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This is something you don’t see every day, even if you live on the German Autobahn: a Porsche 918 Spyder chasing a Koenigsegg Agera R at 217 mph—the same speed the 918 ran in Australia for a stunt. CHECK OUT: Drunk California Woman Stalls Car On Freeway, Urinates, Wanders Into Traffic: Video Of course, that was just the speed of the 918 Spyder chase car—the Agera R may have been going even faster. While it’s the Autobahn, and presumably an unlimited section, the speeds attained here seem a bit risky: it’s wet, and there’s a fair amount of traffic...
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Koenigsegg Boss Hints At Four-Door ModelKoenigsegg has just introduced a second vehicle line for the first time with its electrified Regera, which made its debut last week at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The Regera delivers more than 1,500 horsepower from an innovative drivetrain combining an internal combustion engine with a trio of...
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Koenigsegg Agera RS races into Geneva with 1,160 horsepowerKoenigsegg has brought a new, more potent version of its Agera supercar to the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The new version is called the “Agera RS”, and it packs a 1,160-horsepower version of the Swedish marque’s familiar twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V-8. That figure, Koenigsegg tells...
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First Look At Koenigsegg Regera: 1,500 HP From Direct Drive SystemKoenigsegg’s second ‘megacar’, the Regera, has been revealed at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The Regera packs technologies never before seen in one of Koenigsegg’s products, enabling it to develop more power than any car ever in production. And yes, the car is headed for...
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Koenigsegg Teases New Agera RS Ahead Of 2015 Geneva Motor ShowKoenigsegg is bringing a new, presumably more potent version of its Agera supercar to the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The new version will be called the Agera RS, and it will wear what appears to be one very large wing, based on the latest teaser sketch. We’re expecting the new Agera RS to be a...
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Koenigsegg Releases Second Teaser For Regera ‘Megacar’ Debuting In GenevaEarlier this month, Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg confirmed plans to unveil a new RS version of its Agera at the upcoming 2015 Geneva Motor Show and then followed up with an additional teaser (shown below) for a new model dubbed the Regera that’s also set to debut at the Swiss...
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Right now, Koenigsegg’s only model available in the U.S. is the 1,140-horsepower Agera R, sold exclusively at Manhattan Motorcars in New York. However, the Swedish supercar brand has much more ambitious plans for the world’s biggest market for performance cars, with more dealers and additional models in the pipeline. MUST SEE: Car Crashes Into Bedroom Of 71-Year-Old Car Enthusiast: Video After a recent visit to the company’s headquarters in Ängelholm, Car and Driver discovered that one of the six One:1 supercars destined for production will end up in the U.S., with...
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Koenigsegg Aiming For Nürburgring Production Car Lap Record--Not Once, But TwiceThe fastest production car around the Nürburgring, at least officially, is Porsche’s 918 Spyder, which late last year was driven around the 12.9 miles of the Nürburgring Nordschleife in just 6:57. Shortly after, McLaren stated that its P1 lapped the ‘Ring in under seven...
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Koenigsegg One:1 Races The World’s First Truck Equipped With A Dual-Clutch Gearbox: VideoVolvo Trucks, a separate entity to the Volvo car brand, is renowned for its out of the ordinary ad campaigns, like the 2012 campaign where a woman walked a tightrope between two moving trucks, or the more recent one where Jean-Claude Van Damme did the splits standing on the side mirrors of two...
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2016 Koenigsegg Agera R Development Prototype Crashed On The Nürburgring: Spy ShotsTesting at the Nürburgring involves certain risks: the speeds are high, the cars are in development, and the weather is highly variable, even during a single lap. Sometimes those risks are realized, often in dramatic fashion. For the 2016 Koenigsegg Agera R development prototype in these...
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Koenigsegg One:1 Up Close And Personal Action: VideoThe Koenigsegg One:1 is an utterly mental supercar, regardless of where it stands in the pantheon of world’s fastest. Here, we get an unusually up-close and personal view of the car thanks to Shmee150. MUST SEE: Getting 5 Lamborghinis Into A Mall Requires Zero Magic, Actually: Video With...
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Ride Along With POV Video Of The Koenigsegg One:1 At GoodwoodIf you thought the 1,340-horsepower Koenigsegg One:1 was fast, you had no real idea until now. Sure, you may have seen it at speed from the outside, but this view from inside the cockpit is one very few will ever see—at least in real life. The sounds, the speeds, the furious pace of the One:1...
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Koenigsegg’s new One:1 supercar, the world’s most powerful production car, made its debut back in March at the Geneva Motor Show. However, up until now we’ve only ever seen the car on static display. ALSO SEE: #GiveAShift: The 7 Best Manual Transmissions You Can Drive Now we have the first driving video of the One:1, and we even get a taste of what it’s like to drive the beast. Goodwood Road & Racing’s Andy Craig is the first person outside of Koenigsegg to drive the One:1, and although the car he was driving was a development mule he comes away very...
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Koenigsegg One:1 To Make Dynamic Debut At Goodwood Festival Of SpeedKoenigsegg’s new One:1 supercar, billed as the world’s most powerful production car, made its official debut back in March at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, but the car on show at the Swiss event was only a mock-up. Koenigsegg is still working on a prototype for the One:1 and the first...
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Inside Koenigsegg Looks At The One:1 Supercar’s Advanced Turbo: VideoThe engine powering Koenigsegg’s new One:1 is a V-8 that displaces just 5.0 liters, which may seem odd when you consider the fact that the latest supercar is the most powerful production car ever launched. The engine delivers one megawatt of power (1,341 horsepower), which it achieves by the...
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Koenigsegg Planning A Second, Less Expensive Supercar?In the 10 years that Koenigsegg has been manufacturing supercars, the company has only ever had a single model in production at any point during that time, although many of these came in a handful of variants. For example, the current Agera comes in stock Agera form as well as in Agera S and Agera...
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New Inside Koenigsegg Episode Shows How Carbon Fiber Wheels Are Made: VideoAt present, Koenigsegg is the only automaker in the world making carbon fiber wheels for its products. The company has been doing so for the past couple of years, and the latest recipient of its lightweight and extremely strong wheels is the One:1 supercar, the most powerful production car ever...
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Latest 'Inside Koenigsegg' episode looks at 3D printing supercar partsKoenigsegg is a fascinating company, appearing virtually out of nowhere into its position as one of the world's leading supercar producers. When you consider how many automotive companies fail within a few years of starting up, Koenigsegg's high regard among established supercar brands is all the...
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Koenigsegg’s new One:1 supercar is the most powerful production car ever built. Its twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V-8 engine delivers a claimed 1,000 kilowatts, which equates to 1,341 horsepower or 1,360 horses if you’re into using metric figures. Peak torque, meanwhile, is an equally incredible 1,011 pound-feet, the bulk of which is produced below 3,000 rpm. By comparison, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is producing a substantially lower 1,183 horsepower, and the current crop of hybrid supercars from Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche don’t even come close, with the most powerful...
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Inside Koenigsegg Looks At The One:1’s Active Rear Wing: VideoThe latest episode from season two of /DRIVE’s Inside Koenigsegg, which is focused on the new One:1, looks at the 1,340-horsepower supercar’s active rear wing. Earlier episodes looked at the engine of the One:1 and the preparation of the car for its world debut at the recent 2014 Geneva...
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New Episode Of Inside Koenigsegg Looks At The One:1’s 1,340-HP Engine: VideoThe second episode of the new season of Inside Koenigsegg is out, and in this one the guys at /DRIVE interview Koenigsegg CEO and founder Christian von Koenigsegg about the engine powering his company’s new One:1 supercar. In the episode, we learn that the engine is an evolution of the...
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Inside Koenigsegg Back For Season 2, Focuses On One:1 Supercar: VideoLast year, the industrious team at /DRIVE came out with a series titled Inside Koenigsegg, which looked at the inner workings of Sweden's first and only supercar brand and gave a little detail on both its past and future. Now the YouTube channel is out with a second season of Inside Koenigsegg, and...
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You Know It's Just A Matter Of Time: Koenigsegg One:1 In Dubai Police LiveryThe Koenigsegg One:1 would be the perfect addition to the Dubai Police's fleet of supercars.
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Koenigsegg One:1 Gets Sideways In Need For Speed Rivals Trailer: VideoThe Koenigsegg One:1 is one of many supercars in the latest Need For Speed game.
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