#7XX1 - CCV8S

VIN: YT9M1G0V8A1007XX1

Country: Sweden

Left-Hand Drive

General History

#7XX1, officially known as the CCV8S, is the pre-production prototype to the CC8S production model, and was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in September 2000, and was shown in an updated version in September 2001, sporting “XP003” on the sides. This update was most likely done already before the summer of 2001. It was in multiple articles and test drives over the course of 2000-2002, and was eventually used for crash tests in September 2002. In early February 2003, shortly before the infamous Margretetorp factory fire, an employee of the factory got hold of the car, and it has stayed with this employee ever since. Restoration of the car has been an ongoing project for several years, but when, or if, the restored car will be unveiled to the public is unknown.

Exterior Spec

When first unveiled in Paris 2000 the car sported six individual headlights in the front, a silver paint job which it always retained, and silver Teledial Dymag wheels. In September 2001 an updated version of the car was unveiled at the Supercar Rally, with most notable a new headlight design with the six individual headlights being turned into two main headlights. It also received a new front bumper, new tail lights, and a slightly remodeled rear air outlet. On the sides just before the rear wheels “XP003” was written.

Interior Spec

The interior is a mix of light grey and black, the seats were black with grey inlays and Tempur memory foam in the inlays. When the car was shown in late 2001 the interior was mostly the same, with the biggest difference being the sequential shifter in the first version being swapped for a conventional manual shifter.

Engine & Chassis Spec

In 1997/1998, a couple of years before its official unveil, the bare chassis of #7XX1 had the somewhat mythical flat 12 engine from Motori Moderni mounted. This was an engine originally made in cooperation with Subaru for the 1989/1990 Formula 1 season, but it was never a sucess. The engine was a 3.5 liter powerplant with a redline at 12000 RPM, but the engine was too heavy and not powerful enough for F1. After some modifications the engine became a 3.8 liter, 9000 RPM redline made for the road, and this was the engine that Koenigsegg put in the bare chassis. 

The center of gravity of the car with this engine would have been underneath the height of the rear wheels, and there were basically no vibrations. It was a pretty incredible engine according to Christian von Koenigsegg. In 1999 Koenigsegg bought some of Motori Moderni’s assets at auction, including blueprints, castings, engines, and spare parts for the engine project.

There were multiple problems with the engine however, the maximum output of the engine would have “only” been around 750 hp with turbo for example, but worse was that all blueprints and tools for casting engine parts were made by hand and everything was worn as well. 

Eventually, the engine that ended up in the chassis was a 4.6 litre Ford based V8 with a supercharger, producing 655 hp, the very engine that became the base for all of Koenigsegg’s V8’s up until now.

Photo Credit to Matthias K., Ultimate Car Page, Åkesson Jr.