GM Sells Saab To Koenigsegg For Song, Dance

We reported last week GM was close to an agreement for the sale of Saab to Swedish automotive consortium Koenigsegg. Now it's official, with GM reaching a tentative agreement to sell the Swedish brand in exchange for apparently nothing whatsoever. More »

REPORT: Koenigsegg To Buy Saab

Swedish TV is reporting Koenigsegg and a group of Swedish investors have won, signing a letter of intent to buy Saab, the bankrupt Swedish brand, from GM. Expect to see new designs merging jets, the Swedish Chef and a Cuisinart.

Koenigsegg Wants To Buy Saab

Supercar maker Koenigsegg wants to buy its long-neglected, but quirky, neighbor Saab. That would be the best thing to happen to the brand that's not really born from jets since GM bought it in 1990. More »

600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer

When super car brands are brought up, Volvo doesn't usually come to mind. That might change thanks to Koenigsegg engineer Mattias Vöx and his re-imagined, 600HP, V8-powered modern Volvo P1800. More »

Koenigsegg To Build 700 HP Four Door, Prototype To Debut At Geneva

If the Porsche Panamera and the Aston Martin Rapide aren't exclusive or fast enough for you, wait until the Geneva Motor Show next spring. A report from Car Middle East claims the mad men over at Koenigsegg are planning a four-door, all carbon fiber, 700 HP super sedan to make those others look like photo-chopped liver. The report also claims the car is planned to hit the showroom in 2010, and has been under development for two years. But what about the boasts? Well, Koenigsegg’s Dubai manager said the car "will weigh less than any other performance saloon on sale, and will have a top speed of 350 KPH." Cause nothing says "I'm badass" like a 217 MPH afternoon with the family. [CarMiddleEast]

Koenigsegg CCXR Edition: Tripping the Light Fantastic

Remember the Christopher Walken skit on Saturday Night Live where the inveterate creepy guy continues asking Will Ferrell for more cowbell? Well the Koenigsegg CCXR Edition needs more carbon fiber. The rebodied CCX is positively rotten with the stuff and the twin turbocharged, E85 sipping 1018 HP heart makes us almost feel like this outshines the Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermes which sits just down the row. This car speaks to our inner 17-year-old like a like a prom queen on a bender. More »

U.S. Receives First Street Legal Koenigsegg, Let The Tickets Begin!

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Koenigsegg CCX vs. Pagani Zonda

Thursday's Bugatti vs. McLaren debate was fun, no? The McLaren handily won, garnering just over 65% of the vote. And I don't think anyone is too shocked by that result. Given the choice between pre-meltdown Jenna Jameson and Taylor Rain, the true connoisseur chooses Miss Rain. Every time. Ahem. Today we're presenting you the two other hypercars to scream at each other over debate and discuss. We think the Koenigsegg is better looking and we know it's faster. Still, the Pagani simply screams ultra-exotic and really does seem to have been designed by an alien race. Other than that, I mean, yeah... how do you decide? It'd be like choosing between Sophie Evans and Jenna Haze. More »

Koenigsegg CCXR Special Edition: Biofueled For Your Pleasure

The Dutch Blog on all things Auto has acquired themselves what appear to be the first renderings of the brand-new special edition Koenigsegg CCX-R. So what makes the already announced but as-of-yet unrevealed Koenigsegg-egg-egg-gg so special? Well — this here CCX is biofuel-powered. That's right — so that means this red-on-black Special Edition model featuring a cast-aluminium V8 engine with sequential multipoint fuel injection and twin rotrex centrifugal superchargers is not only pretending to be environmentally friendly, it's also a performance model — due to the biofuel having higher octane and cooling characteristics. That means the power on this Veyron-dethroning supercar's gone up to 1018 HP at 7200 rpm and the torque to 780 lb-ft at 6100 rpm — talk about a well-spiced Swedish meatball, right? On a side note, the Swedes would also like to point out the CCXR is the first homologated car currently in production to reach over 1000 BHP — not that they're braggarts or anything. Full flower-filled press release after the jump. More »

At 71% Throttle, SSC Ultimate Aero TT Hits 241 MPH

So many questions. OK, as you probably know, SSC and their Ultimate Aero TT are on a hero's quest to break and thereby set the production car top speed record currently in the hands of the hated Swedes. On March 22 of this year they gave it a go, but because of a jealous Odin snow in Nevada, were only able to hit 230 mph. So, they tried again on May 22. No luck this time out either. Nope, last Tuesday they fell 0.6 mph short. Meaning that the TT did manage to achieve 241.4 mph at "71% throttle." However, according to SSC they weren't actually going for the record. Rather, they were sussing out the transmission cooling system. Which, apparently, works. So here's our questions. First, if this is truly a production car, why didn't they test the transmission on say March 23? Why the Space Shuttle launch like gap between tests? Second... More »

Top Gear Does It Again: Another Krashed Koenigsegg

Oh dear. You know, their track record with ultra-exotic machinery really resembles mine and Davey's with women. To date, and including this one, they have trashed an Enzo, two 'nigseggs and of course the Vampire jet car. This time out the TG boys were in the one-of-a-kind CCXR, the Swedish supercar maker's new bio-fueled monster. Old Stigy had just finished hooning the beast and a Koenigsegg engineer was driving Top Gear staffer Peter Grunert to new location for a photo shoot. Apparently, the engineer had forgotten that just hours earlier they had detached the under-body venturi tunnel (to attach camera equipment). This, combined with taking a blind corner at over 120 mph, led the unnamed man to smash into the "largest traffic cone known to man." Which caused the right-front wheel to shatter, which caused them to spin into a ditch. Then, the CCXR bounced out of the ditch and performed four more spins before finally heading back into the same ditch. Grunert reports that the carbon fiber tub stayed "perfectly intact," and that the CCXR left 265 meters of skid marks. We like that last bit the best. – Jonny Lieberman More »

Geneva Pre-Show: Koenigsegg Competition Coupe GT Revealed

A Koenigsegg with only 600 horsepower? That's the thing about racing regulations; sometimes you have to make concessions. Nonetheless, it's the new K-egg CCGT, an FIA homologated GT1 racer based on the 806-hp CCX, whose homegrown 4.7-liter V8's gotten a double superchargerectomy. But it's also been bored out to 5.0 liters. It's also been lightened porked up to meet the GT1's weight limit of 2,425 lbs. We'll see it up close long about Geneva time. [Note: Spanks on me for missing the delicious irony that K-eg had to add ballast to meet the GT1 weight requirement, not reduce weight.] – Mike Spinelli More »

Million-Dollar Tailspin: Norwegian Nearly Wrecks Koenigsegg

What can you say about a million dollar car that tries to kill people while others are watching, other than "Get get me John Carpenter and Hal Needham, stat." The 806-hp Koenigsegg CCX is gaining that kind of reputation, though no one's been killed and no Koenigseggs have shown up on Wrecked Exotics yet. Still, on an episode of "Top Gear" you'll recall, a CCX tried to at least maim the Stig, though Stiggy struck back after the company slapped on a wing to turn in the fastest time ever on the BBC show's test track. Now, a guy in Norway got his arse rotated by an angry CCX, which had the wing. Wing or no, the K-egg is obviously not to be trifled with in front of an audience. More »

Koenigsegg CCX to Go On Sale in Vegas

Famous for being the only car ever to attempt to kill the Stig on camera, the Koeniggsegg CCX will launch in the US in Las Vegas on Saturday, August 27th in Las Vegas. To be sold by Exotic Cars at Caesar's Palace (because Roman chintz and mirrored ceilings are the perfect compliment to a 260mph supercar), they're throwing a VIP party on August 27th followed by two days of track time at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 4.7L, twin-turbo supercharged mill pumps out 806hp, and the whole car weighs in at a sprightly 2,200 ton lbs, allowing it to run a 9-second quarter mile at 146. It's sort of obscene that the thing is even road legal. What we wanna know is, who's gonna be the first to have an Enzo Moment in one? More »

On A Wing And A Prayer: Top Gear's Koenigsegg-egg-egg-egg Test Redux

Shame on us, but if you also were a bit busy this Memorial Day weekend, you're like us and may have missed Sunday's episode of Top Gear. Luckily some friendly BBC viewers have rectified our poor judgement by providing video of the most important segment from the show. A couple of weeks back, the best-est automotive show on earth tested the new Koenigsegg CCX, and the Stig ended up taking it into the fields to the side of the second to last turn on the infamous airfield course. The CCX had a bit of a problem — not enough downforce. The folks at Koenigsegg took it back and fitted it with a right new wing on the back. The result was...well, it was...epic. The car went on to blitz the track in the fastest ever time — 1:17.6. Now kiddies, here's what's coming up in this weekend's episode. More »

The Soundtrack of Koenigsegg

Koenigsegg's assembled a compilation album featuring tracks from 12 music producers from Sweden, Germany, France and the UK — an endeavor to create the "Soundtrack of Koenigsegg," according to a press release from the company. The producers' roster reads like a who's who of who's that?, or something you might see printed on a Venutian accounting firm's stationery: Ha kan Lidbo, Caf Colombie, Filthy, Beatmaskin & Jocco, Moodorama, Ekwall, Rhody, 7eCiel, Kryptonite, and Rico. The company says the full effect of the compilation can only be achieved if played when driving a Koenigsegg, preferably (it would seem) at an altitude of 45,000 feet. It's available on iTunes. More »

Forbes Runs Down the World's Most Expensive Cars

The Forbeses rock out with an overview of the most expensive cars in the world. Interestingly enough, less than half of the list is taken up by major manufacturers, and Lambo, Ferrari, Rolls and Bentley are conspicuously absent. Also, two American cars made the list: the SSC Ultimate Aero and the Saleen S7 Twin Turbo. If there were different prices listed for the same model, we chose the American price, 'cuz we're all isolationist and crap. Click through for the list. More »

I Travel at Extreme Speed: The Koenigsegg CCX

Yesterday, Koenigsegg released pics and info on the extreme CCX supercar it's bringing to Geneva this year. As we already know, the CCX will be coming to the US, where it will charm the living daylights of the country's state troopers with an estimated top speed of 245 mph. Click through for pics and release. More »

Koenigsegg to Bring New CCX Supercar to the US

Among supercars that can travel one-third the speed of sound (at sea level, natch) the Bugatti Veyron gets all the press, having recently hit 252 mph — besting the Koeingsegg CCR's 241 mph — to make the Bug the world's fastest production car. Now, Sweden's Koenigsegg is plotting to answer Volkswagen's stomping, with a new, 800-hp supercar that, joy of joys, will be available in the US. The new model, the Koenigsegg CCX, is set for a Geneva show debut, according to the boys at Gizmag. Though it likely won't defeat the Veyron, it will go from zero to 62 in 3.2 seconds and run a nine-second quarter-mile at 146 mph. At around $650,000, it'll even be a kind of bargain, in a twisted, overindulgent sort of way. [Thanks to Rob for the tip.]Koenigsegg to release CCX for American market [Gizmag]Related: Have Yourself a Merry Little Swedish Supercar Christmas [internal]

Have Yourself a Merry Little Swedish Supercar Christmas

The folks at Sweden's supercar builder, Koenigsegg want to wish you and yours (your plebeian sedan, of course) a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year of Going Really, Really Fast. (We added that last part.) Were just wondering how they got the Ghost of Supercars Past to materialize for the shot. Swedes are really good at trick photography. More »

Koenigsegg Laptop!

We saw recently that Lamborghini's introducing a branded laptop, and not to be outdone, Swedish speed-freaks Koenigsegg now have one of their own for sale. Apparently, notebook computer design is the next great frontier of the high-performance automobile industry. Who knew? Personally, we think it's kinda on the dorkier side, but then again, we're betting that most supercar owners have more than a little dork juice pumping through their veins. As for us? We're waiting for the Lions Dragstrip memorial Powerbook. More »