New Koenigsegg at Geneva

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The Koenigsegg Agera

caranddriver.net wrote:

How can you not love Koenigsegg? Despite minuscule production numbers of about 80 cars since 2002, the Swedish supercar company continues to build new models and variants. The latest such effort, the Agera, debuted at the Geneva auto show.

The name comes from the Swedish verb “to act,” and the Agera is primarily made to act incredibly quick on the track. The basic carbon-fiber and aluminum honeycomb chassis is the same as on the CCX (and its sundry variants), but there are new carbon-ceramic brakes and the suspension is revised. The Agera also has new bodywork optimized for increased downforce. The front is wider, and new headlamps feature LEDs for the daytime running lamps and turn signals. The most noticeable changes to the rear are new LED taillamps in a halo shape; the centers of the brake lights are open to vents that extract hot air from the engine compartment. If there’s a limit to the number of aerodynamic vents and scoops a car can have without descending into a styling caricature, the Agera is right on it. But all those knickknacks, including a larger rear diffuser, produce 661 pounds of downforce at 155 mph.

The downforce comes with the penalty of increased drag, which means the Agera is slower than its more road-focused counterparts. But with a claimed top speed of more than 245 mph and a 0-to-62-mph time of 3.1 seconds, slower isn’t really the appropriate word. A better descriptor would be “slightly less insane.” And speaking of insane, the Agera comes with more power to make up for that drag. The standard 4.7-liter V-8 that sits behind the driver in all Koenigseggs has been turbocharged times two. Output is now 910 hp at 6850 rpm with 811 lb-ft of torque at 5100 rpm; 738 of those lb-ft are available from 2860 to 6170 rpm. Helping you handle all of that horsepower is a new traction-control system that Koenigsegg claims is the fastest-reacting in the industry.

If you’re wondering how Koenigsegg stays in business, the answer is that its cars are very expensive. When production on the Agera starts in August it will cost between €750,000 and €800,000, or about $1 million as of this writing. Planned volume is about 12 to 15 cars per year.

http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/10q1/2010_koenigsegg_agera-auto_shows

I like it

fonecrusher1

An incredible looking thing. One of my favorite supercars.:)

PrettyBoy

Looks nice, but it's nothing we haven't seen before. How many of these are there now?

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