Skillful tweaking of the Koenigsegg hypercar package leads to the Agera S Hundra, the company’s hundredth customer vehicle and rolling showcase for all that is right in the world. A rough calculation of 10 years in business over 100 cars shows that these stunners aren’t born overnight: in fact, it takes more than 36 days to build each car from scratch. Is it worth it? Oh yes, and then some. This Koenigsegg is every bit as spectacular as the latest Pagani and Bugatti models, and even innovates dozens of clever technical achievements yet to be included by their southern European rivals.
This Agera S Hundra customer car shipped right from Geneva to its new home with a wealthy Chinese gentleman. However, your own version of the Agera S model is available now, with numero 101 baking in the autoclave as we speak.
Koenigsegg does things a little differently than the other hypercar makes, and the world is better for it. Engineering mastermind and company founder Christian Von Koenigsegg’s dream of the perfect hypercar is a real, gurgling pack of 100 blood-thirsty savages. His reality rolls out of the company’s aircraft hangar facility and into the dreams of gearheads worldwide.
Skillful tweaking of the Koenigsegg hypercar package leads to the Agera S Hundra, the company’s hundredth customer vehicle and rolling showcase for all that is right in the world. A rough calculation of 10 years in business over 100 cars shows that these stunners aren’t born overnight: in fact, it takes more than 36 days to build each car from scratch. Is it worth it? Oh yes, and then some. This Koenigsegg is every bit as spectacular as the latest Pagani and Bugatti models, and even innovates dozens of clever technical achievements yet to be included by their southern European rivals.
This Agera S Hundra customer car shipped right from Geneva to its new home with a wealthy Chinese gentleman. However, your own version of the Agera S model is available now, with numero 101 baking in the autoclave as we speak.
The looks of the Agera S Hundra match the template we’ve come to expect from the Swedish dream-weavers. In this specification, the car is done up in exposed-weave carbon Kevlar with gold leaf accents. It’s a flashy paintjob that ensures this car is forever a very unique example.
Beneath the tasteless visage lies Koenigsegg’s elegant, minimalist body shape that is handsome and forceful but friendly on first viewing. There’s little of the fear and intimidation factor that makes the Lamborghini Veneno so striking, and the Agera S is better for it.
So, is it an old body shape? It’s easy to think it looks too familiar to be all new, but in fact, the looks of the latest Agera models are very different from the initial CC8 models, especially in the nose and tail detailing, the aerodynamics and lighting. The Agera S implements the latest LED styles tastefully and also includes aero spats and carbon-fiber vents on the top of the fenders. The brand-new Aircore carbon-fiber, center-locking wheels set off the exposed carbon bodywork nicely to show that this car is truly a cost-is-no-object thrill ride.
The Agera S keeps the features that make this shape legendary. The parabolic doors still prop up and outward on damped struts, the roof still fits in the front trunk to turn coupe into chic spyder, and the gorgeously plump dual helmet shapes still surge from the sky-lit roof rearward over the engine compartment.
Overall it is one of the most lasting and attractive mid-engine hypercar styling exercises to date. One look at the Bugatti Veyron ’s fat midsection instantly shows off how well Koenigsegg got the fundamental shape correct. Why stick to this styling mode? The pre-preg carbon fiber tub dictates a lot of the car’s outward appearance, and its strength has gotten Koenigsegg from 0 mph up to cruising via its (likely) best-on-earth 65,000 Nm/degree torsional rigidity.
The Swedish team at Koenigsegg has a new ghost mascot adorning their V-8’s engine cover and a few other places. In homage to the airbase’s former occupants, the Casper-esque mascot is somewhat emblematic of the company’s efforts since their early-2000s founding. This is no shadow factory or special-forces safe house any longer, but still Koenigsegg’s very public excellence has snuck up on some of the established hypercar greats.
With the car set up for Vmax runs, the theoretical top speed is 273 mph, more than 6 mph faster than the Veyron at Volkswagen ’s private Ehra Lessen test track. Unsurprisingly, the auto giant has not allowed Koenigsegg access to timed runs at the only facility in the world with a long enough flat track to hit 250-plus speeds reliably.
Short of another world war against the German Axis, it is unlikely that the Army Corp of Engineers will lengthen the runways at Koenigsegg headquarters any time soon. Does it matter? No. The Agera S Hundra is a masterpiece that few will ever really experience.
Like seeing a ghost, the memory of a Koenigsegg is sure to linger between daydream and wild nightmare among all car guys. If only we all could experience the chills and thrills this Agera S packs as standard equipment. To the lucky few, we tip our hats for feeding our collective hypercar fantasies.
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