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Sources tell us that the Koenigsegg Ragnarok is the Agera successor.
After yesterday’s rumor mill about the Agera successor’s powertrain, we might just have got a confirmation on the car’s name. A reliable source close to Koenigsegg has informed us that the upcoming Agera successor is likely to be called the Ragnarok.
Apparently, Christian von Koenigsegg really liked last year’s Marvel movie. Jokes aside, Ragnarok is a major event in Norse mythology where the cosmos is destroyed along with the gods and goddesses. An appropriate name, we say for a car which would be capable of waking the dead with its twin-turbo V8 and shattering the tarmac with 1400 hp.
Koenigsegg’s current naming scheme for its models which involves names ending with ‘era’ started with the Agera (which means ‘to act’ in Swedish) and continued with the launch of the Regera (which means ‘to reign’ or ‘to rule’). We expected Koenigsegg to follow a similar philosophy while naming the Agera successor. However, as of now, we have learnt that this isn’t the case.
It is worth noting that even if Ragnarok is not the final name for the car, it must have been seriously considered by the company. The launch is not too far away though, as the public reveal is set for the 2019 Geneva Motor Show.
Rumor: Koenigsegg Agera Successor to get a 1440 HP Engine
The unveiling of the Koenigsegg Agera successor is still six months away and the rumor mill has already started to roll. The latest speculations come from the McLarenlife forum. A user Jonathan19 has spilled some juicy details about the upcoming hypercar. It is rumored that the Agera successor could have a 1440 hp engine with the red line set at 9000 rpm. If that isn’t extreme enough, it is also said that the car will weigh less than 1200 kg. To put that into perspective, the Agera RS has 1341 hp and it weighs 1395 kg. May we also remind you that the Agera RS is currently the world’s fastest production car.
Reports suggest that the Agera successor will have a “very Valkyrie AMR Pro-like front with a bit of Regera”. Removable roof top currently offered in both the Agera and the Regera will be retained on but it won’t be stowable as is on the current models. Some say that the Agera successor will have hybrid assistance but this information has already been falsified by Christian von Koenigsegg himself.
For its intended ‘race-like’ credentials, to be light-weight and to separate it from the Regera, the Agera successor won’t be a hybrid. Instead, it is likely to stick with the twin-turbo V8 engine. Earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show, Christian said, “We are refining it, making it a little bit lighter, a little bit stronger… the thing with that engine is that there’s seemingly no end to what we can do with it. We polish it out, we open it up, and suddenly we have 20 or 30 more horsepower, and it’s even stronger and more reliable. It’s fascinating how capable the structure is.”
All these are just rumors and we will take this information with a grain of salt. Meanwhile, Koenigsegg has already conducted private previews and virtual reality tours of its hypercar.
Agera Successor could be named Koenigsegg Ragnarok - The Supercar Blog
After yesterday’s rumor mill about the Agera successor’s powertrain, we might just have got a confirmation on the car’s name. A reliable source close to Koenigsegg has informed us that the upcoming Agera successor is likely to be called the Ragnarok.
Apparently, Christian von Koenigsegg really liked last year’s Marvel movie. Jokes aside, Ragnarok is a major event in Norse mythology where the cosmos is destroyed along with the gods and goddesses. An appropriate name, we say for a car which would be capable of waking the dead with its twin-turbo V8 and shattering the tarmac with 1400 hp.
Koenigsegg’s current naming scheme for its models which involves names ending with ‘era’ started with the Agera (which means ‘to act’ in Swedish) and continued with the launch of the Regera (which means ‘to reign’ or ‘to rule’). We expected Koenigsegg to follow a similar philosophy while naming the Agera successor. However, as of now, we have learnt that this isn’t the case.
It is worth noting that even if Ragnarok is not the final name for the car, it must have been seriously considered by the company. The launch is not too far away though, as the public reveal is set for the 2019 Geneva Motor Show.
Rumor: Koenigsegg Agera Successor to get a 1440 HP Engine
The unveiling of the Koenigsegg Agera successor is still six months away and the rumor mill has already started to roll. The latest speculations come from the McLarenlife forum. A user Jonathan19 has spilled some juicy details about the upcoming hypercar. It is rumored that the Agera successor could have a 1440 hp engine with the red line set at 9000 rpm. If that isn’t extreme enough, it is also said that the car will weigh less than 1200 kg. To put that into perspective, the Agera RS has 1341 hp and it weighs 1395 kg. May we also remind you that the Agera RS is currently the world’s fastest production car.
Reports suggest that the Agera successor will have a “very Valkyrie AMR Pro-like front with a bit of Regera”. Removable roof top currently offered in both the Agera and the Regera will be retained on but it won’t be stowable as is on the current models. Some say that the Agera successor will have hybrid assistance but this information has already been falsified by Christian von Koenigsegg himself.
For its intended ‘race-like’ credentials, to be light-weight and to separate it from the Regera, the Agera successor won’t be a hybrid. Instead, it is likely to stick with the twin-turbo V8 engine. Earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show, Christian said, “We are refining it, making it a little bit lighter, a little bit stronger… the thing with that engine is that there’s seemingly no end to what we can do with it. We polish it out, we open it up, and suddenly we have 20 or 30 more horsepower, and it’s even stronger and more reliable. It’s fascinating how capable the structure is.”
All these are just rumors and we will take this information with a grain of salt. Meanwhile, Koenigsegg has already conducted private previews and virtual reality tours of its hypercar.
Agera Successor could be named Koenigsegg Ragnarok - The Supercar Blog
