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On January 1 this year, Koenigsegg teased a new vehicle<\/a> on Instagram with the caption, “Dear 2022, here’s our New Year’s resolution – More ultimate performance through clever engineering and optimal design.” The company broke its ensuing silence Thursday night by teasing a live debut to begin at 12 p.m. Eastern \/ 9 a.m. Pacific in Pebble Beach<\/a>. The teaser image boasts a silhouette that looks like the CC8, the Swedish manufacturer’s first car, with the addition of a roof scoop. Beyond that, we have nothing more than gathered speculation as to what it could be.<\/p>\n

There’s the entry-level Koenigsegg<\/a> that founder Christian von Koenigsegg has said for a while that he wanted to release. There’s the CC12 project with Swiss retailer and supercar<\/a> garage Carage, which appears based on the CC8S production prototype and would satisfy the note about “ultimate performance and clever engineering,” but the timing is off; in April, Carage owner Kim Struve said<\/a> the CC12 would “be released in a year’s time.” The Supercar Blog<\/em> has heard<\/a> this new thing could be Christian’s 50th birthday gift to himself, called the Annira or the CC850S, packing more than 1,300 horsepower into a 1,300-pound curb weight and fitted with a “magic transmission.” Some surmise it’s Koenigsegg finally reckoning with a battery-electric vehicle, but we think that’s the longest shot of all. He told CarBuzz<\/em><\/a> two years ago, “It actually would be much easier for us to just do a pure electric car<\/a>, because we could throw away complexity but add weight. But I’d rather have complexity in the super expensive sports car<\/a> than add weight.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

That seems to us to be enough guessing for today. The only other rumors<\/a> we’ve heard that we would believe true are that there will be a tiny production run and every unit is already sold out. We have but a few hours to find out what’s really happening. Based on the company’s products since, oh, ever, it will probably be special.<\/p>\n

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