🚙Koenigsegg Agera RS "Chimera"

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Christian von Koenigsegg is a glutton for engineering punishment. His Swedish hypercar company currently builds the Jesko (which has just set the 0-400km/h-0 record) and it’ll soon start delivering the new CC850 and Gemera to customers. That’s three distinct models, each with their own head-scratchingly complex innovations.
 
And yet, amongst all this, he said “yes” to a request from a customer who wanted their older-model Agera RS melded with the best bits of a Jesko and CC850 to create an absolute one-off.
 
Many engineering headaches later we have this, the Chimera, which blends an Agera RS with the 5.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine from a Jesko and the fiendishly complex manual-cum-automatic gearbox from the CC850.
 
Over to Top Gear Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Jack Rix, who’s been to Sweden to drive this unique Koenigsegg…

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:25 Track Drive
06:05 Chat with Christian von Koenigsegg
15:33 Road Drive

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This record is archived under the More Cars ID 10945193. It was created 1 year, 9 months, 7 days ago.

NameKoenigsegg Agera RS "Chimera"
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Body Stylecoupe
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Cylinders8
Engine ConfigurationV
Displacement5000
Displacement (Unit)ccm
Air Inductionturbo
Engine Typeotto
Energy Sourcepetrol
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Transmissionauto
Gears9
DrivetrainRWD
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Total Production1
More Cars ID10945193
Entry CreatedJul 13, 2024, 9:39 AM
Last UpdatedJul 13, 2024, 9:40 AM

Car Model1

The »Koenigsegg Agera RS "Chimera"« is one of the variants of the car model »Agera«.

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