Designing and building a car isn’t easy. Actually, we need to clarify that statement. Designing and building a production car that meets all the various rules and regulations of countries around the world isn’t easy. Homologation for road-legal vehicles requires all kinds of steps, and while high-volume automakers can recoup the expense through mass production, it’s a veritable mountain of misery for low-volume performance companies like Koenigsegg.
A new video from Apex One chronicles the process of climbing this mountain, at least from Koenigsegg’s point-of-view. Company founder Christian Von Koenigsegg and Homologation Manager David Tugas discuss the challenges of being a small car company meeting these requirements, which according to Koenigsegg account for no less than 60 percent of the company’s budget over the last few years.
Crash-testing is obviously a large chunk of that, and we actually took a closer look at Koenigsegg’s…
