Someones pretty proud of themselves...

[IVIaster]

http://www.koenigsegg.com/news/artic...=148&type=news and on the fromt page!

Was I first to notice this?

[KaJuN]

I think it's pretty cool that Koenigsegg is taking the Top Gear power laps as a serious measure of performance. 8)

[zaybxcwd12]

I am surprised that it would be made as an "official" statement but then again, it is a car pple are talking about without the power lap only the most hardened petrol head would even know the auto existed. Watched by 250 million viewers speak for itself.

[Atmikes]

this "article" is on there website since the EPIC koenigsegggggggg crash.

(take a look at the pictures, have you seen the "special" TG spoiler on the back )

[bartboy9891]

I remember back a few years ago when Clarkson tested the Koenigsegg CC, Koenigsegg had pictures of the roadtest on their site. It's basically the only publicity they get.

[Marquise]

I liked one of the other "quick links" on the page:

"Koenigsegg as a police car?
"

Fun poll...

[Buba]

Yeah, they always have tests on their frontpage, nothing special, sorry...

[Karagoth]

And a small car company like Koenigsegg needs all the publicity it can get. With the Koenigsegg CCR no longer being the fastest production car in the world they need to find themselves other ways to stick out of the crowd.

[Ottobon]

i like the fact nobody knows what a koenigsegg is, otherwise id have to hate it for all the stupid little people running around bragging about it

[Blythy]

how is the stig infamous?

[avidvideo]

I'm not surprised they posted this on their website. After all, didn't they add the wing to the back as per Top Gear's advice?

[KaJuN]

Originally Posted by Blythy

how is the stig infamous?

I've gotten a friend hooked on Top Gear because of the Stig. He was surfing around on youtube a while back and kept finding all the power laps videos. We were talking about it at the party and he mentioned Stiggy. I told him there's a lot more to it than that. 8)

[3Colin]

I guess the mystery is a form of infamy. And his musical tastes.

[xavier86]

After looking at the pics on that website, it made me realize how lucky the Stig is to be so famous yet he could walk on the streets of London and life his own private life when out of uniform.

[Paul]

So what if they are proud of themselves. They need to advertise in order to survive. Personally i will give Koenigsegg a year or two before they went bust.

[deathrazor]

Originally Posted by avidvideo

I'm not surprised they posted this on their website. After all, didn't they add the wing to the back as per Top Gear's advice?

Yeah, but I bet that really didn't do anything to the performance of the car. I heard somewhere (here maybe?) the CCX that crashed was pre-production, and the one that beat the lap record was the final model with all the handling kinks worked out.

[david_gavin]

their link to the top gear official list is broken

[Banii]

Christian has more money than god, so NP.

A Norwegian rich-boy has bought half the stock in Koeningsegg anyways

[Loomy]

Originally Posted by Paul

So what if they are proud of themselves. They need to advertise in order to survive. Personally i will give Koenigsegg a year or two before they went bust.

Well, they've got a job opening as "Sales and Marketing Manager for the World Wide Market", so I guess they heard you :p

Still tho, you don't just advertise cars like this. It isn't like advertising milk. How many % of those who would see, say a magazine advertisement, for Koenigsegg is in a position to seriously consider buying one? 0.5%? And either way, if you are looking to spend a shitload of money on a supercar, you're probably aware of Koenigsegg already and will research a little about it just as you would with Ferrari's and Lambo's.

[TopGearDog]

I mean why wouldnt they post it there? If your product basically beat every other competitive product out there, wouldnt you want your possible and existing customers to know?

And Norway ftw! (i used to live in Bergen)