Koenigsegg is building an Agera RS for a lucky client in the United States.
The seventh Agera RS will be made to satisfy US specifications with only a total of 25 to be built. Four have already been built and 6 are in various states of production. While it is not the first Koenigsegg it will be the first ever to be made specifically for the US roads. There are at least 14 registered Koenigseggs currently residing in the United States.
The Agera RS features a very powerful 5.0 liter V8 producing an astounding 1160bhp, 810 lb-ft of torque and a top speed of 273mph. The Agera RS can accelerate to 60mph from a standstill in just 2.8 seconds and can reach 250mph in just 20 seconds. While the Agera RS is certainly meant to be a street car, it has been optimized with the racetrack in mind with its new aerodynamics package and an active rear spoiler producing 450kg of downforce at 155mph. And it has been on a diet too, shaving 40 kilos from the Agera R to weigh in at a very light 1,395kg. It has been billed by the geniuses at Koenigsegg as the “ultimate track tool.
The Agera RS is priced at $1,650,000 and eleven have already been sold.
More photos of the Agera RS
Here is the article from autoblog.com:
“Koenigsegg is in the process of building the seventh example of the new Agera RS, and it’s destined for a customer right here in the United States. In fact, it’s the first example of the Swedish automaker’s latest ultra-supercar to be certified to US specifications. And once complete, it will be one of the fastest, most powerful production automobiles ever to grace the great American road.
The Agera RS, as you may recall, supersedes the previous Agera R and Agera S, and bridges the gap to the more extreme One:1 with 1,160 horsepower on tap. Christian von Koenigsegg and company will only build 25 examples of the Agera RS, the majority of which have already been spoken for. Four of them have already been built, with another six currently in various stages of production, representing the first ten that were pre-sold before the vehicle was even unveiled.
This US-bound example is the seventh in line and only the 128th vehicle Koenigsegg will have built in its history. And while it may be the first Agera RS headed for these United States, it’s not the first Koenigsegg to reach these shores. Company spokesman Oscar Bergfelt told Autoblog that there are “at least 14 US-registered cars at the moment and many more to come,” the first dating back to the CCX of 2006. Based on its current backlog of orders for the Agera RS and electric-powered Regera, and their painstaking rate of production, the company projects that it will have its hands full for the next two years on these models alone.
Gaining US certification for its supercars is a difficult task for a low-volume manufacturer like Koenigsegg, requiring it to undergo the process for each model variant it wants to import. That’s left the company focusing instead on markets in Europe and Asia, where it sells most of its output. But it’s currently refocusing its energy on the North American market, showcasing its models at Stateside auto shows and franchising a string of new dealerships, including locations in New York, Chicago, Vancouver, and Calgary.”
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