Margretetorp, Ängelholm, SwedenKoenigsegg Automotive AB is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance cars (supercars) based initially in Olofström, later moving to Margretetorp, just outside Ängelholm.
On 28 February 2005, at 12:08 hrs local time, in Nardò, Italy, the CCR broke the record for the fastest production car in the world, having attained 388.87 km/h (242.91 mph), breaking the record previously held by the McLaren F1. The record was held until September 2005 when the long awaited Bugatti Veyron broke the record again at 407.5 km/h (253 mph), proven by Car and Driver and BBC Top Gear. However, Bugatti's record was set on Volkswagen's own test-track Ehra-Lessien, which features a 9 km (5.6 mi) long straight. Since the Nardò Ring is a circular 12.5 km (just under 7.8 miles) long track, the records are not comparable until Bugatti tests the Veyron on Nardò or allows Koenigsegg to test on Ehra-Lessien. Then on September 13, 2007 the record was taken by the SSC (Shelby Super Cars) Ultimate Aero achieving 256.15 Mph (412.233 km/h)
May 2003, on the San Francisco to Miami Gumball 3000 Rally, the first CCR in the United States received the biggest speeding ticket in the world; 242 mph in a 75 mph zone somewhere in west Texas.
