I can't fathom how they've managed to engineer this. When a company like Porsche or VW builds a technologically amazing hypercar, it's obvious that the parent company has poured buckets of money into the project for years, sometimes even selling the final cars at a loss just to make a statement.

Just kidding, of course. I love this car.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Swedish space program. We expect to have a man named Sven in orbit within the next two years.

I like your little bitch theory, but the spy shot posted the other day hinted at a small wing integrated into the bodywork. Or maybe I'm just imagining things.

Hahaha. Did you read the full thread that you linked to, or just the first three posts? They actually state that given enough space to accelerate, the top speed is dependent on whether the car can overcome aerodynamic losses and drivetrain losses, both of which are independent of weight. I'm a physicist, trust me on…

Did you read the part in my post about the physics? There is no weight debt. If you're trying to break a top speed record and you have enough room for acceleration, more weight isn't a bad thing. Really, just think about it for a second. The point of the car was to be the fastest production car in the world. Weight…

Uh, no. You have 5% of the Veyron. Whether you like it or not, it's one of the most iconic cars of this century so far, as well as one of the most exclusive. I go to car shows, I go to car museums and I go to Monaco once a year, and I have yet to see a Veyron in real life. There are three Porsches in the garage where…

I can't believe that I find myself defending the Veyron, because as I've said I'm not a big fan of it. But I can't help but find your position uninformed.

Considering that most of the reviews that I've read and watched have talked about how surreal it is to go so fast in such comfort, there definitely is an excuse. Trust me, if it was that easy to make the car lighter without making it worse, they would have hired you instead of all those professional engineers. Think…

Ever seen these before?

I disagree. The Bugatti was fat compared to most performance-focused supercars, but that means being true to the brand's heritage.

It's a little bit like Pagani's early days. When you only produce a hundred cars or so in a decade, even if they are expensive ones, you probably need to milk the design of everything it's got before you develop a completely new model.

Ooooh! I'm usually not all this excited about spy shots and teases, but as a Swede I want the new one to be something special. Considering that every Koenigsegg so far has followed the same basic outline, this is big.

Yup! I'm getting some Fisker vibes from that, but also XJ220 vibes from the way that wing is curved. This could be very, very, very good...

I completely agree about the GT6 clutch treatment. On my G27 setup, it feels like you actually have to press it so hard your foot starts to hurt in order for it to register, and if it doesn't, the gear just stays in neutral.

There is a leaked picture of the Regera. It doesn't show much, but it hints at a pretty radical redesign (compared to previous Koeniseggs).

Yeah, that's something that always bothers me with Kotaku's wheel reviews.

Mike, do you drive IRL? (I know that most writers here are living in urban areas, so I thought that I'd better include the question.)

I label myself a feminist, and I'm all for trying to find explanations of why our society looks the way it does, but the 'male power fantasy' concept is (the way its used) the biggest piece of bullshit to plague gender issue discussions.

Haha, no, that was just my mockup of a Jalopnik article anno 1883...