Maniacal Swedish manufacturer Koenigsegg has signalled its intention to produce a tiny 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine that could produce just short of 300kW. Chinese marque Qoros recently unveiled a cam-less powertrain which utilised Koenigsegg-derived technology, for use in its production cars, and it’s understood it has now begun funding Konigsegg’s testing. […]
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Koenigsegg prepares to take down Nurburgring lap record (video)
Swedish manufacturer Koenigsegg is setting its sights on a Nürburgring lap record with its megacar, the One:1. Following a high-speed VLN accident last year, speed limits were placed on some sections of the 20.8km track. Now though, the limits have been lifted and manufacturers are free to test and set […]
Koenigsegg Regera debuts at Geneva Motor Show
Koenigsegg has revealed the new Regera hypercar at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland. It becomes the exotic brand’s new flagship monster. Based on the concept car, the Regera has been honed and perfected to ensure it presents utter performance and driving perfection. In fact, Koenigsegg says that over […]
Koenigsegg Agera RS sold out, all 25 orders taken
Koenigsegg has sold all 25 examples of the epic Agera RS after being on the market for just under one year. It makes it the best-selling vehicle the company has ever made. Built at Koenigsegg’s exclusive factory in Ängelholm, Sweden, the Agera RS is the most potent and most advanced […]
Road-legal Koenigsegg Agera RS heading to the US market
Attention all US-based millionaires… Koenigsegg is currently in the process of building you a road-legal version of the epic Agera RS. That’s right America, gone are the days homologation requirements halting sales of the Agera, Koenigsegg has confirmed it is producing the first US road-legal Agera RS. According to a […]
Koenigsegg One:1 breaks another lap record; Spa-Francorchamps
Koenigsegg has broken another record with the One:1 hypercar, posting the fastest ever lap around Spa-Francorchamps circuit for a production car. It clocked a 2:32.14 time. Interestingly, Koenigsegg had to make modifications to the exhaust system in order for it to fall under the circuit’s 103dB limit. As such, the […]
Koenigsegg could soon introduce mainstream sports cars – report
The founder of record-breaking Swedish hypercar company Koenigsegg has indicated the company might soon venture down-market, into the realm of more affordable vehicles. Christian von Koenigsegg said in an interview with Car Throttle “within our company there could be room to start utilising all the technological developments we have created, […]
Koenigsegg One:1 breaks world record 0-300-0km/h run (video)
Koenigsegg has broken its own world record for the fastest 0-300-0km/h run in a production car, with the almighty One:1 megacar. Koenigsegg’s test driver, Robert Serwanski, was at the steering wheel for the run, where he covered the sprint to 300km/h and back to a standstill in an almost unimaginable […]