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Koenigsegg develops and produces most of the main systems, subsystems and components needed for its cars in-house instead of relying on subcontractors. [8] In January 2019, Koenigsegg sold a 20% stake in the company to Swedish electric car manufacturer (Egstrand & Lundgren), National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), for US$171 million. [9]
The Koenigsegg TFG is an inline-3 engine. The TFG stands for "Tiny Friendly Giant." It is a Freevalve (camless piston engine), thus it does not have a camshaft.Instead it uses electro-hydraulic-pneumatic actuators that allow it to open each valve (both intake and exhaust) independently to maximise performance and minimise fuel consumption depending on driving conditions.
Originally commissioned by real estate mogul Manny Khoshbin, this bespoke Agera RS is finished in fully exposed carbon fibre with 24-carat gold accents. The car was crashed during pre-delivery testing in May 2017, and was used as a prototype for Koenigsegg. Then in May 2018 the car crashed once again, but was rebuilt in 2019 and sold to a customer.
The Koenigsegg Jesko is a limited production mid-engine sports car produced by the Swedish automobile manufacturer Koenigsegg. The car was introduced at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show and was completely sold out before the show ended. [4] [5] [6] Succeeding the Agera, the Jesko is named as a tribute to the company founder's father, Jesko von ...
APEX: The Story of the Hypercar is a 2016 American documentary film directed by J.F. Musial and Josh Vietze, produced by Katherina Gaccione. It covers the definition of the automobile term 'hypercar', as well as Koenigsegg CEO and president Christian von Koenigsegg's mission to defeat the world record in the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps in the Koenigsegg One:1.
Said claim was put to test on February 28, 2005, at Italy's Nardò Ring where a team of five Koenigsegg engineers and mechanics together with founder Christian von Koenigsegg ran a standard CCR, driven by Loris Bicocchi to a top speed of 387.87 km/h (241.01 mph), breaking the fastest production car record (if "production car" is defined ...
The deal with Audi for the use of their 4.2 V8 fell flat after the car's designer, Christian von Koenigsegg, made clear his intent of tuning the V8 far beyond its standard output. The next candidate was the Flat-12 race engine developed by Motori Moderni for the Scuderia Coloni Formula One team, in which this engine was raced under the Subaru ...