Koenigsigg One: The World’s Fastest Production Car
By Georgi Maksimovna Wolfe
THERE is no road in Metro Manila that can handle the speed of Koenigsegg One:1, the fastest production car in the world! It can zoom from dead stop to 100 kph in only 2.5 seconds; zero to 160 kph in 4.6 seconds; a quarter mile in only 9.0 seconds!
This V-8. mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door coupe is powered by a twin-turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection. It has a displacement of 5,065 cc or 309 cubic inches, and speeds up to 273 mph. Its transmission is a seven-speed automated manual, whatever this means, you can email the manufacturer for answers.
According to Car and Driver Magazine, “(Koenigsegg One:1) is meant to be pronounced as a ratio, as in “one-to-one,” rather than “one-one.” It refers to both the car’s metric power output of one megawatt (or 1341 horsepower, when running on that E85 alcohol-gasoline blend) and its perfectly balanced power-to-metric-weight ratio. As in, 1.0 kilogram to 1.0 PS (or Pferdestarke, which equals 0.986 horsepower). Did we mention that geeks built this car? Its other claimed numbers read like a fanboy fantasy, too. It’ll go from a dead stop to 250 mph in 20 seconds, reach a 273-mph top speed, and generate 1.345 pounds of downforce at 160 mph… Only seven (units of) Koenigsegg One will be made, with four going to Asia, two to Europe, and one to the U.S.”
Koenigsegg One:1’s factory is located in Ängelholm, Sweden. In 12 years of the company’s existence, it has built only 120+ cars. Each of the car’s carbon-fiber part is molded and baked here, including car parts like wheels and seat frames. The engines are also built and tested here. Almost every production process is hand-made, using only various automotive tools, compared with mass-production cars that use robotics from assembly line including body painting. It takes 75 days (for an eight-hour-work every day) to assemble the body shell. While it takes longer to paint it - to 150 days or 1,200 hours.
The price of Koenigsegg One:1 is US$2.8 million or Php126,000,000.00, taxes not included. Because of its exorbitant tag price, even pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao would think thrice before buying this super car.
For the technically-minded, here are some of its specifications according to the manufacturer:
THERE is no road in Metro Manila that can handle the speed of Koenigsegg One:1, the fastest production car in the world! It can zoom from dead stop to 100 kph in only 2.5 seconds; zero to 160 kph in 4.6 seconds; a quarter mile in only 9.0 seconds!
This V-8. mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door coupe is powered by a twin-turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection. It has a displacement of 5,065 cc or 309 cubic inches, and speeds up to 273 mph. Its transmission is a seven-speed automated manual, whatever this means, you can email the manufacturer for answers.
According to Car and Driver Magazine, “(Koenigsegg One:1) is meant to be pronounced as a ratio, as in “one-to-one,” rather than “one-one.” It refers to both the car’s metric power output of one megawatt (or 1341 horsepower, when running on that E85 alcohol-gasoline blend) and its perfectly balanced power-to-metric-weight ratio. As in, 1.0 kilogram to 1.0 PS (or Pferdestarke, which equals 0.986 horsepower). Did we mention that geeks built this car? Its other claimed numbers read like a fanboy fantasy, too. It’ll go from a dead stop to 250 mph in 20 seconds, reach a 273-mph top speed, and generate 1.345 pounds of downforce at 160 mph… Only seven (units of) Koenigsegg One will be made, with four going to Asia, two to Europe, and one to the U.S.”
Koenigsegg One:1’s factory is located in Ängelholm, Sweden. In 12 years of the company’s existence, it has built only 120+ cars. Each of the car’s carbon-fiber part is molded and baked here, including car parts like wheels and seat frames. The engines are also built and tested here. Almost every production process is hand-made, using only various automotive tools, compared with mass-production cars that use robotics from assembly line including body painting. It takes 75 days (for an eight-hour-work every day) to assemble the body shell. While it takes longer to paint it - to 150 days or 1,200 hours.
The price of Koenigsegg One:1 is US$2.8 million or Php126,000,000.00, taxes not included. Because of its exorbitant tag price, even pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao would think thrice before buying this super car.
For the technically-minded, here are some of its specifications according to the manufacturer:
Performance Power output: 1 MW at 7500 rpm - rpm limiter
@ 8250 rpm
Torque: over 1000 Nm from 3000 to 8000 rpm
Max torque: 1371 Nm at 6000 rpm
0 - 400 km/h approx. 20 sec
400 - 0 km/h approx. 10 sec
Braking distance: 28 m (100-0 km/h)
Max lateral g-force: 2.0 g
Emission levels: Euro VI
Aerodynamics Cd 0.45-0.50 with adaptable rear wings
Frontal Area: 1.910 m2
Total Downforce at 260km/h: 610kg
at 440km/h: 830kg
Flat underside of chassis. Venturi tunnels at
front & rear of chassis/body
Active aero front and rear underside
Active triplex suspension
Maximized intercooler flow
@ 8250 rpm
Torque: over 1000 Nm from 3000 to 8000 rpm
Max torque: 1371 Nm at 6000 rpm
0 - 400 km/h approx. 20 sec
400 - 0 km/h approx. 10 sec
Braking distance: 28 m (100-0 km/h)
Max lateral g-force: 2.0 g
Emission levels: Euro VI
Aerodynamics Cd 0.45-0.50 with adaptable rear wings
Frontal Area: 1.910 m2
Total Downforce at 260km/h: 610kg
at 440km/h: 830kg
Flat underside of chassis. Venturi tunnels at
front & rear of chassis/body
Active aero front and rear underside
Active triplex suspension
Maximized intercooler flow