Design Inspiration: Koenigsegg

When I first started LIOE design I knew it would be a difficult path but I was persistent enough to find a way to make my designs come to life. One of my inspirations is Christian Von Koenigsegg, who sounds like a James Bond villain. Koenigsegg did something crazier than any other entrepreneur, he started a hypercar company from scratch. He has an amazing story, it took him around 10 years to create his first prototype. Koenigsegg used his shear will to find a way to keep pushing forward with his dreams of building a world class sports car. Koenigsegg’s factory headquarters used to be an abandoned airfield for the Swedish Air Force “Johan Röd” squadron. Koenigsegg adopted the ”ghost symbol” that the squadron had on their planes, which were Saab AJS37 Viggens aircraft (the squad also used the phrase “The show must go on” on their aircraft as well). As a tribute to the squadron, Koenigsegg uses the ghost symbol on all its vehicles.

One of the brilliant signature features of his cars are the dihedral synchro-helix door mechanism, which pushes the doors out and then rotates 90 degrees forward. Koenigsegg spent years developing this door mechanism, this is one example how he pushes for innovation and does not settle for less. If you love carbon fiber than Koenigsegg is that car for you, his current production cars have carbon fiber everywhere from the chassis, interior, engine bay and even to the wheels. My current favorite cars of Koenigsegg is the Jesko and Gemera. The Gemera is the stand out of the 2 cars, it is the worlds first 4 seater hypercar. I don’t need to explain any details about the appearances of the Jesko and Gemera, as their beauty and design will speak for themselves.