The Koenigsegg CCGT is a one of the racing car made by the Swedish car manufacturer Koenigsegg. Made its debut appearance in Geneva motor show, the CCGT is designed to compete the in the grand tour categories of sports racing.

It’s very rare to see that u have to de-tune the road car to comply with ACO and FIA GT1racing regulations but the Koenigsegg CC8S, CCR AND CCX are far from the ordinary cars. By race car standards the CCGT has very short length and height, remaining faith full to road going relatives. While this may not produce the down force, the CCGT design is focused on agility and balance, making it a real ‘drivers’ car. This is in contrast to machines racing today and is sure to provide an exiting addition to future competition.

To make the car as light as possible, the CCGT features a chassis built from carbon fiber, Kevlar and aluminum honeycomb material. The chassis draped with body composed of carbon fiber and Kevlar.

Final weight checked in at flyweight2204 lbs (1000 kg),a full 100kgs under minimum weight requirement set by FIA. 100kg of ballast was strategically placed around the chassis to promote the optimum balance and weight distribution .This provides Koenigsegg a huge advantage over the competitors so many of them struggle to 11ookg minimum.

In a road going form, the latest DOHC V8 engine of the CC lineup displaces 4.7 liters and features a twin-centrifugal super charger design. For CCGT, the engine displacement has been increased to 5.0 liters and internals have been heavily modified to suit natural aspirations.

Breathing through the mandated 30.8mm air-intake restrictors, the engine produces in excess of 600 horsepower.

A transaxle co –developed by Koenigsegg and cima features sequential straight cut gears all housed in a light weight magnesium case. The massive carbon brakes with 6-piston calipers are supplied by specialist AP racing, and power is put to the road via Koenigsegg magnesium wheels shod by Michelin slicks.

However the race engine is developed in house in parallel with the production units by Koenigsegg engineers, supported by Andre’s hog Lund from cargine engineers and JP Motor sport but the refinement of CC into CCGT is a great job done by Koenigsegg CCGT (competition coupe GT) team, headed by Dag Bolenius.

So the all new Koenigsegg CCGT is loaded with the best features a GT car can have and we can expect many podium from this beast this season.

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