Your eyes are not perceiving you, there really is a new carbon fiber wheel in production and from who else other than Koenigsegg. Their name meaning “to take action” is perfectly displayed to the public, being the very first ones to conquer such a feat. To most car addicts when the name Koenigsegg is heard the words iconic, revolutionary and visionaries all come to mind. They are continually pushing the physical limits in order to create a perfect blend and form and function. Koenigsegg was first put on the hyper car charts with their Koenigsegg CC85 back in 2002 and since then have continually upped the ante with new revolutionary designs and concepts. Throughout their history, carbon fiber has become more and more apparent in the construction of their super cars. Carbon fiber being the primary material used to construct the all new Koenigsegg one, which is being named the first “megacar”. This is the very car in which Koenigsegg decided to reveal their all new carbon fiber wheels. They are only developing and designing 6 unique production cars under the One:1 program. This very well might be one of the most exclusive production cars to date, but with an astonishing horsepower to kilogram weight ratio of 1:1, these carbon fiber wheels might just be the beginning of a new wheel era in the super car world.
It maybe hard to believe that carbon fiber, even though a very rigid material, has the strength to withstand the brutal punishment a hyper car or even a mega car can dish out. Well this is not the same carbon fiber that you will see in RW Carbon’s trunk spoilers and rear diffuser. It is called “pre-preg” carbon fiber, and it is the same material that is used in Forumla One, Fighter Jets, and yes, even the Space Shuttles. This “pre-preg” carbon fiber is the most resilient carbon fiber known to man. Koenigsegg’s carbon fiber wheel is built as 1 single unit of this carbon fiber besides a tiny metal air valve. Incredibly, as the wheels are hand made, each one is perfectly counterbalanced to ensure no weights are needed. In the end each wheel is 40% lighter than most forged aluminum wheels and weighing just under 6 kilograms (13.2 pounds).
Koenigsegg Aircore™ carbon wheels with center locking.
Front: 19” x 9.5”
Rear: 20” x 12.5”
Take a look at the latest episode of of Inside Koenigsegg from YouTube channel /Drive, Koenigsegg CEO and founder Christian von Koenigsegg shows us the ins and outs of making a wheel out of carbon fiber. Christian von Koenigsegg goes on to explain how carbon fiber wheels are superior to the typical forged aluminum wheels that other super cars use.
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