Koenigsegg has never actually gone racing, something founder Christian von Koenigsegg does not plan to change any time soon. Back in the mid-2000s, though, the company had ambitions to go GT1 racing and built exactly one proof-of-concept car for the existing rules at the time. The rules changed before the car ever went racing, so Koenigsegg’s Le Mans dreams ended with just one car. That one car has been in the hands of just one private owner since, and now it can be yours. If you have a few million dollars, that is.
The lone CCGT was built for the former GT1 class, the category that saw C6 Corvettes race Aston Martin DB9s, Ferrari 550s, and Saleen S7 in its brief glory days. Development took place from 2003 to 2007, but a regulation change to keep GT1 racing more in line with production cars seen on the road meant that the window to enter a car so unique had closed by the time the finished CCGT could have been homologated.
The resulting finished car went unraced until it was finally sold to a private owner, who has only used it for what the Bonham’s auction listing calls “occasional displays and demonstration runs.” Otherwise, it has been kept in “temperature controlled, dry and dark conditions, subject only to twice-yearly engine maintenance runs.” The car was ineligible for GT1 racing when it was completed, but the ad notes that the Masters Historic Racing organization has already decided that it would be approved to race in their equivalent historic series. Of course, a lack of spares, development by customer racing teams, and historic running data would make life difficult for anyone trying to win in such a series.
The car is listed to be sold at the Goodwood Festival of Speed later this month. An estimated hammer price of $3.25 million to $4.36 million would make it one of the more expensive modern GT cars in the world, but those cars are not one-of-ones.
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