--- title: Koenigsegg · HICONIUM description: A one-man assault on the supercar order that out-engineers far older names. canonical_url: https://hiconium.com/manufacturers/koenigsegg image: https://hiconium.com/og/marque/koenigsegg.png --- > HICONIUM · Index: https://hiconium.com/llms.txt · Every page: append `.md` or send `Accept: text/markdown`. > Path: [Home](https://hiconium.com/) › [Manufacturers](https://hiconium.com/manufacturers) › Koenigsegg > On this page: [The essential Koenigseggs](#the-essential-koenigseggs) · [Every Koenigsegg on file](#every-koenigsegg-on-file) · [CC Era](#cc-era) · [Agera & One:1](#agera--one1) · [Jesko · Regera · Gemera](#jesko--regera--gemera) · [Each Koenigsegg generation is built around a proprietary engineering solution.](#each-koenigsegg-generation-is-built-around-a-proprietary-engineering-solution) · [Arms first carried by knights.](#arms-first-carried-by-knights) ![Koenigsegg — manufacturer stage](https://hiconium.com/_derived/images/marques/stage/koenigsegg.jpg.w1920.q75.webp) [Manufacturers  /  Koenigsegg](https://hiconium.com/manufacturers) # Koenigsegg Ängelholm, Sweden · est. 1994 Each Koenigsegg generation is built around a proprietary engineering solution. The carbon-bodied CC8S established the removable roof and dihedral doors; later cars added in-house powertrains. Original specification and factory records distinguish scarce cars. Models 12 Top value €5M Period 1994– [Explore models](https://hiconium.com/manufacturers/koenigsegg#essential) [Manufacturer profile](https://hiconium.com/manufacturers/koenigsegg#house-profile) ![Koenigsegg — manufacturer stage](https://hiconium.com/_derived/images/marques/stage/koenigsegg.jpg.w1920.q75.webp) Curated entry points ## The essential Koenigseggs Three cars that explain the manufacturer: its origins, its engineering peak and the shape of its modern ambition. [2002–2003 ### CC8S The first production car — supercharged V8, only six built. Collectibility 92 / 100 Indicative value €1.5M](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/cc8s) [2014–2015 ### One:1 The first megacar — one hp per kilo, six built. Collectibility 98 / 100 Indicative value €5M](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/one-1) [2016–2022 ### Regera Direct-drive hybrid with no gearbox — 1,500 hp, eighty built. Collectibility 90 / 100 Indicative value €2.8M](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/regera) Complete catalogue ## Every Koenigsegg on file 12 models · 3 families By family Sort Filter ## CC Era 4 The first generation — the CC8S that put Ängelholm on the map, the record-setting CCR, and the CCX family crowned by the diamond-weave Trevita. The foundation everything since is built on. [2002–2003 CC8S The first production car — supercharged V8, only six built. €1.5M 92 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/cc8s) [2004–2006 CCR Took the production speed record at 388 km/h, fourteen built. €1.6M 91 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/ccr) [2006–2010 · 3 variants CCX In-house twin-supercharged V8; the CCXR ran on biofuel. €1.7M 90 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/ccx) [2009–2011 · One of one CCXR Trevita Diamond-weave carbon bodywork — only two or three ever built. €5M 95 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/ccxr-trevita) ## Agera & One:1 4 The line that chased every record worth holding — the Agera in its R, S, RS and Final forms, the megacar One:1, and the camless Regera. The era that made Koenigsegg a household name. [2010–2018 · 5 variants Agera The platform that chased every record — RS hit 447 km/h. €2.5M 93 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/agera) [2015–2018 · 3 variants Agera RS Set the 0–400–0 and top-speed records in one engineering blitz. €4.5M 96 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/agera-rs) [2014–2015 · One of one One:1 The first megacar — one hp per kilo, six built. €5M 98 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/one-1) [2016–2022 Regera Direct-drive hybrid with no gearbox — 1,500 hp, eighty built. €2.8M 90 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/regera) ## Jesko · Regera · Gemera 4 Today’s range — the Jesko with its nine-speed Light Speed gearbox and 300-mph Absolut, the four-seat Gemera, and the manual-revival CC850. Each one a fresh assault on what a road car can do. [2020– · 2 variants Jesko Light Speed nine-speed gearbox; Attack is a downforce monster. €3.5M 92 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/jesko) [2020– · 2 variants Jesko Absolut The low-drag Jesko built to chase 500 km/h flat out. €3.8M 93 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/jesko-absolut) [2020– · 2 variants Gemera A four-seat megacar — 2,300 hp from a tiny three-cylinder hybrid. €2.9M 88 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/gemera) [2022– CC850 A manual-gearbox revival on Jesko mechanicals — fifty built. €3.2M 89 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/koenigsegg/cc850) The house ## Each Koenigsegg generation is built around a proprietary engineering solution. Christian von Koenigsegg founded the company at twenty-two with a single drawing and an impossible goal: to build the best supercar in the world from a country with no supercar industry. The first running CC prototype arrived in 1996; the production CC8S followed in 2002, and a Swedish farm airfield became one of the most ambitious car works on earth. The obsession is vertical integration. Koenigsegg designs and machines almost everything in-house — its own carbon tubs, its own engines, its own dihedral doors, its own transmissions and the camless Freevalve technology. That refusal to outsource is why so few cars carry so many world firsts. The high-water mark is the One:1 of 2014 — one horsepower for every kilogram, 1,360 of each, the car that coined the word "megacar" for crossing one megawatt of power. The Agera RS, Jesko and Gemera carried that record-chasing engineering forward into the modern range. Founded 12 August 1994 Christian von Koenigsegg established the company at the age of 22. First-series output 6 CC8S The cars were made in 2002 and 2003; two were right-hand drive. Technical commitment In-house systems The programme spans engines, Direct Drive, Light Speed transmissions and carbon components. Public auction US$3.38m RM Sotheby's recorded the result for a one-of-three 2016 Agera RSR in Dubai. Selected milestones ### A bloodline, not a list. 1. 1994 The company is formed Christian von Koenigsegg starts the business that will develop an independent Swedish production car. 2. 2002 Series production begins The six-car CC8S establishes the carbon chassis, removable roof and dihedral doors as recurring marque features. 3. 2006 The CCX reaches wider markets A new car is engineered around worldwide safety and emissions standards, opening the United States market to Koenigsegg. 4. 2014 A one-to-one power ratio The One:1 matches 1,360 hp to a 1,360 kg curb weight, making the ratio the organizing idea of the car. 5. 2015 Direct Drive is unveiled The Regera combines a twin-turbo V8 with three electric motors and dispenses with a conventional multi-speed gearbox. 6. 2019 The Light Speed Transmission The Jesko debuts Koenigsegg's nine-speed Light Speed Transmission as the successor to the Agera line. What defines Koenigsegg ### Engineer core systems Engines, transmissions, carbon structures and control systems are developed around the company's own packaging goals. ### Carry ideas forward The removable roof, carbon chassis and dihedral doors established by the CC8S recur through later generations. ### Build in small series Limited runs support individual specifications and special derivatives, making factory documentation central to identification. The mark ## Arms first carried by knights. Christian von Koenigsegg never had to invent a mark: the family arms — a field of red-and-gold rhombi — go back to a knighthood under the Holy Roman Empire in the twelfth century. In 1994 his school friend Jacob Låftman set them into a shield for the new company, and it has never been redrawn from scratch since. The second symbol is borrowed, not inherited: the works occupies a former air-force base at Ängelholm, home of the Swedish wing F 10, whose squadron flew with a ghost painted on its aircraft. Koenigsegg adopted the ghost as a tribute — it still rides on the cars, separate from the shield. Jacob Låftman, 1994 ![Koenigsegg crest, 1994–2020](https://hiconium.com/_derived/images/marques/history/koenigsegg/crest-1994.png.w1920.q75.webp) 1994–2020 Låftman’s shield: the family rhombi in red and gold, framed in blue. 2020– Cut to black and white — the heraldry reduced to its geometry.