Koenigsegg's "Solar Sportscar" Could Be Speeding Past You Soon
The Koenigsegg Quant, an impressive Batmobile-styled solar sportscar, could soon be going into production.
The Koenigsegg Quant, an impressive Batmobile-styled solar sportscar, could soon be going into production.
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.
It's time again to test out your automotive intellectual fortitude by figuring out what car this is before you click through. Sure, you'll say you got it right in the comments, but only you'll know the truth.
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.
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.
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.
Leave it to the Swedes to create something truly weird with a straight face. Joining the Koenigsegg CCR is this clip by animator Tomas Nilsson.
Koenigsegg, the high-end Swedish car maker, just demoed this electric solar NLV Quant in Geneva. It has 512hp and goes 0-62 in 5.2 seconds. It charges to full (not all through solar) in 20 minutes.
Judging by the concepts and production cars making their debuts in Geneva this week, the auto industry hasn't noticed the Carpocalypse, bringing out supercars, exotics and mega luxury vehicles. Here's everything from day one.
The 2009 Geneva Motor Show's overwhelmed us with hi-tech, futuristic concept cars. Our Swiss friend Gehard the Bookie makes sense of it all by giving us the odds of these rolling testbeds seeing production.