{"id":70495,"date":"2013-05-27T16:02:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T14:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=70495"},"modified":"2015-08-24T09:15:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T07:15:59","slug":"road-test-koenigsegg-agera-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2013\/05\/27\/road-test-koenigsegg-agera-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Test: Koenigsegg Agera R"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When we talk about hypercars, two independent brands stand head and shoulders above the rest; Pagani and Koenigsegg. Both are relative newcomers to the market place, yet both have established and proved themselves to be at the top of their game in their young histories. Having already driven the latest and greatest Pagani Huayra, we pounced on Koenigsegg\u2019s invitation to take a look at the Koenigsegg Agera R.<\/p>\n

Koenigsegg\u2019s history extends all the way back to 1994 when Christian von Koenigsegg started his car company and started to pen the first Koenigsegg Supercar – The Koenigsegg CC. The Koenigsegg CC Concept first appeared at a BPR GT race at Anderstorp Racetrack in the summer of 1996, were famous Swedish Touring car racer Rickard Rydell showcased and drove the car in front of the audience. In 1997 the second CC prototype was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival giving Koenigsegg its first international debut. The first production car was ready in 2002. It was a red Koenigsegg CC8S which became Koenigsegg official testcar. Later on this car was converted from a CC8S into a CCR and took the top speed record from the Mclaren F1 in 2005. A great feat by a small new car company. If you compare this car to the Agera R today, you see design and mechanical refinement on a pedantic scale.<\/p>\n

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Christian von Koenigsegg can best be described as an innovator and this is what shines through most with the Koenigsegg Agera R. Instead of relying on purchased parts from larger bulk manufacturing companies, much of the Agera R is bespoke and built in-house at the Koenigsegg factory in \u00c4ngelholm, Sweden. Koenigsegg has even developed the Agera range with an unique in-house V8.<\/p>\n

Christian is one of the first to point out that the hypercar market has changed dramatically since he first put pen to paper with the Koenigsegg CC-series. The evolutionary nature of the Koenigsegg design philosophy ensures that each generation of the design meets and surpasses the last generation Koenigsegg and of course the competition. The by-product of this is that the raw character of the original cars can still be traced through the fundamental DNA of the Agera R.<\/p>\n

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