In 2009, most people probably associated Koenigsegg with the fiasco that was the SAAB affair (if anyone can muster the attention to even care, I believe today is the last day that GM will accept bids – $450 million or so – although we’ve heard that outcry quite a number of times by now).
However, one should not forget that Koenigsegg kept busy with their own production despite the attention paid by the media to the failed deal with GM. Back in September, Koenigsegg unveiled a limited edition of the CCXR called the Trevita. Us Swedes were amused by the name, as it does kind of sound like something Lamborghini would call a car, preferably said in a faux-Medditerranean accent while wildy gesticulating, like some kind of low-rent Sophia Loren impression. In fact, the name refers to the number (tre, meaning three) of specially made white (vita) CCXRs. At first sight, it just looks like another CCXR. And in most ways, it is.
However, take it for a drive outside (unless you’re in Sweden this time of the year, though) and you’ll notice what’s different. The rays of the sun will make the Trevita shimmer like a diamond. Koenigsegg calls the technique Proprietary Diamond Weave (sounds like a Phil Pullman book), a rather poetic name for what is actually a white carbon fiber weave. The key to the shimmering effect (patented & developed in Koenigsegg HQ in Ängelholm) is that it’s actually coated in epoxy plastic, how weird that might sound. It also features new spokes and a double carbon fiber wing.
“The rest” of the car is what you would expect from a CCXR, meaning a 4,7 liter V8, 1018hp and 1060 Nm of torque. 100 km/h is reached within 3,1 seconds and the top speed is said to exceed 400 km/h.
South African dealer Future Exotics have gotten their hands on one of the only three examples made, and have been nice enough to put the Trevita up for sale on JamesList. The price is available, big surprise, on request.
