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Me wantee!!!
Koenigsegg Breaks World Record for Production Cars Geneva Motor Show Press Release 2005-03-01 Press conference at Stand 2053 Wednesday the 2nd at 12.15, Live film footage will be shown in the stand.
The Koenigsegg CCR breaks the World Record
[ ZOOM ] On February the 28th 2005, at 12.08 local time, the Koenigsegg CCR broke the production road car speed record, achieving a new official top speed of 388 (387.87) km/h at Italy's Nardo Prototipo proving ground.
A team of five Koenigsegg engineers and mechanics together with founder Christian von Koenigsegg ran, a technically standard Koenigsegg CCR in order to take the top speed record for productions road cars. The famous supercar test driver, Loris Bicocchi who is a veteran recorder breaker, drove the CCR.
The Koenigsegg CCR raised McLaren's previously unofficial mark of 372 km/h set at Nardo/Prototipo in 1993 with over 15 km/h. On top of this the CCR broke the official McLaren F1 record of 386.7 km/h, which was set on the 9 km straight line VW Ehra facility in Wolfsburg Germany.
A team of Nardo Prototipo technicians independently verified the speed of the CCR. The car was clocked using Tag Heuer´s Splitmaster 650 with photocells stationary at the track, recording the average speed during 1 km.
Nardo Prototipo is a circular track with a circumference of 12.5 km. This means that the car is driven in a constant turning motion, which makes the exercise and speed even more impressive. The steering wheel at this speed is kept at around 30 degrees of constant angel, which equivalates to a sharp corner for the speed.
The constant turning motion of the car creates extra friction on the tires. This extra friction overcomes the extra horsepower that was needed for further acceleration. The maximum speed was reached at around 6790 rpm, which is not equivalent to the maximum hp level, which is at a higher rpm.
With this verification of speed, Christian von Koenigsegg is even more confident that the Koenigsegg CCR is capable of reaching its projected top speed of 395 km/h, or more, in a straight line.
Driver Loris Bicocchi was very impressed by the performance of the car. He feels happy to finally prove the performance of the Koenigsegg. "This test was very important for the customers and owners of Koenigsegg cars. It proves that their belief and faith in the small Koenigsegg Company was well founded".
Filmator documented the record attempt. Filmator is a Swedish film crew that currently is making a documentary about the Koenigsegg Company for Swedish television.
The official Test Report is issued by Prototipo, acting as a third party verificator and is forwarded to the Guinness Book of Records for processing.
Other interesting data from the Nardo test
Max temperatures (in degree Celsius) during 40 seconds of full throttle: Ambient temperature: 8, Tires: 64, Engine coolant: 91, Intake air after intercooler: 64, Gearbox oil 94 degrees, Engine oil 112.
68 litre of fuel at the start of the test.
Car Set-up:
Standard road car fuel, Standard CCR Michelin tires, Standard ride height of the car, standard engine configuration, standard wheel geometries, standard gearbox, standard clutch, standard brakes, standard over boost pressure from the superchargers.
Test safety equipment:
Roll cage, 4 point safety belts, Fire extinguisher system, logging for data collection.
Comparison chart results at Nardo/Prototipo for Production cars:
1. Koenigsegg CCR 388 km/h
2. McLaren F1 372 km/h
3. Ferrari Enzo 355 km/h
4. Porsche Carrera GT 334 km/h
4. McLaren Mercedes SLR 334 km/h
5. Lamborghini Murcielago 330 km/h
Data was collected from Auto Motor & Sport, The official McLaren web page and from Prototipo for the Koenigsegg data.
This press release can also be downloaded from: www.koenigsegg.com. On the webpage there is also a scorching hot video clip from the test.
For further information, please contact: lotta@koenigsegg.se[/email] or [email]halldora@koenigsegg.se
Koenigsegg Automotive AB
http://www.salon-auto.ch/en/exposan...dContent=12757# |
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| SaabKraft |
| so the swedish supercar edged out the tuned porsche 9ff? albeit that porsche wasn't factory spec, it did edge out the maclaren by 1 or so mph recently on nardo. |
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| Nightstalker |
And this matters how.. Realistically where and when are you even possiably going to have a need to go over 180km/h...
OH WAIT.. there is none.. Personally I would say the car should be regeared to max out around 250km/h so that the power is usefull.. But maybe thats just me.
A perfect example of this was when I was watching Rides a month or so ago.. It was a special about Lambos.. and they asked the drivers how fast have you gone.. The highest was 160mph (question asked in Socal). My civic with the D series engine was able to make it to 140mph.. Which was the answer of more then half of the people that they asked gave.. Yes they got there faster, but where is a road in north america that its safe to attempt that ? I think you would be hard pressed to find one.. That is my rant for the day.
140mph ~ 220km/h |
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| ManHunter |
And if everybody thought like you do, we'd still be riding horses to work...
MH |
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| ManHunter |
There is a video on the net of a F1 run where the pilot says "391 kph". I'm guessing that was the 372kph run, and the speedo at that speed if off by 20kph?
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| Nightstalker |
quote:
Originally posted by ManHunter
And if everybody thought like you do, we'd still be riding horses to work...
MH
Whats the top speed on the Lude ? |
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| ManHunter |
Never tried it.
What I meant was that technology moves forward by always pushing the envelope. It's the only way to do it.
MH |
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| snugs |
quote:
Originally posted by a bitter guy with a slow car
And this matters how.. Realistically where and when are you even possiably going to have a need to go over 180km/h...
:p |
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| mwdguy |
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Originally posted by Nightstalker
And this matters how.. Realistically where and when are you even possiably going to have a need to go over 180km/h...
... says the man with the honduh ...
well considering i trap at 177 km/hr (110mph) i can see lots of reason to be able to go faster than that. `d |
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| Kim@dkimports |
| this car ran in the gumball 3000 in 2003 and hit 242mph. only problem was it had to be followed by a team of mechanics just to keep it going. cluth kept going and then the cooling system went as well......all in vegas so they were lucky. |
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| ManHunter |
The team of mechanics was following at 242mph? With a more reliable car? :lol:
MH |
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| Kim@dkimports |
| the mechanics followed in a pick-up truck from las vegas and they kept up not bad haha. 30 min wait for the team to cath up wenthe car died. |
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| ChromeDragon |
| According to the Gumball DVD they were forced to purchase a new Jetta for a thermostat housing to use on the Koenigsegg. |
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| Kim@dkimports |
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Originally posted by ChromeDragon
According to the Gumball DVD they were forced to purchase a new Jetta for a thermostat housing to use on the Koenigsegg.
i have a torrent link for anyone that wants to dl it. |
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| Pro Drag |
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Originally posted by Kim@dkimports
i have a torrent link for anyone that wants to dl it.
Post that shit up.:bthumbup: |
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| Kim@dkimports |
ok original torrent went down so i made a seperate one on a open site.
hope it works
edit: it was messed, doing another. |
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| DC5PWR |
| Error, no such directory |
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| Kim@dkimports |
well its working for other right now as i have a 60kb/s upload going.
if you use the actual bit torrent client i know it works for sure. |
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| Markgase2000 |
| I wanna see that thing rip! |
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| Nightstalker |
quote:
Originally posted by mwdguy
... says the man with the honduh ...
well considering i trap at 177 km/hr (110mph) i can see lots of reason to be able to go faster than that. `d
My car did just under 220km/h with the old engine in it.. its much faster now.. people that cut down hondas tend to have no idea what they are talking about..Bring your car to a lapping event, prove how much better yours is then mine.. then open your mouth.. ;) |
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| Altezza |
| This car looks like a Labmo/McLaren too me does anyone else see this or is it just me ? |
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| beatshack |
| useless speed, yeah, but if you're the 2nd fastest in the world, you get less than half the exposure and sales.. Christian von Koenigsegg funded the original project himself, and lost all his hair (literally!) from it.. gotta get that money back somehow ;) |
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| Shady_Pro |
quote:
Originally posted by Nightstalker
My car did just under 220km/h with the old engine in it.. its much faster now.. people that cut down hondas tend to have no idea what they are talking about..Bring your car to a lapping event, prove how much better yours is then mine.. then open your mouth.. ;)
i'll second that with a beer:beer:
comment of the day!:owned: |
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| beatshack |
despite the dirt thrown on Honda's name, (largely because of stereotypes that go with the owners) they are incredibly solid engines that take a beating and a half.. well engineered.. also at auto-x events in town, usually the honda hatches end up cleaning up against the wrx's and corvettes.
not my favorite manufactuer, but i still respect. |
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| midnite |
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Originally posted by Altezza
This car looks like a Labmo/McLaren too me does anyone else see this or is it just me ?
I thought it was a lamborghini at first. |
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