But then again so did the Porsche CGT, Ferrari Enzo, Zonda and Maserati.
One:1 [Official] Koenigsegg One:1
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The Koenigsegg One:1 was presented at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show held in March. Koenigsegg built six cars apart from the car presented at the Geneva Motor Show, all of which were already sold. Koenigsegg took two cars to the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where they were displayed alongside other sports cars such as the McLaren P1, LaFerrari, the Porsche 918 Spyder and the Pagani Huayra.
Mr Robert
Kraftwagen König
Exactly!
Rainer271
Kraftwagen König
Koenigsegg One:1 crash caused by ABS glitch, will be rebuilt
Following the crash earlier this week at the Nürburgring, Koenigsegg has taken the wrecked One:1 back to the factory in Sweden for detailed analysis. And what it found is that the crash was due to a glitch with the Antilock Braking System.
The problem with the front left ABS wheel sensor signal likely triggered a warning light in the instrument display – something which the driver might have noticed under normal circumstances, but apparently missed while focused on the task of manhandling the thousand-horsepower hypercar around the world's most challenging racetrack.
The car would also have behaved perfectly normally, even under braking, until the ABS was activated. And the first section of the track where ABS was needed was at Fuchsröhre. So when the driver stomped on the brakes at over 100 miles per hour, the front wheels locked up and the car left the track, hitting the fence at the following Adenauer Forst section at nearly 70 mph.
The impact launched the car 70 feet into the air, spinning 180 degrees around and landing on its left rear wheel. Fortunately, the company reports, “the airbags, fuel shut-off and other safety systems all deployed as they were designed to do.” The driver got out and, with the onboard extinguisher, put out a small fire that resulted from contact between the exhaust and carbon-fiber body panels. He was taken to hospital for routine checks but released the same afternoon.
The manufacturer found that, apart from the ABS glitch, everything worked as it was supposed to. It's going to update the vehicle software so that it warns the driver of any potential ABS fault as part of its existing Active Systems Warning feature along with the adaptive aero and suspension, and limit the vehicle's speed in such a case to 62 mph.
Because the monocoque itself was undamaged, Koenigsegg says it plans to rebuild the car “in the near future” and eventually return with it to the Nordschleife. It just can't say when that will be at this early stage.
Source: Carscoops
Following the crash earlier this week at the Nürburgring, Koenigsegg has taken the wrecked One:1 back to the factory in Sweden for detailed analysis. And what it found is that the crash was due to a glitch with the Antilock Braking System.
The problem with the front left ABS wheel sensor signal likely triggered a warning light in the instrument display – something which the driver might have noticed under normal circumstances, but apparently missed while focused on the task of manhandling the thousand-horsepower hypercar around the world's most challenging racetrack.
The car would also have behaved perfectly normally, even under braking, until the ABS was activated. And the first section of the track where ABS was needed was at Fuchsröhre. So when the driver stomped on the brakes at over 100 miles per hour, the front wheels locked up and the car left the track, hitting the fence at the following Adenauer Forst section at nearly 70 mph.
The impact launched the car 70 feet into the air, spinning 180 degrees around and landing on its left rear wheel. Fortunately, the company reports, “the airbags, fuel shut-off and other safety systems all deployed as they were designed to do.” The driver got out and, with the onboard extinguisher, put out a small fire that resulted from contact between the exhaust and carbon-fiber body panels. He was taken to hospital for routine checks but released the same afternoon.
The manufacturer found that, apart from the ABS glitch, everything worked as it was supposed to. It's going to update the vehicle software so that it warns the driver of any potential ABS fault as part of its existing Active Systems Warning feature along with the adaptive aero and suspension, and limit the vehicle's speed in such a case to 62 mph.
Because the monocoque itself was undamaged, Koenigsegg says it plans to rebuild the car “in the near future” and eventually return with it to the Nordschleife. It just can't say when that will be at this early stage.
Source: Carscoops
Porsche Guy
Kraftkurve King
Wish more brands were open about their process and highs/lows. It's great that they put this info out.
sanpt7777
Headlight Hero
I guess the car 'knows' an ABS sensor failed, and it's safer to just lock the front wheels.
WBarnes
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Koenigsegg closes highway near Vegas for top-speed record attempt
Koenigsegg closes highway near Vegas for top-speed record attempt
Jeremy Korzeniewski
AutoblogNovember 4, 2017
A reporter from the Journal reports on Twitter that an Agera RS has already hits speeds of 291 miles per hour, albeit unofficially. If that's true, it'll handily destroy the current 268-mile-per-hour top-speed record set by Bugatti in 2010. Of course, Koenigsegg has a habit of one-upping Bugatti, having broken the Chiron's 0-248-0 record of 41.96 seconds by a comparatively massive 5.2 seconds.
The Koenigsegg Agera RS being used reportedly has the factory's one-megawatt upgrade, which means it's sending 1,360-horsepower and 1,011 pound-feet of torque to the rear wheels. We'll have to wait for an official Guinness-approved record announcement, but we're guessing that's only a matter of time.
Koenigsegg closes highway near Vegas for top-speed record attempt
Jeremy Korzeniewski
AutoblogNovember 4, 2017
A reporter from the Journal reports on Twitter that an Agera RS has already hits speeds of 291 miles per hour, albeit unofficially. If that's true, it'll handily destroy the current 268-mile-per-hour top-speed record set by Bugatti in 2010. Of course, Koenigsegg has a habit of one-upping Bugatti, having broken the Chiron's 0-248-0 record of 41.96 seconds by a comparatively massive 5.2 seconds.
The Koenigsegg Agera RS being used reportedly has the factory's one-megawatt upgrade, which means it's sending 1,360-horsepower and 1,011 pound-feet of torque to the rear wheels. We'll have to wait for an official Guinness-approved record announcement, but we're guessing that's only a matter of time.
WBarnes
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WBarnes
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277.9mph average.
Koenigsegg Agera RS takes world's fastest car crown with 277.9mph run
TopspeedPT
Track Technician
DjordjeC63
Vorsprung Visionary
457kmh at one moment, wow! Now I trust them.
Exactly, meanwhile the Chiron can do that until it runs out of fuel.
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Koenigsegg
Koenigsegg Automotive AB is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance sports cars based in Ängelholm, Skåne County, Sweden.
The company was founded in 1994 in Sweden by Christian von Koenigsegg, to produce a "world-class" sports car. Many years of
development and testing led to the CC8S, the company's first street-legal production car which was introduced in 2002.
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