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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Who Wants to Drive a Millionaire

Take the easy questions first: Is Koenigsegg CCX worth € 669 000, or 1.05 million U.S. dollars in our skinny now? For most homeowners just $ 200,000 Ferrari - let alone mortals with $ 20,000 minivans - the answer is a resounding no.

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Closer View: Koenigsegg CCX
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Courtesy of Universal Sports Cars

Control Center, the interior is coming in the update.

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Fast car capable of 245 mph but frugal, and 24-mpg in the same way.

But the Saudi oil soaked, collectors who have already lost count of the exotic cars in their garages and those driven to explore uncharted territory between 200 and 245 miles per hour - also known as Freaks - the 2008 Koenigsegg awaits.

Specifically, 35 Koenigsegg. That is roughly the annual worldwide production of the Swedish Super, giving the Koenigsegg the kind of exclusivity that makes a Porsche seem like a Pontiac.

Of course, most people know what a Porsche. Some can even pronounce correctly (two syllables). Koenigsegg, however, resembles a high-end line of kitchen accessories, "Yes, I went with the Koenigsegg six-burner and a set wine cooler."

For the record: the name is pronounced KOH-nig-Segger and the machine will not be a roast capon. But he did not expel the BTU as few other cars with 806 horsepower (1,018 in ethanol burning CCXR version) of a 4.7-liter V-8 with two compressors.

This ultralight supercar, built in carbon fiber, is the work of Christian von Koenigsegg, a designer and an investor of a wealthy Swedish family. Mr. Koenigsegg, 36, said his inspiration came when he was 5 years old and his father took him to see a Norwegian puppet movie about a bicycle repairman who invents the world's biggest sport.

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