Skip to footer

Automaker Koenigsegg signs on American dealer

Swedish car maker Koenigsegg announced that a Manhattan auto dealer will be the first US-based outlet to sell the company's high-powered vehicles.

|
Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters/File
Koenigsegg's limited edition Agera One:1 car is pictured during the media day ahead of the 84th Geneva Motor Show at the Palexpo Arena in Geneva. The automaker has signed on a Manhattan dealer as its first American outlet for the company's vehicles, although all six of the One:1 cars have been spoken for.
  • By Viknesh Vijayenthiran Guest blogger

Unlike many of the wild supercars sold overseas that never make it to U.S. shores, Koenigsegg’s various products have made the trip, with the first example, a CCX, actually landing as far back as 2006. Koenigsegg is now further solidifying its presence in the world’s biggest market for supercars by appointing New York dealership Manhattan Motorcars as its main point of sale for America’s northeast.

Manhattan Motorcars, already a seller of Bugattis, Lamborghinis and Porsches, will now start stocking Koenigseggs. The first model on offer will be the latest Agera R, which made its North American debut at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. At the time, Koenigsegg revealed that the Agera R would cost about $1.5 million.

Power in the Agera R comes from a twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V-8, which is rated at 960 horsepower on regular pump gas or up to 1,140 hp when running on E85 fuel. That much power translates to a power-to-weight ratio of just 2.6 pounds per horsepower, which is why the Agera R dishes out 0-60 mph times of 2.9 seconds (with launch control) and is claimed to be able to reach a top speed of 273 mph--5 mph more than the fastest Veyron.

Unfortunately, Manhattan Motorcars is unlikely to have the brand new One:1 in stock, which has even more power and thus greater performance. Koenigsegg is only build six of the beasts, and all are already spoken for.

“We are truly delighted by the opportunity to work with such a passionate and well respected dealer like Manhattan Motorcars,” Koenigsegg CEO and founder Christian von Koenigsegg said in a statement. “We will do our outmost to support Manhattan Motorcars in the best possible way and are looking forward to a fruitful long-term relationship.”

Anyone heading to next month’s 2014 New York Auto Show should keep an eye out for Manhattan Motorcars’ stand where a Koenigsegg Agera R will be on display.

_______________________________________

Follow Motor Authority on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

You've read  of  free articles. Subscribe to continue.
Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.
What is the Monitor difference? Tackling the tough headlines – with humanity. Listening to sources – with respect. Seeing the story that others are missing by reporting what so often gets overlooked: the values that connect us. That’s Monitor reporting – news that changes how you see the world.
editor@csmonitor.com
Subscribe
Mark Sappenfield
Editor

Dear Reader,

About a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”:

“Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.”

If you were to come up with a punchline to a joke about the Monitor, that would probably be it. We’re seen as being global, fair, insightful, and perhaps a bit too earnest. We’re the bran muffin of journalism.

But you know what? We change lives. And I’m going to argue that we change lives precisely because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in.

The Monitor is a peculiar little publication that’s hard for the world to figure out. We’re run by a church, but we’re not only for church members and we’re not about converting people. We’re known as being fair even as the world becomes as polarized as at any time since the newspaper’s founding in 1908.

We have a mission beyond circulation, we want to bridge divides. We’re about kicking down the door of thought everywhere and saying, “You are bigger and more capable than you realize. And we can prove it.”

If you’re looking for bran muffin journalism, you can subscribe to the Monitor for $15. You’ll get the Monitor Weekly magazine, the Monitor Daily email, and unlimited access to CSMonitor.com.

Subscribe to insightful journalism

QR Code to Automaker Koenigsegg signs on American dealer
Read this article in
https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2014/0307/Automaker-Koenigsegg-signs-on-American-dealer
QR Code to Subscription page
Start your subscription today
https://www.csmonitor.com/subscribe