20 Facts About Koenigsegg

Koenigsegg Automotive AB is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance sports cars based in Angelholm, Skane County, Sweden.

In 2006, Koenigsegg began production of the CCX, which uses an engine created in-house especially for the car.

Koenigsegg is active in development programs of plug-in electric cars' systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies.

Koenigsegg has developed a camless piston engine which found its first application in the Gemera, which was introduced in 2020.

Koenigsegg develops and produces most of the main systems, subsystems and components needed for their cars in-house instead of relying on subcontractors.

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Later on, Koenigsegg developed their own engines from scratch, including control systems and transmissions, which is very unusual for a small size sports car producer.

Christian von Koenigsegg got the idea to build his own car after watching the Norwegian stop-motion animated movie Pinchcliffe Grand Prix in his youth.

Koenigsegg took his first steps in the world of business in his early 20s running a trading company called Alpraaz in Stockholm, Sweden.

Koenigsegg then acquired an abandoned air field to use as his new factory building and in late 2003, one of the two large fighter-jet hangars and an office building were converted into a car factory.

Koenigsegg badge was designed in 1994 by Jacob Laftman, based on the heraldic coat of arms of the Koenigsegg family.

On 9 September 2009, Koenigsegg announced that BAIC was going to join as a minority stakeholder in Koenigsegg.

In November 2009, Koenigsegg decided not to finalise the purchase of Saab and therefore, left the negotiations.

Koenigsegg was established in Asia later that year with a premiere at the Seoul Auto Show.

In 2006, Koenigsegg introduced the CCX, a new model, that was developed in order to meet worldwide regulations for road use.

Furthermore, Koenigsegg is the only low-volume sports car manufacturer to pass the new European pedestrian impact tests.

Just after Koenigsegg passed this test, the requirement was deemed too complicated for compliance by low-volume manufacturers, so it is unnecessary to meet these regulations if the production volume of a given model is less than 10,000 cars annually.

In 2009, Koenigsegg released information about a special edition car called the Trevita, of which three were planned to be made but only two were finished due to technical problems.

At the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, Koenigsegg presented a new model named the Regera, which translates into English as to "reign" or "rule".

Koenigsegg initially based its engine on a V8 engine block from Ford Racing.

In late 2018, Koenigsegg showed potential customers in Australia the replacement of the Agera via VR.