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AUTOS: Koenigsegg Pushes Limits … Again
Swedish supercar builder users advanced technology to create yet another world-beating Agera R for 2013.
With its carbon-fiber construction and 1,140-horsepower engine, the Koenigsegg Agera R has a power-to-weight ratio of 2.6 pounds per horsepower. (Photo: Koenigsegg)
In the world of hyperfast exotics, the automotive arms race is as hot as ever. Case in point: the 2013 Koenigsegg Agera R.
With such things as carbon-fiber monocoques, inboard-mounted pushrod dampers, 700-plus horsepower engines and seriously significant downforce-generating wings and bodies, the upper echelon of the supercar world is drawing close to formula-car technology, and in some cases, it's even using it.
It's no different in the Koenigsegg Agera R, which will be on display at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, except that some of the tech is even more impressive.
Take, for instance, the world’s first hollow, one-piece carbon-fiber wheels. Shaving about 45 pounds from the Agera R's unsprung mass, these wheels claim to be the first of their kind; the only bit of metal in the whole works is the valve stem.
Or consider the nano-surfaced cylinder sleeves. Some sort of advanced particle technology has been around for years now, particularly on cylinder walls, thanks to Ford's plasma-transferred wire-arc technology (licensed by others, including Nissan for use in the GT-R), but again Koenigsegg claims a world first in the use of nano-surfaced sleeves to reduce friction and fuel consumption.
Then there's the 1,140-horsepower rating for the E85-fueled Agera R, a rise of 25 horsepower over last year's Agera R. The extra power comes from a new engine-management system and a 300-rpm higher rev limit, now maxing out at 7,500 rpm. That much power translates to a power-to-weight ratio of 2.6 pounds per horsepower. Insane.
Of course, power is useless if it can't be controlled, so Koenigsegg has combined with Ohlins Racing to make its Triplex pushrod/inboard damper suspension standard on the Agera R. Koenigsegg's in-house electronic stability control is also standard.
Oh, and the Agera R can reach up to 1.6 g in lateral acceleration on its Michelin SuperSport street tires and a claimed 273 mph top speed, though it hasn't yet been proven. With the ability to get to 200 mph in just 17.68 seconds, it probably won't be long until someone reaches the top speed, by accident.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
With such things as carbon-fiber monocoques, inboard-mounted pushrod dampers, 700-plus horsepower engines and seriously significant downforce-generating wings and bodies, the upper echelon of the supercar world is drawing close to formula-car technology, and in some cases, it's even using it.
It's no different in the Koenigsegg Agera R, which will be on display at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, except that some of the tech is even more impressive.
Take, for instance, the world’s first hollow, one-piece carbon-fiber wheels. Shaving about 45 pounds from the Agera R's unsprung mass, these wheels claim to be the first of their kind; the only bit of metal in the whole works is the valve stem.
Or consider the nano-surfaced cylinder sleeves. Some sort of advanced particle technology has been around for years now, particularly on cylinder walls, thanks to Ford's plasma-transferred wire-arc technology (licensed by others, including Nissan for use in the GT-R), but again Koenigsegg claims a world first in the use of nano-surfaced sleeves to reduce friction and fuel consumption.
Then there's the 1,140-horsepower rating for the E85-fueled Agera R, a rise of 25 horsepower over last year's Agera R. The extra power comes from a new engine-management system and a 300-rpm higher rev limit, now maxing out at 7,500 rpm. That much power translates to a power-to-weight ratio of 2.6 pounds per horsepower. Insane.
Of course, power is useless if it can't be controlled, so Koenigsegg has combined with Ohlins Racing to make its Triplex pushrod/inboard damper suspension standard on the Agera R. Koenigsegg's in-house electronic stability control is also standard.
Oh, and the Agera R can reach up to 1.6 g in lateral acceleration on its Michelin SuperSport street tires and a claimed 273 mph top speed, though it hasn't yet been proven. With the ability to get to 200 mph in just 17.68 seconds, it probably won't be long until someone reaches the top speed, by accident.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
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