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08-13-2010, 07:56 PM
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Koenigsegg considering a challenge to Veyron SS speed record.
 Few things get the automotive universe fired up quite like a good old-fashioned grudge match, and from the sound of things, we may be on the verge of seeing the battle royale with the cheese of grudge matches. Evidently, Top Gear's Bill Thomas was strolling around the Koenigsegg factory shortly after Bugatti launched the Veryon Super Sport to 267.81 mph. At the time, the Bug's record-breaking drive was still confidential knowledge, but being the kind of bloke we wouldn't mind buying a beer, Thomas felt the need to share Bugatti's accomplishment with Koenigsegg boss Christian von Koenigsegg, potentially igniting a powder keg of speed and competition the likes of which the production auto world hasn't seen in quite some time. Apparently, upon hearing the news that the Veryon Super Sport was now top dog of the production car world, Koenigsegg immediately began rattling off possible places to do his own high-speed testing with his newest machine, the Agera. That sounds an awful lot like we can expect a new Swedish sports machine to arrive any time to attempt to whisk the title away from the French. And there might even be a little three-way action from America's Shelby SuperCars. See? Isn't competition fun? |
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08-13-2010, 11:39 PM
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pretty cool.
hopefully he can get it. the motor is basically a beefed up 4v DOHC ford motor. |
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08-14-2010, 12:26 AM
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That's a gorgeous car.
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08-14-2010, 02:30 PM
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My new favorite car
 It looks way better than the bugatti
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08-15-2010, 08:44 PM
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08-15-2010, 09:04 PM
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I've always liked the Koenigsegg cars. Not many people know they made the fastest production car in the world before the Bugatti Veyron was introduced. Best part is, Koenigsegg is Swedish and I'm half Swedish.
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08-15-2010, 11:44 PM
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I need a towel.
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08-16-2010, 07:29 PM
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best part is koenisegg does the fastest well did the fastest with a s/c v8 not a quad turbo w16 lol
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08-16-2010, 10:26 PM
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