Koenigsegg
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Koenigsegg founder Christian von Koenigsegg has revealed he’s a huge fan of electric cars, and that he sees the zero-emission vehicles becoming a dominant form of transport by 2020. Koenigsegg, for those unfamiliar with the Swedish brand, is a manufacturer of some of the world’s fastest supercars, so to learn that its founder thinks electric cars are the future may come as bit of a surprise. But then again, it shouldn’t come as that much of a surprise as several years ago Koenigsegg partnered with a startup company in an attempt to launch a new electric sports sedan. Later...
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Koenigsegg One:1 Supercar Set For 2014 Geneva Motor Show Debut
A new supercar that could prove the world’s fastest is set to debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show in early March. That supercar is the highly anticipated Koenigsegg One:1, named so because of its incredible one horsepower per kilogram of weight power to weight ratio. As previously reported...
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Koenigsegg Confirms 1,400-HP Output, 1,400-KG Weight For One:1 Supercar
News of Koenigsegg’s most potent supercar to date, the enigmatic One:1, has been circulating for almost a year and renderings of the car have already hit the Web. Until today, however, Koenigsegg has never released any information on it. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Koenigsegg...
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Koenigsegg Quietly Announces New Agera S Supercar
Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg recently came out with a new model, a variation of its Agera supercar dubbed the Agera S. The latest supercar sits in between the standard Agera and range-topping Agera R, and like all Koenigseggs has been built as a roadster, which means its roof can be...
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Koenigsegg Founder Looks Back Over The Past 10 Years: Video
Establishing a new supercar brand from scratch is no easy task; if you’re not in agreement just take a look at all the stillborn concepts out there. But every once in a while, hardworking and passionate entrepreneurs succeed and for their efforts we have brand likes Bugatti, Ferrari and...
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Final 'Inside Koenigsegg' Explains The Gearbox: Video
Over the last few months, Christian Von Koenigsegg has taken us on a guided video tour of the Agera R’s design and construction. We’ll admit to being impressed by the company’s attention to detail in all areas, and we’re going to miss Von Koenigsegg’s behind-the-scenes...
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Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg’s highlight for this week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show is the new Hundra, based on the company’s latest Agera S model. The Hundra, whose name is essentially Swedish for “hundred,” is Koenigsegg’s 100th model built for a customer, and as these live photos confirm, it’s one of the best executions of Koenigsegg’s finicky carbon fiber constructions we’ve seen yet. The car’s exterior has been lined with 24 carat gold leaf pinstripes while the rest of its surfaces have been left bare. It was designed to...
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Koenigsegg Marks A Decade Of Production With Hundra Supercar
Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg is heading to next week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show with a brand new supercar in tow. But the new car isn’t just another run-of-the-mill Koenigsegg, if there is such a thing, but the company’s 100th car ever built. A hundred cars may not seem...
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Inside Koenigsegg’s 1,140 Horsepower V-8 Engine: Video
Building a low-volume supercar is a daunting, time-consuming and expensive process, which is why manufacturers often look to outside vendors to supply the engine. Pagani, for example, has a long-standing relationship with AMG, and even McLaren turned to BMW for the 6.1-liter V-12 used in the...
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Inside Koenigsegg Looks At Future Engine Technology: Video
As advanced as internal combustion piston engines have become over the past few decades, they’re still hampered by a few basic design limitations. Chief among these is the camshaft, which opens and closes the intake and exhaust valves via a mechanical linkage. In the days before variable...
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Inside Koenigsegg Shows Off Its Brains: Video
If the engine is the heart of any vehicle, it’s a safe assumption that the multiple control units found in modern automobiles, coupled with system-specific software, are its brains. A few decades back, computers were used only for engine management. Today, computers are at the heart of every...
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'Inside Koenigsegg' Demonstrates The Test Drive: Video
As we learn from this week's installment of Inside Koenigsegg, Robert Serwanski may have the best job in the entire world. He’s the official test driver for Koenigsegg, which means he gets paid to wheel the Agera R at the car’s rather substantial limits, all in the name of a day’s...
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Painting a Koenigsegg Agera R is no simple task; in fact, Koenigsegg claims the polishing process alone requires some 200 hours of labor, which is the equivalent of a single employee working for five weeks just on paint finishing. That kind of attention to detail is to be expected when building a car like the Koenigsegg Agera R. Like a very expensive Burger King Whopper, customers can have it their way, and the latest "Inside Koenigsegg" video gives the impression that very few Agera R supercars leave the factory in the same livery. Since Koenigsegg cars are built to last, it’s...
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'Inside Koenigsegg' Episode 1: Carbon Fiber
If you're anything like us (and we think you are), it's pretty easy to lose a few hours in any given day down a web-searching rabbit hole like the production, use, and benefits of a material like carbon fiber--particularly as it applies to supercars and race cars. Here, we see exactly such a rabbit...
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One-Off Koenigsegg Agera X Up For Sale
JamesList, your one stop shop for all things luxury, has an extremely rare Koenigsegg Agera X supercar up for sale. Only one Agera X was ever created, and it was the first Koenigsegg to feature a matte black exterior. The previous owner is alleged to be a shareholder of legendary Porsche tuner...
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Koenigsegg Confirms New One:1 Supercar
Supercar builder Koenigsegg isn’t known for subtlety in either design or performance, so when word spreads that the Swedish automaker is building its most extreme car yet, we tend to listen closely. Dubbed the One:1 in reference to the car’s power-to-weight ratio (one horsepower for...
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Koenigsegg Expands Number Of Certified Technicians In U.S.
Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg has announced it’s expanding its team of certified technicians in the U.S. in order to cater to the growing number of customers in this crucial market. The latest to join the team, which is now four members strong, is Rock Ruby, who will be based in...
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Christian von Koenigsegg Presents The Agera R Supercar: Video
Koenigsegg’s Agera R is officially on sale in the U.S., and on hand to present the car at its debut at the recent Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was the supercar manufacturer’s founder and CEO Christian von Koenigsegg. This video, filmed by the guys from Jay Leno’s Garage...
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The Koenigsegg Agera R, the holder of six production car records, has finally been launched on the American market. The Swedish supercar made its official North American debut at the recent Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance where the founder of Koenigsegg, Christian von Koenigsegg, was able to greet fans as well as potential buyers. In case you want to be among the fortunate few who are able to call themselves Koenigsegg owners, you had better hope you can afford the price of entry, which for the latest Agera R starts from about $1.5 million. Of course, there’s a long list of...
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Koenigsegg Shows Off Bespoke Services With New Agera R BLT
A member of the exclusive world of ‘hypercar’ manufacturers, Sweden’s Koenigsegg for years has been focused on upping the ante of its line of mid-engine exotics, with its latest offering, the Agera R, setting six new land speed records for a production car last year and then...
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Here’s A Koenigsegg We Can All Afford
Beautifully constructed, stupendously fast and a rarity on most roads, a Koenigsegg supercar is a must-have in any performance fan’s garage. Unfortunately, everything that a Koenigsegg supercar has to offer comes at a price, and as you may have guessed that price lies somewhere in the...
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New Video Tells The Story Of Swedish Supercar Brand Koenigsegg
In a small factory built next to a runway in the Swedish town of Angelholm, one of the world’s greatest supercars is born. That supercar is the 2013 Agera R, the latest in a succession of supercars from Koenigsegg. Similar to the founding of Pagani and America’s own SSC, Koenigsegg is...
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Koenigsegg Agera R Clocks 250-MPH Nürburgring Speed
The Koenigsegg Agera R is the stuff supercar dreams are made of. Sure, it has the now-required carbon fiber monocoque and inboard dampers activated via pushrods, but it also has something few other supercars can claim: an output of 1,160 horsepower. We’ll admit that’s for the 2013 Agera...
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2013 Koenigsegg Agera R Live Photos: 2012 Geneva Motor Show
Bugatti’s Veyron Super Sport may be the current land speed record holder for a production car, but it may not hold that title for long as there are at least two other supercars just around the corner that just may have what it takes to dethrone the Bugatti. One is the Jason Castriota designed...
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