- Olga Kokorina
- Translated by Olga Apetenok
- Ru Fr
2016 Koenigsegg Regera Targa. 1st generation
The Koenigsegg Regera is a sports car that comes in a targa body. It has been produced in a batch of 80 cars since 2016 (everything was sold out). Koenigsegg Automotive AB (Sweden, Ängelholm), a small company with only 70 people in its employ, released its first car in 2002, and it immediately entered the Guinness World Records.
This car features a mid-engine layout and a hybrid system with 1,500 hp, a unique transmission designed by the company and a world record, a comfortable interior and an incredible structure. ‘Regera’ is a Swedish verb meaning ‘to reign’ or ‘to rule’.
Place for the royalty
The Koenigsegg Regera is a more comfortable, luxurious, ‘civilian’ alternative to other company’s models. At first, it was produced simultaneously with the Agera (for the first time in the company history). Curently, it shares production facilities with the Jesko. The Regera is less focused on track racing and drastic weight reduction, but is rather designed to realize smooth, instantaneous power generation. The car is produced in both left and right hand drive: for the British and Australian markets.
The charismatic car has been featured in many video games, the first being the mobile game Real Racing 3 in December 2015. Then the car appeared in Forza Motorsport 7, Forza Horizon 3 and 4, Driveclub, Need for Speed: No Limits and others. In addition, there is a 10-minute action movie dedicated to the model featuring the Regera along with Christian von Koenigsegg (CEO) and the company’s employees. The plot of the film: the car is stolen by a team of villains after Christian’s refusal to sell the megacar. It should be noted that the movie, despite being short, is still very good, and all the actors, from the director to the guards, played very convincingly.
Four engines
The Regera is equipped with a hybrid powertrain (the first model from the Swedish manufacturer), and it is one of the most powerful hybrid production cars.
The car with the company’s traditional mid-engine layout features a 5-liter V8 twin-turbocharged engine generating an amazing power of 1,100 hp at 7,800 rpm and a torque of 1,280 Nm at 4,100 rpm. This is if you use the 95 octane petrol, but if you choose E85 biofuel, the power will increase “to an indefinite value”.
The internal combustion engine is assisted by three YASA electric motors with a total output of 520 kW (707 hp) and 900 Nm of torque. What is their role? One 160 kW (215 hp) YASA-400 motor generator mounted on the crankshaft acts as a starter and generator and provides additional torque; two other YASA-750 180 kW (241 hp) motors are mounted on the wheel shaft. They drive each rear wheel, provide torque vectoring and control traction. The electric motors are powered by a 4.5 kW 800 V, 75 kg liquid-cooled battery developed by Rimac Automobili, making the Regera the first 800 volt production car. Koenigsegg claims the battery pack is the most energy efficient battery pack ever built for a production car. When braking, the megacar’s kinetic energy recovery system can regenerate up to 150 kW to recharge the battery during operation.
The total power of four engines reaches 1,500 hp and 2,000 Nm of torque.
The total power of these four engines reaches 1,500 hp and 2,000 Nm of torque. All this power is ‘digested’ by the Koenigsegg Direct Drive (KDD) transmission, developed and patented by the company. The peculiarity of this unit is that it has a single gear. The internal combustion engine develops maximum power only at high revs, and due to the fixed gear this corresponds to very high speeds. Therefore, electric motors are used to drive at low speeds.
Dynamics and handling
The unladen weight of the car is 1,590 kg, and its dynamics are simply amazing: the maximum speed of the megacar is limited to 404 km/h. According to the manufacturer, the car can accelerate to 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds, to 200 km/h in 6.6 seconds, to 300 km/h in 10.9 seconds. And the Regera is capable of reaching a speed of 400 km/h in 20 seconds.
The chassis layout of this fantastic car is similar to the previous Agera hypercar modifications, featuring double wishbone suspension on the front and rear axles. The levers are made of chrome-molybdenum steel instead of carbon fiber due to the significant cost and complexity of the latter. The suspension includes special Z-shaped anti-roll bars that only connect to the body at one point (as opposed to two for traditional U-shaped anti-roll bars). There is also the Koenigsegg Triplex shock system, borrowed from the Agera, which consists of three custom Öhlins shock absorbers, the third is needed to compensate for rear end squatting in case of hard acceleration.
The maximum speed of the megacar is limited to 404 km/h, whereas acceleration to 100 km/h occurs in 2.8 seconds
The Regera can boast of extraordinary 19-inch front and 20-inch rear wheels made of carbon fiber, featuring Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires, size: 275/35 ZR 19 (100Y) at the front and 345/30 ZR 20 (106Y) at the rear. The brakes are 397mm ventilated carbon ceramic discs with 380mm six-piston calipers at the front and four-piston calipers at the rear.
Like other Koenigsegg models, the Regera offers active aerodynamics to optimize downforce. The car is equipped with a folding hydraulic spoiler, with the active flaps at the front designed to change the air flow under the car. The manufacturer claims that the standard aerodynamic system is capable of producing 450 kg of downforce at 250 km/h. There is also an optional Ghost aerodynamics package, with which the downforce ‘increases by more than 20 percent’.
More surprises on the way
The interior offers additional noise insulation, which is simply necessary at the speeds developed by the Regera. The seats are made of memory foam and can be adjusted in 8 directions. The list of equipment includes a 9-inch Neonode infotainment system, a complete recording camera system (front, interior and rear), Apple CarPlay, an audio system, Wi-Fi connectivity, and front and rear parking sensors. The wireless connection allows Koenigsegg to send firmware and software updates to each car. Thus, there is a chance to remotely control the power range of the electric motors or the throttle response.
Koenigsegg also claims that their Regera, enough impressive and incomparable as it is, is the first ‘fully robot-assisted’ car. All openings and side mirrors are equipped with proximity sensors to protect against accidental door impact with nearby objects when opening or closing. There are also hydraulic lifters for remote control of all body panels.
