Christian Von Koenigsegg Interview | Castrol Edge
Christian von Koenigsegg is the founder of Swedish car manufacturer Koenigsegg Automotive AB High Performance Christian von Koenigsegg in Sweden was born in 1972 to a family of the former German ancestry.
When Koenigsegg was five, he saw the Norwegian animated film The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix; in the film a bicycle repairman makes his own race car Koenigsegg This gave the dream of creating the perfect sports car Following several years of planning, he launched the Koenigsegg project in 1994 at the age of twenty-two Designer David Craaford provided following concept design Koenigsegg's a very united group guidelines were collected and a prototype was assembled, whose success has allowed the foundation of Koenigsegg Automotive AB.
Both Koenigsegg and his wife, Halldora von Koenigsegg, are active in the business of management, it is known in the industry as a car enthusiast obsessed with quality with a record of technological innovation GTSpirit took with him about the latest Agera R and what it is like building hypercars anno 2011.
What was the biggest challenge in developing the Agera.
Christian When developing a hypercar like Agera Our goal was to put everything in harmony Normally it is very difficult to put everything together, but the development of the Agera went pretty smooth He was well received by the public and we now have nearly a year waiting list for the Agera and Agera R.
Where can you find Koenigsegg worldwide.
Christian Koenigsegg is present in almost all major markets We recently opened dealerships in two of the most important emerging markets; India and China in the Middle East is still one of our most important markets, we have dealers and partners in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Christian 83 at this time, we hope to break the magic 100 mark this year, we are now producing the Agera and Agera R's and have a waiting list of nearly a year about 14 weeks it takes to build a Koenigsegg .
How a small niche manufacturer like Koenigsegg meet the growing demand of the environment.
Christian Environmental demans offered not only challenges but also opportunities Being environmentally offered us racing advantages We have prepared our latest models run on E85 biofuel ethanol biofuel was first the positive side effect of cooling the combustion chambers and a more octane number over 100 RON, which gives the high power.
Will the future be electric supercars, or the gasoline powered hybrid.
Christian I am convinced that we will see a mix of those that we will continue development to improve performance and increase efficiency.
Last year Koenigsegg has been involved in developing the NLV Quant, a solar electric car seats four What was your involvement in the project.
Christian VSN has asked us to design for and respect what we did there was never a full Koenigsegg blood and it will be developed as NLV Quant.
What cars do you own private driving in everyday life.
How do you look at the appearance on Top Gear.
Christian It was crazy, our first appearance with a prototype untested After Stig spun off the track, will represent us properly and added a small wing that put immediately the fastest lap when we returned to the test track Top Gear.
Christian We would see how fast Koenigsegg Agera Agera R in or around the test track, hopefully Its just a matter of time before the Agera take the Top Gear test track.
Will we see a second model Koenigsegg Agera beside soon.
Christian Not yet, but we would like to develop a second model alongside the Agera in 3-4 years.
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