Koenigsegg CCGT Road Test

[novass]

The sound! :shock:

First Shake Down runs of the Koenigsegg CCGT - with Loris B - YouTube

First Shake Down runs of the Koenigsegg CCGT - with Loris B - YouTube

Hope its not a repost.

[pagani]

Cool racecar it's it supercharged just like the production car??
Love the engine sound.
8)

[chest3r]

Nice sound... but the gear changes doesn't seem very fast for a race car :roll:

[Svensson]

Nice car and nice footage!
I usually don't like music in car vids, but I think this actually suits it quite well.

[Svensson]

Originally Posted by bmuller CCGT has a normal-opening car door instead of the crazy vertical side door contraption, interesting

Yeah I noticed that too. Guess it's because of the FIA GT rules...

[vexor]

Originally Posted by pagani Cool racecar it's it supercharged just like the production car?? Love the engine sound. 8)

nope, N/A but the size of the engine has increased from 4.7 to 5.0 I belive (i may be wrong)

I can't wait to see that car kicking ass in the races.

[acknot]

Yes, it's running a 5.0 liter N/A version of the engine - but it's quite an engine!

The doors had to go in order to save weight. the car is grossly underweight, so they have plenty of room to finetune the weight distribution and roll centre with ballast.

I hope this will probe easier to handle than the street version, and perhaps more reliable too - just might have a good base for a proper racecar here if it gets a proper development programme.

[twboy1999]

if it is enter in any type of compeition i don't think it will do well

just look at the car, it looks just like the road car except, longer front spliter, big wing, and diffiuser,,

[acknot]

The car is legal according to the same FIA GT rules as the rest of the field. There was a lot of speculation as to which class they are entering, as there are meny manufacturers entering the GT3 class with cars like 997 GT3, F430, Zonda, C6R, Viper, Aston Martin and such. Looks to be a great class

If the CCGT is legal in this class (for instance, Radicals, Moslers and Ultimas are not) then it's surely one of the most promising platforms!

[number77]

So when are they gonna catch up to the US/British Ultima? People are building cars in their garage faster than this.

[dutchmasterflex]

Ahh.. the joys of being a test driver.

Car looks great, any idea how much power the 5.0 is pushing?


Hope this car will be able to win a couple races and improve the street car's reliability.

[yg60m]

Thanks for the vid

[acknot]

Originally Posted by dani_d_mas I'm pretty sure this car will compete in the GT1 class - against the MC12, Maranello, C6R and DB9R. BTW, you've mixed so many different cars in the same class - the Zonda R will not be homologated for racing, just like the FXX; and the C6R belongs to GT1 - the GT3 Z06 is almost stock

Zonda R yes, but according to Sport Auto Zonda has built customer cars in the past and are working on one now. I figured since homologation for Gt3 requires a good many identical cars sold, most of the cars in Gt3 are near stock? Look at Reiter engineering - churning out customer Gallardos like a regular tuner

CCGT in GT1 is goung to be tough. I think they are going to face teams from a completely different level - good basic car or not...

[Svensson]

Originally Posted by dani_d_mas Originally Posted by dutchmasterflex Car looks great, any idea how much power the 5.0 is pushing? I think it was something around 600-650hp - funny thing is that this is the first car ever to have more power in road form than in race spec

Well, let's not forget that the McLaren F1 roadcar had more power (627hp) than the GTR racer (600hp because of the air-restrictors)

[franck bullitt]

That's the sound of the year for sure :shock: