Christian Koenigsegg

 

 

Christian Erland Harald von Koenigsegg was born in Stockholm, Sweden on July 2^nd 1972 and is the founder of Sweden’s only Hyper car manufacturer, Koenigsegg Automotive AB.

Christian’s dream of creating a unique car manufacturer began when he was 5 years old and watched the Norwegian animated film Flåklypa Grand Prix. In the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car which was the catalyst for the young Koenigsegg to dream about creating the perfect sports car himself.

 

In 1994, at the age of just 22, the dream came true for Christian when he launched the Koenigsegg car company and set about creating what he believed to be the ultimate car.

Koenigsegg Automotive has grown considerably since 1994, producing some astonishing vehicles such as the CCX, Agera and the sublime Koenigsegg “One”, a car with a power to weight ratio of 1:1. The facilities that produces these cars has also grown with the company now having a full R&D department with state-of-the-art equipment to call upon.

Christian Koenigsegg like Horacio Pagani is another example of how one persons passion and desire for cars can compete against the well-established car manufacturers that we all know today.