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Koenigsegg CCR Top Speed
On 28 February 2005 Loris Bicocchi drove a CCR round the banked bowl at Nardo in Italy at 387.87 km/h (241.01 mph). That beat the McLaren F1, which had held the production car record since Andy Wallace ran it to 386.4 km/h at Ehra-Lessien in March 1998. The margin was about one and a half km/h after nearly seven years. Guinness recognised it, and a small Swedish company that had been building cars for barely three years was suddenly the fastest in the world.
Full specifications
| Engine | 4.7L V8, twin Rotrex superchargers |
|---|---|
| Power | 806 hp (817 PS) at 6,900 rpm |
| Torque | 920 Nm at 5,700 rpm |
| Curb weight | 1,230 kg |
| Dry weight | 1,180 kg |
| 0–100 km/h | 3.2 sec |
| Record speed | 387.87 km/h (241.01 mph) |
| Record date | 28 February 2005 |
| Record location | Nardo Ring, Italy |
| Record driver | Loris Bicocchi |
| Record it beat | McLaren F1, 386.4 km/h, 1998 |
| Production run | 14 units |
| Built | 2004 to 2006 |
About the CCR
The CCR was Koenigsegg's third car and the one that made people take the company seriously. It used a 4.7-litre V8 with two Rotrex superchargers rather than turbos, which gave it 806 hp and, more importantly, gave it that power immediately rather than after a pause. It weighed 1,230 kg. In 2005 that combination was extraordinary.
The record run is worth understanding properly, because it was not the same kind of test as the ones that came later. Nardo is a banked circle about 12.5 km around, not a straight. A car running it is very slightly cornering the whole way, and the banking means the tyres are carrying more than the car's own weight. That costs speed rather than adding it, which is why the figure is respected. It is also why it is not directly comparable to a two-way straight-line average like the Agera RS ran in Nevada twelve years later.
The record did not last long. Bugatti's Veyron 16.4 arrived later the same year with 1,001 PS and 407 km/h, and that was that. The CCR held the title for a matter of months, which is easy to read as a footnote and is really the opposite. A company with fourteen cars of annual output had briefly beaten everyone, and it set up everything that followed.
Fourteen CCRs were built between 2004 and 2006. If you want the line joined up: McLaren F1 in 1998, CCR in early 2005, Veyron later in 2005, Veyron Super Sport in 2010, and Agera RS in 2017, which is where the verified record still sits.
Record set 28 February 2005 at the Nardo Ring, Italy, driver Loris Bicocchi. Specifications from Koenigsegg. McLaren F1 comparison figure from its 31 March 1998 run at Ehra-Lessien.