Posted on 03/19/2019 7:21:16 PM PDT by Rebelbase
A supremely rare, multimillion-dollar Koenigsegg CCXR Special Edition originally built for the Qatari royal family was wrecked in Mexico City over the weekend, according to witness accounts and photos posted on social media.
Pictures show the 249-mph hypercar at a dead stop on the side of the Paseo de la Reforma, a major avenue that crosses the middle of Mexico's capital, immobilized by heavy front-end damage. Jagged, gaping holes can be seen in the carbon fiber bodywork. One of the rear wheels sits tilted at a grotesque angle. Curious onlookers gather round and stare at the car like a crashed spaceship before it's eventually hauled away on a flatbed.
The cause of the accident, which took place on Sunday, hasn't been released—though if it was a single-car crash, you can bet it involved a potent combination of less-than-ideal road conditions, unsuitable tires, and good ol' fashioned speed. Considering the Koenigsegg CCXR Special Edition has a twin-supercharged 4.8-liter V-8 shoving 1,017 horsepower to the rear wheels, it's frankly impressive that the car's stayed intact this long anyway.
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The owner of the other one must be stoked.
First Porsche lost a shipment of special built 911 models due to a fire onboard the transport ship, and now this. No new toys for the Narcos for a while.
Saw the pic.
What did he hit?
A jackrabbit?
I suspect driving one would be like shooting a Barret .50 without ear protection and while holding it about an inch in front of one’s shoulder. The only place for an ordinary person even to try to drive it would be a race track.
The new mid-engine vette will be 1,000hp at the rear wheels.
It will be a 250mph car for less than 1/10 the price of this one.
It will be a 250mph car for less than 1/10 sec :)
Driving it in Mexico City?
That was his first mistake.
The car was designed for an expert driver. In Mexico, that driver would be rarer than the car.
Crunchy.
A little duct tape here, a little bondo there . . .
A quick way to piss away 2.3 mil
Hell, I'd even drive down and pick it up for the right price. If the motor and other part's haven't been stripped out by the local's.
Judging from the pic, that car is repairable.
Ive seen Ferraris in worse shape brought
back to life.
Ha ha. Too much car, too little brain.
The insurance company takes the hit, not the owner.
A little bit of history from the article: “Even if it wasn’t lying in a crumpled heap on the side of a major boulevard, it would be hard to miss this particular CCXR, whose striking turquoise livery inside and out is a signature of the Al-Thani royal family of Qatar. Built in 2009, the so-called “Special One” gained a measure of viral fame the following summer when it was booted by a traffic cop outside Harrod’s department store in London, which the Al-Thanis had also recently purchased.”
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