Koenigsegg GT1 Le Mans car that has never raced: a one-off CCGT is up for auction

Le Mans was seen as the perfect opportunity to showcase Koenigsegg’s capabilities while acting as a call to the automotive industry that the company was ready to take on the major players, both on and off the track.

The GT1 regulations of the time stated that the car should not exceed two meters in width and that the cockpit must be at least 70% of the width of the car. The original Koenigsegg CC platform was designed with this in mind, paving the way for the development of the CCGT by a dedicated team of engineers.

After several years of development, the factory’s “side project” began testing in 2008; a monster that weighed just 1000kg dry, 100kg less than the GT1’s curb weight thanks to the CCGT’s carbon fiber monocoque. It would allow the team to use ballast to achieve better weight balance.

Combined with the fact that the car can produce over 600kg of lean power and can produce a very competitive 600bhp, the CCGT was set to make waves at Le Mans.

That was until officials revised the GT1 regulations that year, dealing the CCGT a double whammy that would spell the death knell for its Le Mans ambitions. Carbon fiber monocoques were banned and manufacturers were ordered to produce 350 versions of the homolog per year instead of 20, an increase that could not be achieved by Koenigsegg, considering that to date it has produced less than 500 cars.