Koenigsegg Gemera: Biggest Supercar Revolution Since McLaren F1
That’s a powerful headline, but the Koenigsegg Gemera offers usability, speed, and eco-friendliness that no other supercar can match.
Some people think outside the box. Then there’s Christian von Koenigsegg. He’s the type that doesn’t even acknowledge a box exists. If you needed any proof, his new Gemera supercar should suffice.
Alexandra Hirschi, more commonly known as Supercar Blondie, got a chance to experience this car up close and personal. “This is the world’s first four-seater hypercar,” Hirschi explains. “Not only does it have four seats, but it is one of the most powerful hypercars ever made. How powerful? 1,700 horsepower!”
For starters, the Gemera has a two-liter, three-cylinder, free-valve internal combustion motor. “Guys… 0-100 in 1.9 seconds. That is madness! The range? 1000 kilometers! That’s a range that we’ve not even heard about yet.” But those numbers come to fruition when the twin electric motors come in to play on the back axles, and one more electric motor works with the 3-cylinder engine to drive the front wheels. That also means at some points, it operates as a mid-engine, front-wheel-drive hypercar. Outside the box for sure.
Inside, conventional design is turned on its ear once more. Massive side doors that actually reveal this hypercar to be a 4 seater. And it has a front trunk. And a real rear trunk. “So you think with 4 seats this will be a squeeze. It’s not,” Hirschi explains while barely able to reach the full depth of the footwell. Hopping in the seat directly behind, she is nearly in disbelief. “Look at this! You can fit four adults in this car.” For the driver, things get even more wild. The gauges are active and have a gyroscope in them. “They move with the steering wheel so your speed is always the right way up.”
Koenigsegg himself though is very environmentally conscious, though. He wanted to build something carbon neutral rather than a fire belching V12. That’s why the hybrid system is in play. Koenigsegg said that one of the reasons for going with the three-cylinder was to still have some sound in the car. For anyone wondering what a three-cylinder might sound like, the man behind the machine puts us at ease. “It’s actually three very big cylinders, so per explosion, you get a deep guttural sound… It is the most exciting sounding three-cylinder you can imagine!”
And, those explosions will come from a fuel called Vulcanol. Koenigsegg says it is extracted from volcanic matter which makes it completely carbon neutral. Through algae, he says it can also run on renewable energy, too. It this is the future of motoring, we’re on board with the idea.
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