Koenigsegg CCR

Today, in response to the tag by Terence on his favourite cars, I today feature the car that broke the 12-year world road car speed record held by the Mclaren F1 in my preceding post, but broken barely a month after that by the current world record holder, the Bugatti Veyron.

That's right, the Koenigsegg CCR. A mouthful to say but oh-so-elegant. I still think the Mclaren's better, though.

My first (and not-so-good) experience with public broadcast of my knowledge of the supercar was during the Police Knowledge course when there was a breaktime game going on. Most of you should know the fuzzywuzzy game. One of my statements was, "fuzzywuzzy likes Koenigsegg but does not like Lamborghini". Or something along those lines. Quite understandably, I was met with confusion from both the host and the rest of the audience, which I took to understand that no one knew this wonderful car brand and subsequently replaced with Ferrari and Mitsubishi.

The Koenigsegg CCR, in a power-to-piston comparison, trumps both the Mclaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron with its V8 producing 806 bhp, compared to the Mclaren F1's V12 with 605 bhp and the Bugatti's V16 producing over a thousand. Its speed tops out at 387.87 km/h around a banked track, which beats the Mclaren F1's 386.7, but understandably enough it has the capability for much more if tested on a straight track, as was the Mclaren and Bugatti on Volkswagen's 9km straight. However, I do not possess much else knowledge about this relatively unknown supercar, aside from the fact that its steering is sub-par, with severe understeer needing the steering wheel set at a sharp angle of 30 degrees at its top speed around the banked track.

And that is all for today's post. Tata!

Next post: Featuring an all-too-famous vehicle from the guys at Maranello. Take a guess.