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Image: Bugatti Autombiles Bugatti Rimac is still a young company. It formed just 13 months ago when Porsche agreed to give Rimac a stake in the storied hypercar maker in exchange for a stake in Rimac business. Now a ...

New Cars Powered By V8 Engines

In almost all cases, manufacturers who choose to equip their cars with a V8 engine do so knowingly and deliberately. After all, such engines represent the first big step in crossing over a threshold to a place where performance becomes ...

Watch: Top Gear's Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut review

Video Turn it up as we test Koenigsegg's £2.3m, 1,578bhp hypercar on road and track 12 minutes 44 seconds According to Christian von Koenigsegg, “the name Absolut comes from the fact that this is the absolute fastest Koenigsegg that we ...

Watch: take a guided tour around the very first Koenigsegg CC850

First Look Christian von Koenigsegg shows Top Gear around his birthday present: a 1,363bhp hypercar with a fiendishly complex manual gearbox 21 minutes 9 seconds Koenigsegg has built a new car that looks like its oldest one. Welcome to the ...

Christian Von Koenigsegg Praises The C8 Corvette

Yes, he really did… In case you missed it, back in August hypercar company founder Christian Von Koenigsegg, yes that Koenigsegg, called the C8 Corvette a “mind-blowing” machine. That got a lot of ‘Vette enthusiasts worked up and ruffled the ...

Watch the Koenigsegg CC850 auto-close its doors and bonnet

Supercars Your daily dose of ASMR, courtesy of a 1,363bhp V8 hypercar According to Koenigsegg, the new CC850 wasn’t built to break the Jesko’s track records or even set a new record-breaking top speed. It was simply to offer each ...

The Koenigsegg CC850's 25-stage paint maxes out Ammo NYC's paint depth gauge

Larry Kosilla’s Ammo NYC car-detailing shop has seen a wide variety of vehicles, but this time it’s playing host to something very rare indeed: the first Koenigsegg CC850. Kosilla has produced a ton of videos on car detailing, and ...

The Koenigsegg CC850's 25-stage paint maxes out a Larry Kosilla's paint depth gauge

Watch Koenigsegg CC850 Get Its First Wash And Detailing

Ammo NYC makes the supercar shine.

Deep dive: How Koenigsegg reinvented the manual transmission for the CC850

The Koenigsegg CC850 that debuted during August’s 2022 Monterey Car Week is a re-imagination of the Swedish firm’s first production car, and one of the highlights is a transmission like no other. The CC850 uses a version of the ...

Here's How The Koenigsegg CC850 Manual Transmission Works

It's really complicated and fascinating.

Koenigsegg reckons EVs might not be the answer for low-volume carmakers

Electric CvK reckons clean, synthetic fuels and low weight will be better for overall environmental impact Koenigsegg has admitted that though his company has mapped out plans for an electric hypercar in the future, he’s not convinced it’s the only ...

Bentley Batur, Bugatti Mistral, Koenigsegg CC850: This Week's Top Photos

Bentley this week presented the Batur, a limited-production coupe based on the platform of the Continental GT. The Batur serves as a sendoff for Bentley’s W-12 engine and also introduces new design themes destined for the brand’s electric vehicles. ...

Numbers of Koenigsegg CC850s increase to 70 due to high demand

The CC850 is a homage to the Koenigsegg CC8S from 2002 with a manual and automatic gearbox

Koenigsegg Founder Calls the C8 Corvette a True Performance Bargain

Christian von Koenigsegg builds some of the fastest cars on earth, but he’s still blown away by the C8 Corvette. Most of us are well aware of the fact that the Corvette has always been a value play in ...

Koenigsegg Jesko Attack review: £2.85m land rocket driven

What is this? How did you get your hands on one? Experimental technology you say? Let’s start with the engine, shall we? And in the corners? A great big thumbs up? What is this? This is the latest and ...

253mph Czinger 21C V Max targets the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut

American hypercar manufacturer Czinger has launched a low-drag iteration of its 21C hypercar at Monterey Car Week

2023 Dodge Challenger Shakedown, Koenigsegg CC850, 2023 BMW X6 M: Today's Car News

Dodge revealed the 2023 Dodge Challenger Shakedown. The first of seven Last Call special edition “buzz models,” the Challenger Shakedown was inspired by the Challenger Shakedown 2016 SEMA show car. It will be limited to 1,000 units between standard-body ...

Koenigsegg CC850 Sells Out Instantly, 20 More to Be Built

The Swedish supercar company is adding a further run of 20 cars to complement the 50 examples that sold out during Monterey Car Week.

Koenigsegg CC850 debuts to mark brand's first production CC8S

To celebrate Christian von Koenigsegg's 50th birthday, only 50 cars will be made.

Koenigsegg ups CC850 production to meet strong demand

Koenigsegg used this month’s Monterey Car Week to present a new hypercar packing a revolutionary transmission, and it proved so popular Koenigsegg has decided to increase production by 40%. Called the CC850, the car celebrates 20 years since the ...

281mph Czinger 21C V Max targets the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut

American hypercar manufacturer Czinger has launched a low-drag iteration of its 21C hypercar at Monterey Car Week

Here’s how Koenigsegg’s new manual/automatic CC850 gearbox works

Supercars An open-gated manual *and* a nine-speed auto? Prepare to have thine tiny minds blown Celebrating his 50th birthday, Christian von Koenigsegg dispensed with the traditional champagne and mid-life crisis 911, and instead revealed a totally new form of gearbox ...

Koenigsegg CC850 celebrates 20 years of the CC8S

50 units will be built, each with up to 1365bhp and a clever manual transmission

Koenigsegg CC850 reimagines Swedish marque's first hypercar for the modern era

It’s been 20 years since the start of deliveries of Koenigsegg’s first car, the CC8S, and the Swedish marque has celebrated by reimagining the original hypercar for the modern era. The result is the CC850, which Koenigsegg presented for ...

Koenigsegg CC850 supercar unveiled with a manual gearbox

The CC850 is a homage to the Koenigsegg CC8S from 2002 with twice the power

Koenigsegg CC850 Walkaround Video Explains How That Special MT Works

Understand the CC850's special transmission straight from Christian von Koenigsegg.

The US$3.7mil CC850 is best-looking car ever made by Koenigsegg

SAN FRANCISCO: The latest hypercar from the record-breaking Swedish speed demons is designed for pleasure, not breaking records. Christian von Koenigsegg has unveiled a hypercar birthday present he made for himself. The Swedish automaker turned 50 on July 2, ...

Koenigsegg CC850 is a new manual hypercar

Koenigsegg has thrown us a hypercar curveball in 2022. Alongside the Jesko Attack, Jesko Absolut and Gemera, which look to the future with the technologies they deploy, it seems 2022 is also a year for hindsight for the Swedish hypercar ...

The new Koenigsegg CC850 gets 1,363bhp and a manual gearbox

First Look CC8S reimagined for 2022 to celebrate 20 years of Koenigsegg… and the boss’s birthday Koenigsegg has built a new car that looks like its oldest one. Welcome to the CC850, a 1,363bhp hypercar with a manual gearbox, clothed ...

Koenigsegg's 1,385-hp CC850 combines manual and automatic transmissions

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Koenigsegg CC850 Debuts: Modern CC8S With 1,385 HP And A Manual Trans

Koenigsegg says it's the fastest and most powerful manual production car in the world, but there's a catch.

The Koenigsegg CC850 Has a Fake Manual Transmission and 1385 HP

The so-called "Engage Shift System" has a clutch pedal and shifter, but it's really sending digital commands to the nine-speed, seven-clutch auto box.

Koenigsegg livestreaming debut of 'latest family member' at 12:00 EDT Friday

On January 1 this year, Koenigsegg teased a new vehicle on Instagram with the caption, “Dear 2022, here’s our New Year’s resolution – More ultimate performance through clever engineering and optimal design.” The company broke its ensuing silence Thursday ...

New Koenigsegg Model Debuts Today: See The Livestream

The livestream starts at 12 PM Eastern / 4 PM GMT.

Lightyear welcomes Koenigsegg as partner and investor

The joint cooperation taps into the knowledge base of both innovative auto manufacturers

Lightyear Welcomes Koenigsegg Investment, Tech Partnership

Swedish hypercar manufacturer will help Dutch EV startup improve the energy efficiency of its upcoming Lightyear 2 mainstream solar EV.

Lightyear to use Koenigsegg tech for second solar car

The Dutch solar car company Lightyear has entered into a development cooperation with the Swedish manufacturer Koenigsegg. The technologies of the company, known for its extremely powerful sports cars, are to be incorporated into the mass-market model Lightyear 2. ...

Swedish Megacar Maker Koenigsegg Invests in Dutch Solar Car Developer Lightyear

Koenigsegg, a Swedish megacar manufacturer, and purveyor of cutting-edge mobility technology, has invested in Lightyear, the Netherlands-based company developing the world’s first solar vehicle. The investment is part of a more extensive technology-sharing partnership in which the two automakers will ...

Lightyear announces Koenigsegg as investor and ‘technology-sharing partner’ for future EVs, like Lightyear 2

Solar EV manufacturer Lightyear has announced Swedish high-performance sports car manufacturer Koenigsegg as its latest investor. Furthermore, the latter will join Lightyear in a “technology-sharing partnership” in which both automakers will share proprietary and patented information to develop ultra-efficient ...

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