In the Swedish language, Regera means 'to reign' or 'to rule,' and the Regera model from Swedish supercar company, Koenigsegg, has been nothing short of an automotive royalty! The brainchild of company founder Christian Koenigsegg, the Regera was unveiled at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show as a plug-in hybrid grand touring sports car. The megacar was produced to serve as a luxury alternative to Koenigsegg’s conventional extreme, track-focused, road-going cars; the Agera RS, and later the Jesko.Nonetheless, the Regera has its unique extreme attributes as well, adopting several innovative automotive features, and commandeering a world acceleration record while at it. Undoubtedly, the Regera is another huge statement of supercar fabrication prowess by Koenigsegg, and its 80-car production run have all been spoken for, as expected. The Koenigsegg Regera’s greatness is apparent through its amazing attributes, hence, we’ve listed some here.
9 Hybrid Powertrain System
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Regera uses a plug-in hybrid powertrain with the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) supplying the greater power required at high speed, while three electric motors handle power at low speed.
The ICE system is a mid-rear mounted Koenigsegg’s 5.0-liter twin-turbocharged aluminum V8 engine with an output of 1100 horsepower and 944 lb-ft of torque, complemented with three YASA electric motors with a combined capacity of 700 horsepower and 664 lb-ft of torque. However, the combined output of the hybrid system is 1500 horsepower.
8 Performance
With great power comes great responsibility, hence, the Regera, courtesy of its extremely powerful hybrid powerplant, possesses an incredible level of performance prowess. According to Koenigsegg, the Regera can zap from a state of rest to 62 mph in just 2.8 seconds, 124 mph in 6.6 seconds, and 186 mph in 10.9 seconds.
There’s more, as the company also claims the Regera can attain a speed of 249 mph in 20 seconds, while it also has an electronically limited top speed of 251 mph.
7 Direct Drive
With the avalanche of great innovations and modernization we’ve witnessed in the automotive production sphere over the past century, pioneering new novel ideas in this current time is a massive feat. Nonetheless, the Koenigsegg Regera has a few innovations to boast of.
One such feature is the Direct Drive, a groundbreaking technology that deletes the conventional gearbox from the Regera’s powertrain setup, making it lighter and more efficient. Regera through this became the first car in which the combustion engine transmits power directly to the wheels. Amazing!
6 Heightened Comfort & Convenience
Regera is built to deliver heightened comfort and convenience through a plethora of amazing features laced within the cabin and the body components. The interior is drenched in leather with unique Regera style stitching, as well as 8-way electronically adjustable carbon sports seats.
It’s fitted with 9.0-inch touchscreen infotainment which is used to control the car’s MP3 player, Apple CarPlay, USB, and Satnav. Other amenities include climate control, power windows, and an adjustable steering column and pedals.
5 Constellation DRL
In trying to make the Regera as distinct from other automobiles as possible, Koenigsegg’s team decided to tweak the design of its headlight. Hence, being the most conspicuous part of an automobile when viewed from afar, the Daytime Running Lights (DRL) on the Regera was extensively tweaked.
A system known as the Constellation DLR was adopted to give a constellation effect by scattering tiny LEDs around the lamp cluster, making the whole setup glitter and sparkle like it was diamond-encrusted.
4 Retractable Active Rear Wing
As an evolution of the Koenigsegg One:1’s active top-mounted rear wing — the first of any automobile in the world — the Regera then features not only an active top-mounted rear wing but the world’s first retractable version.
This innovative solution is unique, and it presents a couple of advantages which include the enhancement of the car’s aesthetics when parked, while also reducing drag when in motion. Notably, the retraction mechanism is aided by the adoption of lightweight carbon fiber material.
3 Autoskin
Amazingly, the Koenigsegg Regera is also the first-ever fully robotized car. Hence, not only does it have a fully retractable active rear wing, but the Swedish supercar aided by hydraulics also automatically actuates all body closures at the touch of a button, through a Koenigsegg system known as Autoskin.
Furthermore, Autoskin has a soft-closing mechanism, and it incorporates proximity sensors that protect all openings as well as the wing mirrors and doors from hitting nearby objects when opening or closing.
2 Custom Exhaust
The Regera is built to provide fun and pleasure even in the littlest of details, which includes how the car sounds. Hence, the Swedish automotive company, through its founder Christian Koenigsegg, designed a novel catalytic back pressure reduction system with a vintage fishtail outlet design for the Regera.
Notably, the vintage exhaust design was last adopted on a production car almost 50 years ago, and to bring the design to life, Koenigsegg partnered with world-renowned exhaust system fabricator, Akrapovic.
1 World Record
On the 23rd of September 2019, Regera joined an exclusive list of lightning-fast supercars to have at some point been deemed as the quickest accelerating cars on earth. On this day, the Regera broke the 0-249-0 mph acceleration record in a time of 31.49 seconds.
The feat was 1.8 seconds better than the previous record set also by another Koenigsegg, the Agera RS. Test driver Sonny Persson was behind the wheels, while the record was set in Rada Military Airfield in Lidköping, Sweden.