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Old 03-14-2009, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by W.R. View Post
If someone wanted their Koenigsegg to be a distinct "one-off" (not like the Bugatti paint-it-any-colour-you-like scheme), then why not send your recently acquired Swedish beauty and a bag of money to a coachbuilder? I'm sure someone like Bertone or Pininfarina could work wonders with the somewhat boring lines of the standard car, making a true one-off without having to explain why its different.
because creating a one off now is unfortunately much more difficult and expensive than what it was 50 years ago. Now you have to care about safety and other standards, depending on your country, and in such an extreme design also aerodynamic problems, vibrations, instability and so on. it was much more easy to create a one off (not saying it was easy to design a piece of art, obviously) simply because it was based on less "exaggerated" technical rules.

As a reference, consider how much time and money cost the P4/5.
We could ask something about it to Napolis next time he shows up.
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