[DeTomaso] NPC: Koenigsegg

[Bill Lewis]

A trip to Sweden (?) to visit a car factory - sounds like it rates a top 5 position in my Bucket List!     ---Bill (Thanks, Christian, I was just looking) Lewis



> From: mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:17:50 +0100
> Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC: Koenigsegg
> 
> I don't understand why everybody makes such a fuss over the Veyron. Right
> here in the Nordics (I'm feeling more Swedish than ever before) Christian
> von Koenigsegg builds the Koenigsegg Agera (Agera is Swedish for "to act")
> that also has 1000+ HP and weighs a lot less. 1.41kg/HP according to the
> homepage, don't think any car is better? Real car? This is not a kit-car
> with a ridiculously big engine, it's very well sorted, it's craftsmanship is
> at the highest level, ask Jay Leno.
> 
> Today they introduced their Danish dealership, so I went to the reception.
> There were two Koenigsegg cars there, one CCX for sale, in just the blue
> color I like, but since the steering wheel was on the wrong side, I didn't
> buy. And there was a silver Agera, driven down from the factory to this
> event. They started the CCX briefly, even though it was inside. The idle
> didn't sound especially impressive, but when he revved it, pure racecar
> sound.
> 
> Christian von Koenigsegg was supposed to be there, but he wasn't. Instead
> there was the Head of Sales EU/ North America in the Agera. I spoke with
> him, trying to keep my questions a bit more informed and scientific than the
> usual "what's the mileage", "what's the Danish tax etc". I also asked him
> about factory visit. He talked for a minute about how they have to be
> restrictive, how they get a lot of requests, and that people come ringing
> their doorbell uninvited 4-5 times per day. I said that I "presented" a
> group of Danish and Swedish DeTomaso Pantera owners, and that I could
> imagine arranging a trip for that group of people. He looked a bit more
> positive then, and ended up giving me his business card and told me to get
> in touch with him. I don't know if my close-by fellow Pantera owners would
> like to go there, but I would.
> 
> Has anybody here ever driven a Koenigsegg?
> 
> Mikael
> 
> 
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