The Koenigsegg CC was the prototype for the CC8S

Koenigsegg CC8S

The Koenigsegg CC8S is a mid-engine sports car, the first produced by Swedish automaker Koenigsegg and the first production car to use dihedral actuation doors, a feature that has become a trademark of the brand...

 made by Koenigsegg

Koenigsegg

Koenigsegg Automotive AB is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance sports cars based in Ängelholm.-Company:The company was founded in 1994 in Sweden by Christian von Koenigsegg, with the intention of producing a world-class supercar...

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Overview

Issued to set work on in late 1999, Koenigsegg wanted to build a supercar that could exceed all standards set by the McLaren F1

McLaren F1

The McLaren F1 is a supercar designed and manufactured by McLaren Automotive. Originally a concept conceived by Gordon Murray, he convinced Ron Dennis to back the project and engaged Peter Stevens to design the exterior of the car...

 at the time, and go over the 386 km/h (240 mph) set by the F1 in 1997. The design started to come to life as of 2002, when the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 car manufacturer was finally ready for production lines to proceed.

The car was originally designed by Sven-Harry Åkesson

Sven-Harry Åkesson

Sven-Harry Åkesson, born March 12, 1940, is an automobile designer from Sweden. His first car was built in 1959 as a Formula Junior racer, but after a while he came to the conclusion that it was going to be too heavy so he abandoned the build. In 1961 he started another Formula Junior build he...

under the name of the Sethera Falcon.