Koenigsegg CC

It's all too easy to criticise the professionals. Whether it's football referees, actors, politicians or car designers, enthusiasts will condemn decisions and say 'I wouldn't have done it like that'. But how many people would actually be able to do any better? Christian von Koenigsegg thought he'd like to find out.

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March 2002

It's all too easy to criticise the professionals. Whether it's football referees, actors, politicians or car designers, enthusiasts will condemn decisions and say 'I wouldn't have done it like that'. But how many people would actually be able to do any better? Christian von Koenigsegg thought he'd like to find out.

The Swedish aristocrat set out to build a supercar to challenge the best in the world, the fastest and most outrageous machines ever built - the McLaren F1 and Ferrari's awesome F50. Six years later, the first vehicles are rolling out of his company's factory and the dream has come reality.

But can a car made by an unknown really take on the likes of the prancing horse? Is it good enough to be worth the

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