koenigsegg One:1. She happens to own the very first One:1, chassis number 106, which was the original prototype Koenigsegg used to develop the car and the example on show at the 2014 Geneva auto show debut...

Koenigsegg is ready to deliver its first federalized car in the United States. While there are a handful of the Swedish supercar marque’s cars already on these shores, including an uber-rare One:1, the cars don’t comply with local regulations meaning they were probably imported under...

The Koenigsegg Regera should be an absolutely stunning machine. How do we know? It's a limited-production hybrid hypercar from the Swedish skunk works. The powertrain is comprised of a twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V-8 engine that's paired with a trio of high-output electric motors. And all told, the...

A Koenigsegg One:1 on Monday fell victim to the Nürburgring. The 1,341-horsepower hypercar was pretty much destroyed in the crash but fortunately the driver was unharmed. The wreckage was sent back to Koenigsegg’s factory in Ängelholm, Sweden where engineers were able to determine...

A Koenigsegg One:1 moments ago crashed on the Nürburgring. Fortunately the driver walked away unscathed, but the 1,341-horsepower hypercar looks to be a total wreck. The crash took place at the Adenauer Forst section of the notorious German race track. According to our photographer, the driver...

With speed limits no longer in place at the Nürburgring, Sweden’s Koenigsegg is setting out once again to attempt a lap record. The automaker confirmed a few weeks ago it will be running cars at the ‘Ring over the coming months in preparation for its record attempt. As previously...

Engineering outfit FreeValve, a sister company to Swedish supercar marque Koenigsegg, is developing a new type of engine that does away with the camshaft. The so-called “camless” engine relies on pneumatic valve actuators to open valves, which are then closed by air pressure or springs...

Just over a year ago, Swedish supercar marque Koenigsegg was testing a version of its then-new One:1 at the Nürburgring in the hope of setting a record for a street-legal production car. Unfortunately, just as Koenigsegg was testing, the motorsport governing body in Germany forced the...

Koenigsegg has never had a major presence in the United States as its cars were never homologated for local sale. That changed late last fall when Koenigsegg announced its Agera RS had been fully federalized. The first U.S.-spec Agera RS is currently being built and is expected to be ready in the...

Talk of a Koenigsegg sedan dates back quite a few years but the company’s CEO and founder Christian von Koenigsegg has finally confirmed that such a car is in the works. Speaking with Top Gear the magazine, von Koenigsegg said work on a sedan has already commenced though we may have to wait...

Bugatti stunned us yesterday with its numbers for its Veyron-replacing Chiron but incredibly it isn’t the most powerful car on show this week at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. Swedish rival Koenigsegg has a production-ready example of its Regera on its stand and the new hybrid supercar boasts an...

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Christian von Koenigsegg simply cannot hide how excited he is about his company’s latest creation, the Regera. The hybrid supercar was shown for the first time at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show and is due to start production at the end of this year. In this latest video, von Koenigsegg gives the...

Watch as Christian von Koenigsegg takes his latest baby, the Regera, out for a spin. The hybrid supercar is still in development but as you’ll see in the video the car drives just like a production model. MUST SEE: Here's The Ford GT Going Into Race Mode: Video But the Regera is unlike any...

A subsidiary of Swedish supercar marque Koenigsegg has been working on a new type of valve system for engines that does away completely with the camshaft, hence the descriptor “camless” is often used. That subsidiary is FreeValve (previously Cargine), which has published a video that...

Recently, we brought you news that the Agera RS supercar would be the first Koenigsegg fully homologated for sale in the United States, and that the first U.S.-spec example would bear chassis #128. Well, work on the Agera RS with chassis #128 has commenced and as promised Koenigsegg is fully...

When it comes to rare cars, you don’t get much rarer than a Koenigsegg. In almost two decades of production, just over 100 cars have been churned out of the Swedish brand’s factory and now one of them has been wrecked. The crash took place in Chongqing, China and the car involved was an...

While there are a handful of Koenigseggs already in the United States, including an uber-rare One:1, none of the cars are in full compliance with local regulations which mean they are likely here under special rules such as the infamous ‘Show or Display’ clause. That’s all set to...

The things that Koenigsegg comes up with for its cars is usually nothing short of amazing. Be it the power, design, or just outright speed, the cars are remarkable works of both science and art. The automaker has recently refurbished its Ängelholm facility in Sweden to include a prototype...

While Koenigsegg’s first model sold to the public was the CC8S launched in 2002, of which just six examples were built, there’s an even older car from the Swedish supercar marque. Recently, CEO and founder Christian von Koenigsegg revealed the inspiration behind Koenigsegg and how he...