Collaborate Disseminate
Christian Von Koenigsegg, polymath of the automotive world, doesn’t strike me as a man to take chances. Yet on August 18 he turned up at the Laguna Seca race track with a car and driver, neither of which had ever seen the track in the flesh. The driver… Continue reading Lap record at first sight: Koenigsegg Jesko tears up Laguna Seca
Koenigegg has vowed never to make a faster car than the wild Jesko Absolut. This feisty 1,600-horsepower hypercar has now had its first day out on an empty airstrip – and it brought home the bacon, including the coveted 0-400-0 km/h world record.
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Continue reading Koenigsegg Jesko grabs four world records, in preparation for the big one
Koenigsegg has unveiled a new Client Specification model of the Gemera. This unveiling also inaugurates the supercar maker’s new Gripen Atelier design, production, development, and showroom space in Sweden.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, Transpor… Continue reading Koenigsegg unveils new 2K+ HP Gemera Client Specification megacar
Getting from 0 to 400 km/h (249 mph) and back to a standstill as quickly as possible has become a hotly contested acceleration and braking benchmark for the world’s fastest hypercars. It’s not just a test of engine power and braking grip, it’s also an extreme test of traction control, ABS, active aerodynamics and suspension systems.
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Continue reading Koenigsegg Regera grabs the 0-400-0 record back from Rimac
Koenigsegg, the Swedish car company, has a history of unusual engineering. The latest innovation is an electric motor developed for its Gemera hybrid vehicle. The relatively tiny motor weighs 63 …read more Continue reading How Can 335 Horses Weigh 63 Pounds?
Not one to let the inadequacies of existing technology stand in its way, Koenigsegg has been an innovating pioneer in modern powertrain technology, rethinking fundamentals with solutions like gearbox-free direct-drive hybrids and camshaft-free engines…. Continue reading Koenigsegg aims to reinvent electric drive with new Raxial Flux motors
Man stands next to car and talks about it: it’s a video format you’ve seen a thousand times. It does hit a bit different, though, when the guy’s own name is on the back of the car. Christian Von Koenigsegg is one of a very short list of people who have… Continue reading Mr. Koenigsegg thrashes the Jesko “megacar” and its remarkable gearbox
Other supercar makers are busy expanding out into the world of SUVs, but Koenigsegg is just now getting around to introducing its first two-door with four seats. And if you’re worried that means a muddying of the purity of performance the Swedish brand… Continue reading Koenigsegg Gemera is a 4-seat, shift-free hyper-hybrid for the family
When some ambitious supercar startup gets up on the dais and says it’s introducing the fastest car in the world, you stop what you’re doing for a moment to listen but then walk away thinking, “Yeah, I’ll believe it when they clock an actual record.” But when an established player like Koenigsegg says the same, you stop dead in your tracks and behold the new speed king. Koenigsegg doesn’t even have to call the all-new Jesko Absolut the world’s fastest car, because as the world’s fastest Koenigsegg, it’s automatically the world’s fastest car. Packing 1,600 hp, a streamlined profile and fins like a fighter jet, the Jesko Absolut debuts as an all-out speed machine, the fastest Koenigsegg that ever was and ever will be.
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Continue reading Jesko Absolut is the fastest production car Koenigsegg will ever build
Porsche’s perfectly circular 12.6 km (7.8 mile) test track at Nardò in Southern Italy has been renovated and is again open for business. Far more than just the massive banked high speed test track, the Nardò Technical Center contains over 20 test tracks on an area of more than 700 hectares, and has been used by 90 automotive companies for testing in the past.
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