Gautam Sharma•5 Jun 2013
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Rendered: Koenigsegg Agera One:1
Swedish hypercar specialist conjures up an ultra-low-volume special edition for the Chinese marketThe swoopy coupe pictured in the renderings alongside is the Koenigsegg Agera One:1, an uber-potent hypercar of which just five units will be built – all destined for the Chinese market.
Sweden’s Koenigsegg has over the past decade forged a reputation for turning out ludicrously powerful sportsters, but the One:1 ups the ante to Bugatti Veyron-thumping levels as the moniker refers to the car’s power-to-weight ratio (it churns out 1bhp for every 1kg of weight).
It promises stupefying performance as the standard Koenigsegg Agera is already no slouch; its twin-turbo 5.0-litre V8 belts out 707kW and 1100Nm, propelling the 1435kg coupe from 0-100km/h in 3sec.
How the 1000kW-plus Agera One:1 will be useable in Shanghai or Beijing is probably beside the point, as presumably its would-be owners will be buying them more for bragging rights than anything else.
They’ll have plenty to boast about, as the car will allegedly knock off the 0-100km/h sprint in 2.5sec, and it’s rumoured the hypercar’s v-max will rival the Veyron Super Sport’s 432km/h world record (for production cars).
There are as yet no details on the Agera One:1’s mechanical nitty-gritty or kit levels, but it’s expected to come equipped with features such as a g-force sensor, a hydraulic lifting system for speed bumps, carbon ceramic brakes, an electronic locking differential and a seven-speed sequential gearbox with paddle-shifts.
Carbon fibre abounds throughout the car, and the aero-maximising bodykit includes a protruding front splitter, ironing-board rear wing and a Le Mans racer-style rear diffuser.
There’s as yet no official word on pricing, but some sources are speculating the Agera One:1 will cost around $2m, putting it in the same exalted sphere as the standard Veyron when it was first launched.
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