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Koenigsegg Gemera, The World’s First Four-Seater Mega-GT

The World‘s First, Four-Seater Mega-GT

- | BY JARONE ASHKENAZI

The Gemera is Koenigsegg’s first four-seater and the world’s first Mega-GT. The Swedish manufactur­er of high-performanc­e sports cars was founded in 1994 and has hit many firsts in its short history. The CC8S was launched in 2002 as the company’s first street-legal production car, where in 2009 and 2019, the CCXR and Agera respective­ly won key industry awards.

Fast forward to March 3, 2020, which saw Gemera, the limited production four-seat plug-in hybrid grand tourer, being unveiled via online broadcast.

Dubbed the Tiny Friendly Giant, or TFG for short by Koenigsegg, this compact yet powerful engine boasts 1700-hp, accelerate­s from 0-62 mph in 1.9 seconds and can reach a max speed of 249 mph (186 mph in electric mode). The hybrid powertrain is made up of three-cylinder combustion engine that runs on renewable alcohol fuel and three electric motors. With 500-hp electric motor for each rear wheel, a 600-horsepower combustion engine in between, the third 400-hp electric motor sits in front and drives the front wheels. The all-wheel drive machine also features an 800-volt, 15kWh battery pack behind the front wheels which provides power to the electric motors.

While the exterior is a bold and aggressive frame, the Gemera has the practicali­ties of a four-seater car with more luggage space. Unobstruct­ed for both front and rear passengers to enter or exit, thanks to the lack of a B-pillar and two large di-hederal doors, there was no detail spared on the interior. There are two cup holders per person, one hot and one cold, a steering wheel with leveled graphics screen, leather upholstere­d electrical­ly adjustable seats and a total of four touchscree­ns

Its premier design characteri­stic is the giant Koenigsegg Automated Twisted Synchrohel­ix Actuation Door. These doors, one on each side that swing up vertically, allows effortless access and a very small opening footprint. Along with air vents incorporat­ed in taillights and headlights, top-mounted titanium Akrapovič exhausts, rear view cameras are used in place of mirrors.

The mega-car experience can now be shared with family and friends with a total range of 1000km, 950km with its internal combustion engine and 50km with its electric engine.

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