Well guys and girls we have been asked over 1,000 times "if we knew what a certain car was that has been circulating across social media"!! we were like you, wow what the heck is that!!!.
- Stan Israel
- 1 hour ago
- 2 min read
But we went to work on it, finally thanks to Cars @cars on Instagram we have found the answer for you and here it is !!! Drum roll please...... Its called a "Kimera K39"
Kimera automobil was founded in Turin in 2019 with a single obsession: reviving the golden era of Italian motorsport through extreme, hand-built machines. Its first two cars the EVO37 and EVO38 - were restomods celebrating the Lancia 037 Group B rally car, each limited to fewer than 40 units. The EVO37 won Top Gear's Performance Car of the Year.
The K39 is something entirely different: a ground-up Hyper-car carbon fibre monocoque, rear-wheel drive, manual gearbox inspired by the shape of the Lancia Beta Monte-Carlo Silhouette Group 5 race car. No borrowed shell. No heritage chassis. Everything new.
It's powered by a 5.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 developed exclusively for the K39 by Koenigsegg the same fundamental architecture that powers the Regera and Jesko, but retuned with smaller Agera - sourced turbos for sharper throttle response, bespoke software, a revised intake, and calibrated to produce 986 bhp and 885 lb-ft (1,200 Nm) of torque running on regular 95 octane pump fuel (in Jesko spec this engine produces up to 1,600 bhp on E85). Redline: 8,250 rpm. Target weight: ~1,100 kg - identical to the EVO38, despite carrying 400 bhp more.
This is also Koenigsegg's first time supplying an engine to an external manufacturer — a deliberate strategic decision. Christian von Koenigsegg's words: "The K39 is exactly the kind of project that deserves something truly special: independent, emotional, technically ambitious and built with a clear sense of purpose."
Two versions exist:
A road legal car and a Pikes Peak race specification wearing full Martini Racing livery. The Kimera K39
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