Koenigsegg CCXR - a sustainable supercar?
I'm not even going to pretend that it's in any way green to own a supercar - even if I had the $2.3 million this one costs. Still, it's hard to believe that a car a little more powerful than the average Bugatti Veyron (if not, reportedly, as well engineered) would run purely on E85 ethanol fuel. Yet here it is. Leaving aside the long-term concerns about biofuels, that's a move in a sustainable direction that is still unusual for a supercar.
The 4.7 litre V8 engine cranks out a buttock-prodding 1018 horsepower that means this carbon fibre beauty can rattle through the gears from 0 - 62 in 2.9 seconds with a top speed of 250 mph. There is a pimped version of the Veyron doing the rounds that pumps out 1200bhp, but at these levels, why quibble over 100 horses here or there? Green? Not quite. Gorgeous? 'Fraid so.
[via Shiny Shiny]
