Sweden ghost car Koenig SEG History Review

So a car manufacturer, it is only workshop-style car factory, set up less than 20 years of automotive brands, only to double-digit annual production total, but 100 people full-time employees. It is not hype from which each vehicle are booking out early, even if such a long time, customers have no complaints. Its products are not as passionate as fire does not seem like Ferrari, Lamborghini, as morale, it's the car to run on the road and no one may be able to shout its name, but it produced of each vehicle can make fans crazy, this is the Swedish Koenigsegg (Koenig SEG). This issue will introduce the history of the brand niche Koenigsegg supercar brand development process.



Koenig SEG established in 1994, its creator is a Swede - Christie Anping Ke Ni Saige (Christian von Koenigsegg hereinafter referred to as Christian). Christian looked at his childhood, a Norwegian car animation film Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, the film has great influence on him, making their own supercar dream of becoming a Christian. In 1994, at the age of 22 he finally set up Koenig SEG Motor Company.



"Christian von Koenigsegg"

Two years later, the first a prototype CC was born. In this process, the Christian has been Volvo's strong support, in addition to providing capital, Volvo wind tunnel laboratory also provides Christian use, and the first loading of the engine is Volvo's mother Ford provided the company, but Koenig SEG and on this basis, the installation of a supercharger system.



"Christian von Koenigsegg"



Koenig SEG prototype of CC CC 8S in 1997 Cannes Film Festival in France on display, has been on display Koenig SEG very large concern, it also allows engineers Koenig SEG excited . With 后柯尼赛格 engineers but also on the CC 8S do more to improve. And in the 2000 Paris Motor Show officially released. First a production of CC 8S in 2002 formally delivered, then there four CC 8S being produced.



"CC 8S"



Koenig SEG end of each car are printed on a ghost sign, this is because Kony Seck car plant in the Swedish Air Force on an old airport, where once were very moment a large group of Swedish Air Force Base, To commemorate the heroes who fought, Coney Seck on the people in each car are labeled ghost sign. In addition to the respect for the Swedish fighter squadron, but also because they have a high-performance fighter aircraft Coney Seck sports car and high-performance fighter aircraft with the same capacity.



"CC 8S"



"CC 8S"

● CCR

In 2004, Koenig SEG released CCR, the car only produced 20. Coney Seck CCR body side lines watching the aircraft seemed like total lines, smooth curves created a drag coefficient of only 0.297. CCR can omit the center console to the keys are omitted. But the more important function is preserved, the style of function keys is relatively new, like a circle round the old-fashioned metal key phone keypad.





CCR engine from Ford, has been with the opposition once a 4.7-liter (Ford nominal 4.6 liters) V8 engine. The original power of 300 horsepower. The Koenig SEG as the engine is equipped with a Swedish manufacturer of professional Lysholm supercharger's mechanical supercharger, boost the value of maximum 1.4 bar, making the maximum power output of the CCR 806 hp and maximum torque 920N · m.





In the February 28, 2005, Nardo track in Italy, Koenig SEG CCR to 388.87km / h broke the then world's fastest production car speed record. And after September 2005, Bujiadiwei Air to 407.5km / h top speed once again set a Guinness Book of World Records. According to Koenig SEG's own test, and then launched the CCXR top speed reached 420km / h beyond the Wei Hang record.