Talking about overkill. I first thought that the Aston Martin Rapide with all its 480 horses and four doors(!) was something cool but in retrospect, I think I have to make a double-take on that one. I think that the sportiest four-door cars should be rally cars. Anything zippier should only have two. What’s the point in cruising 200 miles with someone seated at the back anyway?

Now it appears that Koenigsegg has had the same idea and is have been developing their own high-performance four-door sports sedan that they intend to debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. And get this - 700 horses coming from a V8!

And in the same tradition with the CCX (pictured), this car will breach the 200 mph top speed barrier (at 217 mph). I wonder if Koenigsegg has finally overcome their money woes. Being a relatively small company, they only get to produce 35 units of the CCX. To be priced cheaper than the CCX, the company is set to produce 70-80 units of the four-door.

Source: Car Middle East

What’s great about having the motor show going is that we all get to be surprised at the other non-hyped debuts and showcases. And by God, there are some really nice features in the ongoing Geneva Motor Show. It’ll be a challenge for us here to really be on top of these things.

Anyway, here’s one interesting feature - the Koenigsegg CCXR covered in nothing but carbon fiber. Yup, in seeming naked glory with nothing but carbon fiber as birthday suit. Now, you might say that Bugatti did this first with the Veyron Pur Sang but hey, this is another monster supercar we’re talking about here. And look, the wheels are even carbon fiber!

Compound that with the 4.7L twin-supercharged V8 dishing out 1,018 hp that you find under the hood, and this is one wicked car. And get this, Nature and the green brigade might also love you for driving one since this can run on E85 ethanol as well.

I haven’t really read or heard any news so far regarding Koenigsegg’s financial standing since they were reported to be in debt (surprisingly in an amount that is even less than one of their supercars). But it’s always great to see them doing some great designs and engineering with this one.

Source: Winding Road

While I admire Koenigsegg’s push for engineering perfection, I wonder what they’re doing with their financial issues. Reports earlier indicated that the Swedish car maker is in financial trouble with a debt that they can’t seem to pay off even if it’s just under the price of one of their cars.

Yet what we have here is a display of engineering hubris. Gunning for both power and eco-friendliness, Koenigsegg is working on this special edition of the CCXR that can both run on biofuel and inch ahead of the Veyron (and perhaps the Venom GT) in the horsepower category.

This project will (surprisingly) feature a cast-aluminum 4.7 L V8 with sequential multipoint fuel injection and twin superchargers. This, with E85 ethanol running in its bowels is supposed to get a staggering 1,018 hp at 7,200 rpm. These, translated to performance is supposed to propel the car from naught to sixty in under 3 seconds with top speeds of more than 250 mph. Not bad at all for an eco-friendly vehicle.

You get at least 10.7 mpg and just for a low-low price of 1.5 million euros. Hehe.

Source: World Car Fans

Sweden supercar automaker Koenigsegg is not able to deal with its financial liabilities, Realtid reports. Koenigsegg owes its creditors bigtime money to the amount of €240,000. They’re currently looking for new investors to help raise funding and keep the company afloat.

Remember that in 2003, just a year after delivering its first car, its production facilities were burned to the ground. €240,000 is less than a Porsche Carrera GT or a Ferrari Enzo and these are the guys who brought us the Koenisegg CCX (pictured). Let’s just hopes these guys can turn things around.

Source: Motor Authority