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Koenigsegg founder personally delivers Trevita CCXR supercar to Jay Leno
 
While Conan O’Brien continues to display loving affection towards his beat-up 1992 Ford Taurus SHO, his one-time colleague and now fierce rival, Jay Leno just keeps on adding to his already massive car collection. The latest vehicle to make its way to Jay Leno’s oversized garage is a Koenigsegg after Christian von Koenigsegg himself - yes, he’s the founder of the supercar brand - paid a visit to Leno in the comedian’s South California home to personally deliver a Koenigsegg Trevita CCXR. Photos credit to JPLogistics Hit the jump for the full story. Full story 2010 Koenigsegg CCXR Platinuss E100
Next to the 2010 Agera, Koenigsegg also revealed a new special edition at the Geneva Motor Show. Limited to only one unit and built for a wealthy customer in Brazil, the CCXR Platinuss E100 (named after a Brazilian dealership) had to be customized so it could use bio-ethanol. But despite the modifications the CCXR Platinuss E100 still develops 1018 hp. The customer also wanted a larger front splitter and the color has been custom painted. NY dealer crashes $1 Million Koenigsegg CCX
The Koenigsegg CCX is one of the rarest automobiles in the world. The Swedish super car maker only produces 25 examples of their mid engine V8 powered 800+ HP speed machines per year, and of all the CCX’s that are created, an even more limited amount of 10 Koenigseggs make it stateside. So if you have ever seen one in person, you can consider yourself to be a very fortunate individual, and if you have ever had the chance to get behind the wheel then you ought to know just how lucky you are to have driven a million dollar super car. However luck had nothing to do with the NY based dealer who managed to do a little front end damage to this particular blue 2008 CCX. The worst part is that the now partially destroyed super car already had an owner, and when you do any kind of damage to a seven figure vehicle, you can only imagine just how much this little mess up will cost to fix. Not to mention that while destroying the dreams of their client and losing a customer in the process, the dealer who got a little too close to the guardrail also managed to damage a 2009 Porsche 911 GT2 in the process. Thanks to Antoine Dominic for the photo. Video: Digital rendering of Koenigsegg CCX takes a page out of Gran Turismo
If you watch this video and you think that what you’re looking at is a real Koenigsegg CCX, then you’d be wrong. Dead wrong. The video is actually a rendering of the Koenigsegg super car, which was created by Proper Graphics, a graphics studio based in Belarus. It looks stunningly real, doesn’t it? Don’t worry, you weren’t the only ones fooled. The amazing detail Proper Graphics did with the CCX is nothing less of stunning, not to mention realistic. The digital rendering of the car seamlessly integrates itself with its surroundings, giving the visual feel that the car is in fact real. From what we’ve heard, the model these guys used in creating this rendering is up-to-par with Gran Turismo 5, although it should be noted that these guys have no affiliation whatsoever with GT5. Nevertheless, we have to give props where props are due. Proper Graphics did an amazing job with this rendering of the CCX, so much so that a lot of us we’re convinced – at first - this was the real deal.
For sale: Koenigsegg CCXR Special Edition
If 1018 hp, top speed of 257 mph, and a 0 to 60 time of 2.9 seconds were not enough reasons to want a Koenigsegg CCXR Edition, just last week we found out the car has just become even more rare. Production plans have been cut from six cars to four. This should make the CCXR Edition hard to find, right? Well a German exotic car dealer currently has one of the ethanol powered supercars on the lot. So grab the private plane and €1,550,420 (currently about $2,100,000) — that’s the price of admission to an exclusive club that now can be counted on one hand.
Koenigsegg cuts production for CCX & CCXR Edition
Koenigseggs are already an extremely rare sight, so in 2008 we definitely took notice of the special edition cars called CCX Edition and CCXR Edition. This takes the already hardcore supercars and makes them even more track focused, and also gives the CCX Edition 82 more hp over its regular counterpart. So with a limited edition model of an already rare car, we knew there would only be a handful produced. The plan was to have the 888 hp CCX Edition limited to 14 cars and the 1018 hp CCXR Edition limited to 6 cars. At a price of €1,330,000 ($1,820,000) and €1,500,000 ($2,050,000) respectively, exclusivity was guaranteed. But now times have changed. It’s a tougher economy worldwide, and Koenigsegg is turning in a new direction previewed by the all-electric Quant shown in Geneva. Because of this the Edition models will now become even more rare, with production cut to 6 cars total. The planned numbers are now 2 for the CCX Edition and 4 for the CCXR Edition. Call it a victim of a bad economy or a turn to green cars, either way the owners of CCX and CCXR Edition models are now ensured to be part of an extremely exclusive crowd.
$1M cash or Koenigsegg CCX?
Suppose you won the lottery, and you’ll have the chance to choose: car or cash? $1 million or Koenigsegg CCX? What would you choose? Hard decision, no? To help you make you decision let suppose you;re home town is only having 12-kilometer road. What would it be then? Move to another town, no? This lucky guy, Louie Edgi, has won a Koenigsegg CCX sports car from the Cash and Cars Lottery, but he chose to take the money instead. The CCX, one of the lottery’s grand prizes, is unique in Canada and considered to be the second-fastest production car in the world. To comment his decission, Edgi said: "The car is a Swedish make; it’ll do 400 kilometres an hour. I don’t see anybody would need that. It’s worth a million dollars, so they gave me the option of taking the car or the cash. But living here in Norman Wells, I can’t really see myself needing a car." Koenigsegg CCXR Edition & Pagani Zonda F Carbon to appear at MPH
To be a presenter on Top Gear TV is the dream job for most of us. Racing supercars one day and challenging your friends in a beater the next is not a bad way to earn a living. But there’s only one Jeremy Clarkson, and you’re probably not him. So the next best thing if you live in London is the MPH show where two of the most exclusive supercars in the world: a Koenigsegg CCXR Edition and Pagani Zonda F Carbon will appear as well as Top Gear Live (the TG boys put on a live performance.)  The current stock market has probably eroded away your supercar money, so instead you Londoners can head to Earl’s court on October 30th for the MPH show. The Swedish 254+mph 4.8-liter V8 Koenigsegg CCXR Edition featured at the show may make you want to mortgage your house to put a down payment on the £1.5 million rockstar. If you need to go more budget-minded, the £668,000 Pagani Zonda F Carbon will only cost the whole family’s education fund. But he 7.3-liter V12 that produces 650 hp will make you feel better about having illiterate kids.
Koenigsegg CCX and CCXR Edition to be displayed in Geneva
Koenigsegg will be displaying the CCX and CCXR Edition at the Geneva Motor Show. Prices for the CCX Edition start at 1,330,000 Euros net, while for the CCXR Edition start at 1,500,000 Euros net.  The Edition is the ultimate supercar – a Koenigsegg at its most extreme - built to break records and deliver breathtaking performance. Only a very few models will be produced, in order to ensure exclusive status amongst supercar owners.  It has a clear, fully visible carbon fibre body, and is available in two versions: the 4.8 litre 888bhp CCX Edition and the CCXR Edition, which can be driven on environmentally friendly ethanol E85 and E100 fuels, as well as regular petrol. When run on E85 fuel the 4.8 litre engine produces 1018 bhp. Press release after the jump. Full story
Koenigsegg delivers first U.S. CCX Street Legal
The only Koenigsegg dealership in America is based at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. And that’s not just casualty. After all Las Vegas in the best place to make a Koenigsegg shine? Full story
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