This hypercar celebrates 20 years of Koenigsegg by introducing the world’s first stick-shift-by-wire manual transmission.
Using the Jesko platform means the CC850 is 1.6 inches longer in wheelbase than the original CC8S. The overall width is the same, but the new car is slightly taller overall, so the basic proportions are similar. The multilink front and rear suspension has the same layout as the Jesko Absolut and includes the so-called Triplex damper that links the tops of the rear control arms to reduce squat under hard acceleration.
The brakes are Koenigsegg's own, with massive carbon-ceramic rotors—the fronts measure 16.1 inches, the rears 15.6—clamped by calipers also of Koenigsegg's own design. In the Jesko they deliver incredible performance, and the chassis displays remarkable stability, to the point where, on a level surface, you can take your hands off the steering wheel and the car will pull up straight and true under braking.
"It's such an emotional car because it harks back to the first Koenigsegg ever," von Koenigsegg says of the CC850."We've done it in an analog yet very forward-looking way. If you didn't know anything about Koenigsegg and saw the car on the road, you wouldn't think it was a celebration of a 20-year-old car. It looks like something super modern.
The eight stands for the number of cylinders in the 4.7-liter engine, which was based on Ford's modular V-8. And the S signifies it's supercharged.
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