Think of all the Koenigseggs built over the years. The CC concept and its many production descendants. The Agera, the Regera, the Jesko… think of the immense power and that speed-at-all-costs ethos.
Weird then that only three cars have ever been finished in Koenigsegg Naked Carbon, the Swedish company’s unique process of lightweighting an already ultra-lightweight material. And this is them, all in one place. What are the chances?
Here we have a Regera, which was the first to receive the kilo-saving KNC treatment back in 2018. It’s produced like normal carbon fibre, except every panel is sanded down to the weave to achieve that incredible finish. And shed the pounds, of course. Grind too far though and the whole lot has to be thrown out. Steady hands required.
Nor is there any lacquer to insulate the body, which saves about 20kg. Important when you’re chasing 250mph…
Then of course there’s a One:1, based on the Agera and featuring its 5.0-litre twin-turbo V8, but tuned to produce a trifling 1,340bhp.
And the final member of the trio is the Jesko Attack, the track-focused, also V8-engined machine with 1,600 horses capable of pulverising your nearest race circuit. Noise limits permitting, of course.
KNC stands apart for the skills and tools needed to pull off such a finish, claims Koenigsegg, which remains fixated on “material removal, not addition”.
We need more of this kind of thinking…
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