Last week, Koenigsegg surprised the automotive world with the reveal of the new CC850, which pairs the styling of the very first Koenigsegg road car with a drivetrain and chassis derived from the ...

And we do mean bang.It shares the same underpinnings as the Jesko, replete with Koenigsegg’s own 5.0-litre twin-turbo V8 barking out 1,363bhp and a tonne of torque.But the engine is a known ...

But it also references Christian von Koenigsegg's nickname as a kid, CC. The eight stands for the number of cylinders in the 4.7-liter engine, which was based on Ford's modular V-8.

Christian von Koenigsegg on the CC850 and Its Crazy Manual Transmission One of the most important events during the prestigious Monterey Car Week is the Quail Motorsports Gathering, where high-end ...

Koenigsegg CC Prototype: A Long Beginning. Christian von Koenigsegg started young—founding the company in 1994 at the age of 22—with a strong vision but not a lot of money.

Koenigsegg has built a new car that looks like its oldest one. Welcome to the CC850, a 1,363bhp hypercar with a manual gearbox, clothed in the timeless design of Koenigsegg’s first ever ...

Swedish hypercar marque Koenigsegg stunned the automotive world at 2022 Monterey Car Week, when it unveiled the CC850 to mark 20 years since the start of deliveries of its debut model, the CC8S ...

Powering the CC850 is Koenigsegg's flat-plane-crank twin-turbo 5.0-liter V8. On regular gas it makes 1,185 horsepower, but that figure is boosted to 1,385 hp if one uses E85 fuel.

Koenigsegg is no stranger to pushing the boundaries of automotive engineering, and arguably the CC850’s most interesting new development is its ‘Engage Shift System’ transmission; one that ...