First Episode of DRIVE's Inside Koenigsegg is Live
#1
01-08-2013, 10:11 PM
First Episode of DRIVE's Inside Koenigsegg is Live 
First Episode of DRIVE's Inside Koenigsegg is Live
by John Coyle
This is the first of eight episodes DRIVE will be releasing on the hypercar company, and it focuses on all the carbon fiber bits which go into making a Koenigsegg. Founder Christian Von Koenigsegg says more than 400 pieces of the light rigid stuff go into every car, and that no other company uses more of it. For such a gigantic bad ass, Koenigsegg seems pretty down to earth. Watch the episode below and stay tuned for the next installment.
#4
01-09-2013, 02:32 PM
Dan Neil/The Wall Street Journal
October 19, 2012
In short, the Agera R is the thing that eats bats out of hell. I am overawed. And yet, it does seem an unlikely obsession for the reserved and purposeful Christian von Koenigsegg.
There had been some concern that Koenigsegg was in financial trouble, and Mr. Koenigsegg, 40, admits business could be easier. The European market has lately fallen off the Earth. With an annual turnover of about €10 million ($13 million), he says, on 12 to 15 cars, Koenigsegg's financial aspirations are modest and the business is, for the moment, stable. "We're never going to make a personal fortune," he says in his IKEA-decorated office, in a former air-force maintenance facility. "The only reason we are still here is we accepted we were going to be small."
October 19, 2012
In short, the Agera R is the thing that eats bats out of hell. I am overawed. And yet, it does seem an unlikely obsession for the reserved and purposeful Christian von Koenigsegg.
There had been some concern that Koenigsegg was in financial trouble, and Mr. Koenigsegg, 40, admits business could be easier. The European market has lately fallen off the Earth. With an annual turnover of about €10 million ($13 million), he says, on 12 to 15 cars, Koenigsegg's financial aspirations are modest and the business is, for the moment, stable. "We're never going to make a personal fortune," he says in his IKEA-decorated office, in a former air-force maintenance facility. "The only reason we are still here is we accepted we were going to be small."
