Swede dreams

If there is any doubt that this guy builds cars for speed, and it seems speed only, then bear in mind that the US refuses to import Koenigsegg cars because they aren’t safe enough. And this from a country that builds cars with gas tans right behind the rear fender… But if anyone in the Middle East wants one, you need only to rustle up $722,534 (before tax). At least it includes driving lessons from Loris Bicocchi, the man who drove the car to the record-breaking limit last year.

 

 

The speed will approach the record-breaking 395kmh set by its predecessor, the CCR. Acceleration, meanwhile, will take you from zero to 100kmh in an impossible 3.2 seconds. 

 

Each car is hand-built to order – there’s a nine-month waiting list currently – in a former fighter-jet hangar in Sweden. The hardtop can be detached and stowed under the front hood lid.

 

The car is made from super-light carbon-fibre composite panels, which have been strengthened with Kevlar – yes, that Kevlar – and aluminium honeycomb.

 

Supercharged V8 The engine will, moreover, be capable of pushing out an incredible 806bhp.

 

Both front and back brakes are power-assisted, 32mm ventilated discs, with light alloy callipers. Benefitting from the Koenigsegg Advanced Control System, they will stop the car from 100kmh within 31 metres.

 

Using double wishbones and adjustable racing gas-hydraulic shock absorbers that are pushrod operated. Ride height can be electronically adjusted.