[DeTomaso] NPC: Koenigsegg

[Julian Kift]

Almost as quick as Jeff Schwart's Ultima GTR that clocked 0-203-0 in 23.3 secs, bet the Ultima costs a lot less to build and fix....


> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:48:43 +0100
> From: thomas at hax.se
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: Koenigsegg
> 
> 0-300 kph, 14.53s
> 300-0 kph, 6.66s. Are the eyes still in their sockets after this? :)
> 
> 0-200mph-0 24.96s
> 
> 2011-11-18 17:29, Bill Lewis skrev:
> >
> > 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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