CarBrandLogos archive · Koenigsegg · 2004
Took the production car speed record off a McLaren, and did it with fourteen cars built.
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The story
Explore the ideas, engineering and context that shaped the Koenigsegg CCR, then continue into its specifications and place in the marque's lineage.
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The CCR was a development of the CC8S rather than a fresh design, and its purpose was to demonstrate what the young company's engineering could actually do. The supercharged 4.7-litre V8 was reworked for substantially more power, the brakes and aerodynamics were upgraded, and the carbon monocoque and dihedral doors carried over unchanged.
Koenigsegg CCR - Flickr - Alexandre Prévot · Alexandre Prévot from Nancy, France · CC BY-SA 2.0
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In February 2005, at the Nardo Ring in Italy, a CCR recorded a top speed of 387.87 km/h, taking the production car record that the McLaren F1 had held since 1998. That the record went to a Swedish firm which had delivered its first customer car three years earlier, from a converted air force hangar with a workforce that could fit in one room, was the point. The Bugatti Veyron reclaimed the title within months, but the marker had been set.
2009 Koenigsegg CCR rear SCD24 · MrWalkr · CC BY-SA 4.0
03
Fourteen CCRs were built between 2004 and 2006 at Angelholm, all with the six-speed manual gearbox. The CCX succeeded it in 2006 with an engine of Koenigsegg's own design and a body reworked to satisfy American regulations, which was the next step toward becoming a manufacturer with a proper market rather than a specialist with a record.
At a glance
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Badge at launch
This is the marque emblem that accompanied the CCR's era. The full identity timeline is documented in the brand archive.
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