Koenigsegg still a fairly new company with just 30 employees when it built the CCGT. Based on the Competition Coupe CC8S, which was launched as the company’s first road-legal product in 2002, the CCGT is intends to participate in GT1 racing. From the very beginning, road vehicle designed to GT1 regulations, including vehicle width and area in front of the cockpit. Approval rules required at least twenty carsand with Koenigsegg hand-built philosophy It took a few years, so by the time they finished building the CCGT in 2007 and tested it for racingThe class was actually dismissed.
The CCGT racing project was shelved at that point and sold to private collectors. A recent restoration in the hands of an American collector has reignited interest in the car and its history. The new owner wants to run the car as a historic racer, and although it has never raced in its time, historic racing events are still happy to allow it onto their grids. The folks at Top Gear caught up with company brains and namesake Christian Von Koenigsegg in the unmistakable garages of Sonoma Raceway to get a closer look at the machine.
Unfortunately, the video doesn’t have any footage of the car running or racing on the track, but it’s a very interesting look at a car that has largely been forgotten over time.
Imagine if Koenigsegg had gotten things going with CCGT before GT1 shut down. I think the 1970 Le Mans win is what put Porsche on the path to becoming the company it is today. Perhaps if Koenigsegg had dedicated himself to motorsport and won Le Mans, it would be a completely different company today. On the other hand, perhaps the cost of racing would have put the company out of business and we would have forgotten about it.
