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The 'Koenigsegg CCR' is an automobile and supercar made by Koenigsegg. Designed and manufactured in Ängelholm, Sweden, it debuted at the 2004 Geneva Auto Show. It briefly held the world speed record for a production car.

Contents

Overview

Testing history

Specifications

Performance

Body

Dimensions

Aerodynamics

Suspension

Brakes

Wheels

Tires

Steering

Engine specifications

Transmission

Trivia

External links

See also

Overview

The CCR is based on the Koenigsegg CC8S, featuring more power and higher performance. The improved-power engine of the prototype was made possible by the use of a Lysholm twin-screw supercharger and a new titanium exhaust system. This takes the power output to a maximum of 806 hp (601 kW) at 6,900 rpm. Torque is also distributed evenly and peaks at 920 N·m (678 ft·lbf) at 5,700 rpm. This car was the first production vehicle to sport a horsepower gauge - it has since been joined by the Bugatti Veyron.
However, this supercharger is not used in production cars. According to the official Koenigsegg book (ISBN 91-975178-3-6), the Lysholm twin-screw supercharger was lumbering and difficult to install in the mid-engined package. The production CCR is equipped with dual centrifugal compressors which are manufactured by Rotrex instead. It provides the same power, but lowers the peak torque point from 5,700 to 5,400 rpm.
Externally the CCR looks similar to the CC8S, but features a new side air-intake design, a tweaked headlight arrangement, a revised rear-end, larger brakes, more power and new front splitters for optimized downforce. Like the CC8S, the CCR is a two-seat coupe with a mid-engine, featuring large, high-tech dihedral synchro-helix actuation doors that open by rotating up and forward.
To honour the Swedish Fighter Jet Squadron No. 1, (Johan röd) which had occupied the current facility of Koenigsegg, the CCR is adorned with a symbol of a ghost, the symbol of the squadron.
On a History Channel special on the CCR (Aug, 2006), Koenigsegg states that the base price for the CCR is approximately US$590,000.

Testing history

The manufacturers claimed in 2005 when the car was released that the CCR is the fastest road car in the world, with a theoretical top speed of more than 385 km/h (240 mph); however, this has since been beaten by the Bugatti Veyron in 2006.
On February 28, 2005, at 12.08 local time, the Koenigsegg CCR broke the production road car speed record, achieving a new official top speed of 387.87 km/h (241.01 mph) 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 CCR, driven by famous supercar test driver and veteran record breaker Loris Bicocchi. The car was clocked using Tag Heuer´s Splitmaster 650 with photocells stationary at the track, recording the average speed during 1 km.
The CCR took the record from the McLaren F1, which held the record for over 12 years of 386.7 km/h, set on the 9 km straight track at the VW Ehra facility in Wolfsburg, Germany. The CCR ran on the Nardò/Prototipo track, 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 angle, a fairly sharp angle for the speed. On the same track, the F1 managed an unofficial record of 372 km/h.
In May, 2005 not long after the CCR claimed the record, a prototype of the long awaited Bugatti Veyron took the crown with a top speed over 400 km/h (249 mph). The final production model of the Veyron reached a speed of 407.5 km/h (253.2 mph) in the hands of Car and Driver in their November 2005 issue. However, the Bugatti set the record on the aforementioned official VW-test track in Ehra-Lessien with a 9 km unbroken straight, as opposed to the Nardò-track which is circular.

Specifications

Performance

★ Acceleration: 0-100 km/h (0–62 mph) 3.2 seconds

★ Top speed: 395 km/h (about 242 mph) @ 6790 rpm (max rpm = 7600)

★ Standing quarter mile: 9.9 seconds, end speed 235 km/h (146 mph)

★ Braking distance: 31 m (100–0 km/h)

★ Lateral ''g''-force: 1.3 ''g'' (13 m/s²)

Body

Two-door, two-seater with removable hardtop stowable under the bonnet. The body is made of carbon fibre/kevlar as well as lightweight hard-foam sandwich reinforcements for gas.

Dimensions

★ Ground clearance: 100 mm (3.9 in)

★ Luggage compartment: 120 litres (4.24 cubic feet)

Aerodynamics

★ ''C''_d 0.297

★ Frontal area 1.825 m²

★ Underbody venturis and diffusers

Suspension

★ Double wishbone, front and rear.

★ Adjustable shock absorbers.

★ Electronically adjustable ride height.

Brakes

★ Front and rear ventilated disc brakes, 362 mm x 32 mm (14.25" x 0.8").

★ 6 piston calipers.

Wheels

★ Koenigsegg magnesium alloy wheels with centre locking.

★ Front: 19" x 9.5"

★ Rear: 20" x 12.5"

Tires

★ Michelin Pilot Sport 2 tires. Unidirectional with asymmetric tread pattern.

★ Front: 255/35–19"

★ Rear: 335/30–20"

Steering

★ Rack and pinion power steering.

★ 2.7 turns lock to lock.

★ Turning circle: 11 metres.

Engine specifications

★ Type: Ford Modular engine V8 cast aluminium, 4 valves per cylinder, double overhead camshafts. Carbon Fibre cam covers.

★ Engine displacement: 4.7 litres.

★ Compression ratio: 8.6:1

★ Weight: 215 kg

★ Lubrication system: Dry sump with under-piston oil squirters; oil cooler.

★ Motor oil: SAE 10W60 synthetic.

★ Oil tank capacity: 12 litres (10.6 imperial quarts)

★ Induction system: Sequential multipoint fuel injection. Dual Rotrex centrifugal intercooled superchargers with maximum 1.4 bar (140 kPa) boost pressure.

★ Fuel: 98 RON unleaded.

★ Ignition system: Electronic Coil on plug (Direct Ignition - DI).

★ Engine redline: 7,600 rpm.

Transmission

★ Purpose-built Cima 6-speed transmission.

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★ Incorporates internal oil pump with cooler.

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★ Torsen limited slip differential.

★ Electronically-operated, sintered organic dual-plate clutch of 215 mm (8½ inch) diameter.

Trivia

★ During its review of the CCR's successor, the CCX, BBC television program ''Top Gear'' reported that the Koenigsegg CCR holds the fastest speeding ticket in the United States, which allegedly occurred in May 2003 in Texas. It was supposedly 242 mph (389 km/h) in a 75-mph zone. The car was involved in the San Francisco to Miami Gumball 3000 Rally. The driver, Arthur Chirkinian, was arrested and the car towed. His co-driver paid his bail and they retrieved the car from impound. While trying to catch up to the other gumballers the driver noticed smoke from the engine and his oil pressure was low. He pulled over to find his oil cap had gone "missing" while it was impounded. Arthur Chirkinian hitched a ride to the local Volkswagen dealership where he purchased a brand new Volkswagen Beetle and drove it to where his CCR was parked. He filled the CCR back up with oil and took the oil cap off the Beetle and put it on the CCR as that is the only oil cap that would fit his car. He then took off in hopes of catching everyone else, leaving a brand new Beetle on the side of the road with the doors unlocked and the key still in it. He caught up to the pack later that night in New Orleans.

External links

★ Koenigsegg CCR – World’s Fastest Car

★ Official site

★ Koenigsegg CCR - article by Matt Vella

★ BlogSense.net Auto Gallery

★ 2004 Koenigsegg CCR Images and Stats

★ Car Pictures and Specification - Koenigsegg CCR

See also

★ McLaren F1

★ Bugatti Veyron