Christian von Koenigsegg has revealed more details
about his company’s upcoming entry-level model. Speaking with Road & Track,
von Koenigsegg said the car will debut at next year’s Geneva Motor Show and
won’t be as extreme as their other products. As he explained, “It will be more
of a road car, not at all track focused.”
Koenigsegg wasn’t ready to talk specifications, but
he did say the car will be electrified and have a naturally-aspirated V8 engine
with Freevalve technology. The latter is a bit hard to explain, but it’s a
camless engine which uses fully variable valve actuation. This allows engines
to produce more power while also using less fuel.
The car will be built in Ängelholm, just like
regular Koenigsegg models, and the company is planning on building a “couple
hundred” units annually. That’s still pretty limited compared to other supercar
makers, but a massive leap for Koenigsegg. Being an entry level model, it
will also more affordable than the company’s more extreme supercars. Von
Koenigsegg estimated the car will cost between US$ 680,000 – US$ 910,000.
Besides talking about the upcoming model, the
Swedish brand’s founder said they are forming a new company. It will be focused
on providing help to other companies seeking to develop new platforms,
electrical systems and even carbon fiber wheels. He also suggested this will
allow their innovations to trickle down to “normal cars.”
Von Koenigsegg also talked a little bit about their
partnership with NEVS. As he explained, they had been working on their
entry-level model for a couple of years and decided they needed a partner so
their other projects wouldn’t be affected.
The company ended up going with NEVS, which
surprised a lot of people. However, Koenigsegg’s boss noted the two companies
have been working together for a while as they have been using Saab’s former
testing facilities in Trollhättan.
