The Koenigsegg Agera R is definitely an exclusive hypercar born coming from the mind of Christian von Koenigsegg, a Swedish entrepreneur who turned a childhood dream into your reality while he formed his own car company over 15 years back.
Koenigsegg favors evolutionary design changes and also the Agera R shares its overall dimensions using the CCX It‘s given the job of replacing. It stretches 169 inches long, 78. 6 inches wide and merely 44. 1 inches tall.
Designed like a race car for an open road, the Agera R's low-slung design is accentuated by almond-shaped headlights with integrated LED daytime running lamps, a wraparound windshield with one wiper, small side windows and enormous air vents in front from the rear wheels. Out back, the Agera R boasts oval LED tail lamps, a mid-mounted exhaust and also a functional air diffuser, while scissor doors that open with a 90-degree angle finish from the look.
For open-air motoring, the Agera R features a removable roof panel that may be stowed away inside a compartment located inside the front from the car.
Jaw-Dropping Power Agera R - a name which means "take action" in Swedish - is powered using a 5. 0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine that churns out 1, 140 horsepower and also a brutal 885 lb-ft. of torque. The 2, 932-pound Agera R sprints from zero to 62 mph in 2. 8 seconds and reaches a high speed of more than 273 mph.
Contrary to just what the aforementioned numbers might suggest, the Swedish supersports car is not about power. Huge brakes on several four corners enable the Agera to accelerate from zero to 124 mph and are available to some full stop in just 12. 6 seconds.
Life Aboard
The Agera R offers a track-inspired interior with room for two passengers on leather-upholstered two-tone bucket seats with contrasting stitching. The middle console, the multi-function steering wheel and elements of the dashboard are crafted from carbon fiber in an effort to reduce weight.
The instrument cluster includes several small digital gauges housed in three main pods. They could be configured from the driver to supply a full panoply of data including the car's speed, fuel pressure, oil and water temperature as well as the approximate level of horsepower generated from the engine at a time.
A high-definition touch screen mounted on the middle stack groups the Agera's navigation, climate control, entertainment and connectivity functions into one unit. Unlike many startup supercar manufacturers, Koenigsegg designs and builds all switches and stalks in-house.
While cargo capacity Isn‘t what most supercar buyers are after, Koenigsegg proudly states the Agera is that the roomiest car in its class with 4. 2 cubic feet of trunk space.
Standard and Optional Equipment
The Agera R comes standard with power windows, adjustable pedals and seats, power steering, navigation, leather carpeting, a car cover, an alarm and also a storage bag to the removable roof panel.
Buyers get access to an extended collection of options including different rear wings, stripes and decals, over ten exterior colors, three different wheel designs, miscellaneous upholstery colors, heated seats, a rear-view camera, four-point racing harnesses and, truth be told, a set of two skis that suits the car.
Occupant Safety
The Agera R features dual airbags, a tire pressure monitoring system, an electronic stability control designed in-house and also a Formula 1-inspired traction control system that provides five different handling modes.
Key competitors
At this price and performance level, the few vehicles that may be cross-shopped using the Agera include the Pagani Huayra, the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 and Bugatti Veyron.
