The son of an African dictator has reportedly had his quiver of supercars seized, including cars such as a Bugatti Veyron, Koenigsegg One:1 and Lamborghini Veneno Roadster. Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, vice president of Equatorial Guinea, is the son of dictator and president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo who also has […]
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Koenigsegg confirms Nurburgring crash due to ABS failure
Koenigsegg has issued a statement revealing the exact cause of the widely-publicised crash of its One:1 megacar at the Nürburgring, reported earlier this week. As we saw earlier in the week, Koenigsegg’s most recent attempt a tackling the Nurburgring’s Nordschleife resulted in a very broken car. The Swedish hypercar manufacturer […]
Koenigsegg One:1 crashes during Nurburgring lap record attempt
Koenigsegg is licking its wounds this week following a crash involving one of its One:1 hypercars as it was trying to hunt down the lap record at the Nurburgring. Not to be outdone by current lap record holder, the Porsche 918, Koenigsegg has been spotted for quite some time now […]
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 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 […]
Video: Koenigsegg One:1 sets unofficial Suzuka lap record
A new unofficial lap record has been set at the Suzuka circuit in Japan, with the epic Koenigsegg One:1 clocking a time of just 2:17.57. The car was timed using Koenigsegg’s own timing equipment and therefor needs to be fully verified before an official record is taken down. As it […]