First of all, gratulations to John Hennessey & crew for setting the new record!

No immediate plans, other records will have higher priority. If we have a long enough track and a 100% standard customer spec car easily available it would be fun to give it a go

 

Great response, I love the respectful rivalry.

I have a question of my own: I loved watching the Inside Koenigsegg videos on the Drive channel. How did these videos come about? And, secondly, you do have any plans to create more videos discussing the car and the designing, engineering, and manufacturing that goes into building a Koenigsegg?

I think that those videos, and your answers on this forum (especially regarding the carbon fiber wheels), give insight to the type of company Koenigsegg is. They really are a serious engineering firm whose products happen to be cars. In my opinion, the car industry has become diluted recently, companies seem to hold off on new technologies because they want to save it for the next body style or for a new "special" version that they can charge more money for. There also seems to be a hierarchy (for example, Porsche will never make a Cayman faster than a 911), which companies refuse to disrupt.

Koenigsegg is so refreshing because Christian von Koenigsegg seems set on incrementally improving a car, regardless of the opportunity cost. There is no amount of time or money that will not be spent to make the product 1% better, and that is what passion is all about.

 

Amazing post!

 

Can you guys post some pictures of some behind the scenes things at the factory? We'd all love a look at some production line pics or testing . Glad to have you on the team

 

Thanks!

 

Sorry to chime in late, but this sums it up very concisely. I would just add that it would have destroyed the aluminum wheel at a considerably lower force.

If you shatter a properly designed carbon fiber wheel, the accident is most likely a very bad one where the wheel damage is the least of your worries.

 

Exactly!

 

+1

 

Thanks

I guess Junus can go into more depth about the Drive cooperation since he was one of the main initiative takers behind that. We would love to do more of that kind of material, but as always we also need to find the time to do it.

You are quite spot on regarding your thoughts about us. Koenigsegg is a very dynamic company, and we are all about Passion, inventions, engineering, design and improving the car wherever and whenever possible. This is also the reason we do a lot in house, it just gives us greater freedom to do what we want to do without bothering with politics. Another reason for that is that we quite simply can do it better. Obviously, this would not work without Christian and a handful of extraordinary brilliant, passionate and very creative engineers.

 

Over the years, Koenigsegg has been public about breaking records and unveiling new models, but not much else. The mystery that formed around Koenigsegg was not intentional. We realized this and decided it was time to start being more open so enthusiasts and fans could understand what motivates Koenigsegg as an organization and hear it from Christian. These insights help to better define the Koenigsegg brand. The DRIVE series was the first effort and they were a fantastic production team and outlet. The way they enabled Koenigsegg to be itself in the videos was paramount. There was no alternative agenda, just the showing portions of the inner workings at Koenigsegg.

Due to years of hard work and Koenigsegg keeping relatively quite, there is a lot to tell and we'll definitely be continuing our efforts in this area.