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Koenigsegg Recalls All 7 CC850 Hypercars in America Because They Could Roll Away Unexpectedly

Only 70 units of the 1185-horsepower Koenigsegg CC850 will ever be built built, and 10 percent of those exclusive hypercars live in the United States. Now, all seven of the U.S.-allocated CC850s are being recalled over a faulty parking brake, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Over-the-air update allows Koenigsegg Jesko to reach 190 mph in the quarter-mile, breaking production car record

Koenigsegg The 1,600-horsepower Koenigsegg Jesko Absolute recently received an over-the-air update that unlocks record-breaking speeds. This feat comes two years after Absolute broke the 0-250-0-mph record with a time of 28.27 seconds. The hypercar – or, as Koenigsegg prefers to call it, the megacar – can now

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Christian von Koenigsegg said no to electric vehicles

During a visit to Koenigsegg’s factory in Sweden for the unveiling of his latest LEGO project dedicated to Sadair Spear, I asked Christian von Koenigsegg a question that is more relevant today than ever: “Where does the company stand on building electric cars?” With Ferrari recently unveiling the Lucero, and some of its other competitors

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World’s fastest Lego car: Koenigsegg reaches 69 mph

The full-size LEGO Koenigsegg Sadair Spear set a record of 69 mph at Goodwood, more than double the previous LEGO Technic speed mark. Built from 327,906 pieces and weighing nearly 4,000 pounds total, it is one of the most complex drivable Lego cars ever made. The project also launched the $516 Technic Set, which included

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