Simply in time for Christian von Koenigsegg’s fiftieth birthday this yr, the Swedish automaker has launched the CC850. If it is not apparent, the CC850 hypercar harkens again to the unique CC8S, Koenigsegg’s first manufacturing automotive, which was launched in 2002.
However what’s actually particular in regards to the Koenigsegg CC850 hypercar is its transmission or because the automaker calls it, the TWMPAFMPC transmission, which stands for The Worlds Most Highly effective And Quickest Guide Manufacturing Automotive. It is a six-speed handbook transmission, full with a gated shifter and three pedals. Not solely that, change it to drive mode (rightmost, down) and you may entry the nine-speed automated.
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This feels like a sophisticated system and as a birthday deal with, Koenigsegg tried to clarify the way it works by the walkaround video embedded atop this web page. Principally, it is an all-electronic affair, with solely the six gears accessible when in handbook mode. Nevertheless, the gear ratio is completely different when in handbook mode, which additionally adjustments relying on the drive mode. Within the video, Koenigsegg additionally supplied a fast rationalization of how the ratio adjustments for every mode.
Of observe, you have to have interaction the clutch pedal when utilizing the handbook mode, as you’ll in a traditional handbook. And sure, you may stall the automobile once you bathroom the launch, as you’ll in a traditional handbook.
The CC850 is powered by a twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V8 engine sourced from the Koenigsegg Jesko, although downtuned to simply 1,385 horsepower (1,033 kilowatts) when utilizing E85 gas, with a most torque of 1,022 pound-feet (1,385 Newton-meters). At 1,385 kilograms (3,053 kilos), the CC850 has a one-to-one power-to-weight ratio. Koenigsegg jested that they needed to struggle for that quantity in the course of the improvement stage.
Identical to the CC8S, the CC850 will probably be uncommon with solely 50 samples to be produced. Koenigsegg hasn’t disclosed the pricing and availability of the hypercar, however as with all Koenigseggs, this automobile is reserved for the one-percenters.