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Koenigseggs: too slow, too underpowered, too boring to look at.
Until now, and this. This is the Agera, the latest hypercar from everyone's favourite mad Swedes.
Though Koenigsegg would love you to believe so, it isn't quite all-new, but instead a heavily modified, powered-up and angrified version of the outgoing CCX.
The Agera puts out - get ready - a deranged 898bhp from a 4.7-litre V8. Add in a not-immodest 811lb ft of torque and you're looking at a thing that can dispatch 62mph in 3.1 seconds and 124mph in under nine seconds before topping out at something very close to 250mph. Those are mad, mad numbers.
But our favourite number is a slightly more subtle one: 72kg. That's how much the Agera's entire carbon fibre chassis weighs, which is less than many normal-sized humans - most of whom are not, admittedly, made of carbon fibre.
The Agera gets adjustable suspension, a removable hard-top and bodywork rendered entirely in carbon fibre and Kevlar. Thanks to its flat underbody and many clever wings, it produces over 300kg of downforce at 155mph.
How much will it cost? Er, lots. We can't imagine that'll get in the way of Koenigsegg's desire to sell around 20 Ageras each year, though.
They say their order books are open right now at the Geneva show. Better get your man to put in a phone call quicksharp if you want one of these hypercars.
Actually, we're pretty sure Koenigseggs have just smashed right out the top end of the ‘hypercar' description. We need a new word.
Ultracars? Megacars? Suggestions please...
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What do you think?
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Sambawacki commented on this article
at 10:56 am on 02 March 2010
The car looks good, and the numbers seem brilliant from a V8 you get 898bhp?????? I think the new name should be Megacar, it seems to suit it!
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ECDh commented on this article
at 11:07 am on 02 March 2010
72 KG???????
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Kirbdawg commented on this article
at 11:20 am on 02 March 2010
72kg is very impressive, but not as light as Stig's carbon fibre skeleton. Some say he has to wear gravity boots, otherwise he's so light that he'd float away. And that there isn't a calculator with enough digits to work out his power to weight ratio.
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saab900turbo commented on this article
at 11:28 am on 02 March 2010
It should be Ubercar...
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oliroolz commented on this article
at 11:56 am on 02 March 2010
INCREDOCARS YES
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