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Koenigsegg has revealed its latest special-edition Regera, touting its high-tech new carbon exterior finish. The KNC, or Koenigsegg Naked Carbon, finish involved no lacquer, varnish or alternative coating. Instead, the thin layer of epoxy usually used to coat a cured piece of carbon is gently hand-removed until only the naked carbon remains...
After sampling the manic and electric Tesla Roadster, Jay Leno has returned to good ol' combustion power in the latest instalment of Jay Leno's Garage. This week, he drives the Koenigsegg Regera with none other than Christian von Koenigsegg riding shotgun on the roads of Los Angeles. It's not completely 'old school', though. Power in the Regera comes from a 5...
Koenigsegg, the Swedish hypercar maker, is developing a new car capable of going from 0-250mph (402km/h) in around 14 seconds. In a chat with Top Gear at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Christian von Koenigsegg described the unveiling of the second-generation Roadster prototype in 2017 as a "kick in the head"...
Koenigsegg's upcoming replacement for the wild Agera RS could have over 1070kW and be named after Norse mythology's doomsday, according to a new report. TheSupercarBlog claims "a reliable source" has indicated the new model is likely to be named Ragnarok – a major event where the cosmos is destroyed along with the gods and goddesses, according to Norse mythology...
Koenigsegg has released a preview image of the upcoming successor to its Agera RS hypercar, published to the company's Australian Facebook page. The rear shot doesn't reveal a whole lot, but we can see the new model will have a prominent rear wing, slim LED tail-lights, an aggressive diffuser outline, and fat rear tyres...
Koenigsegg, Swedish maker of wild hypercars like the Regera (above), has announced it will open its first factory-backed dealership in Australia later this year. Scheduled to launch in June, the company confirmed its vehicles will be available through Prodigy Automotive in conjunction with Lorbek Luxury Cars in Melbourne, Victoria...
Just last month, Koenigsegg took the Agera RS on something of a record-breaking spree in Nevada. Having become the world's fastest production car, the twin-turbocharged Swede set about breaking the 0-400-0km/h record it had already stolen from Bugatti just a month before on a closed section of road...
The Qoros K-EV concept has been revealed this week ahead of its debut at next week's Shanghai motor show, giving us a first glimpse of the electric supercar. Developed in partnership with Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg, the K-EV is the latest product of the collaboration between the two companies, and is said to feature a similar transmission-less all-wheel drive plug-in hybrid system as the Regera hypercar...
The Koenigsegg Agera RS Gryphon has been unveiled before its official debut at the 2017 Geneva motor show. The bespoke hypercar has a clear coat finish that exposes the vehicle's carbon-fibre body work, with highlights, including the stripes, badges and bonnet struts, done in 24-carat gold leaf...
Koenigsegg has confirmed that it is working on a 1.6-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, but don't expect to see it in any of its vehicles, ever. In an interview with CarBuzz, Christian von Koenigsegg, the company's founder, confirmed that the Swedish supercar maker is working on a high-performance four-pot on behalf of Chinese automaker Qoros...
Koenigsegg has confirmed plans to make a new attempt on the production-car lap record at the Nurburgring - but not just yet. This isn’t the first time Koenigsegg has wanted to take its 1014Kw One:1 hypercar around the famous track in an attempt to dethrone the current record holder, the Porsche 918 Spyder...
