Christian Von Koenigsegg Says His Spyker-Bound Engine Will Last "200 Years Or Something"

The Koenigsegg founder is clearly confident in the abilities of the 5.0-litre N/A V8 he's supplying to Dutch supercar company Spyker...
Christian Von Koenigsegg Says His Spyker-Bound Engine Will Last

Koenigsegg has a knack for building engines with bonkers four figure outputs. So what happens when it puts together a naturally-aspirated V8 with a much more ‘modest’ 592bhp, as it has done for Spyker? It’ll be incredibly strong and reliable, says Christian von Koenigsegg.

Speaking to Road and Track at the Geneva Motor Show, he said: “It’s over-engineered for their needs, because the structure can take 1500 horsepower and they’re having 600…our engines are bulletproof with 1360 horsepower, our customers don’t kill engines, so that engine will last for I don’t know…200 years or something.”

Christian Von Koenigsegg Says His Spyker-Bound Engine Will Last

Clearly von Koenisegg is exaggerating a tad, but it shows how confident he is in the engines his company will supply to the Dutch supercar maker. It should be quite an engine, too: peak power comes in at 8000rpm, and the dry-sumped unit is good for 443lb ft of torque. It replaces the old 4.2-litre Audi V8 Spyker had been using with a supercharger attached.

The new 5.0-litre Koenigsegg-sourced engine will appear in the C8 Preliator (above), which is limited to just 100 units. The last few years for Spyker have been decidedly rocky, so it’s good to see them back.

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Comments

Anonymous

Please please please buy BMW atleast send them an engineer, I’m afraid to sneeze in my BMW and break something

03/17/2017 - 14:06 |
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Anonymous

“…,our customers don’t kill engine…” Subtly hypocrite

03/17/2017 - 14:07 |
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Anonymous

Koenigsegg and Spyker??? YES PLEASE!!!!!!!!

03/17/2017 - 14:25 |
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gheed

He did obviously not mean that it would last 200 years or even close to that though..

03/17/2017 - 14:53 |
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Antiprius

This is why I love Koenigsegg.

03/17/2017 - 15:16 |
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Anonymous

Why is everyone blindly happy about this, sure the engine is good but that car looks like a piece of garbage

03/17/2017 - 17:05 |
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Anton Phillipson

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I agree. I think they’re trying to fall into a cheaper niche of Pagani, with a luxury hand made sports car. Doesn’t do it for me

03/17/2017 - 20:26 |
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Anonymous

Is Spyker competing with Lada or something?

03/17/2017 - 18:05 |
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Anonymous

592HP out of a 5.0 NA V8 makes US Ford and US GM look a bit out of spec.

03/17/2017 - 18:41 |
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Anton Phillipson

If this engine was thrown at a Volvo there would be another big bang

03/17/2017 - 20:25 |
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Anonymous

I’ll destroy that engine with regular use in 5 years tops!😁

03/18/2017 - 07:02 |
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