--- title: "One-Off, Extremely Expensive Koenigsegg Agera RS Crashes During Testing—Again" description: "Pick a car, any car, and no matter how rare or expensive, you can bet that someone has wrecked it. And that's doubly true for this unlucky, one-off Koenigsegg Agera RS, which just crashed for the second time in a year during road testing in Sweden, according to pictures posted on Teknikens Värld." date: "2018-05-21" modified: "2018-05-21" authors: - name: "Kyle Cheromcha" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/20990/one-off-extremely-expensive-koenigsegg-agera-rs-crashes-during-testing-again" categories: - "Koenigsegg News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "agera RS" - "Crash" - "cursed" - "Supercars" - "Testing" --- # One-Off, Extremely Expensive Koenigsegg Agera RS Crashes During Testing—Again ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* Pick a car, any car, [and no matter how rare or expensive,]() you can bet that someone has wrecked it. And that's doubly true for this unlucky, one-off [Koenigsegg Agera RS,]() which just crashed for the second time in a year during road testing in Sweden, according to pictures [posted on *Teknikens Värld.*]() Koenigsegg unveiled the special Agera RS Gryphon at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, featuring a body made entirely of carbon fiber, real 24-karat gold leaf trim, and a near 1:1 power-to-weight ratio at 1,360 horsepower and 1,395 kilograms (that's 3,075 pounds). One of its most expensive cars ever, it was built for U.S.-based car collector Manny Khoshbin, who unfortunately never got to enjoy it—a Koenigsegg factory driver buried the Gryphon in a ditch during final testing in May 2017. https://www.instagram.com/p/BUIoQzgAPiV That's not a phone call we'd like to make or receive. Still, both Khoshbin and Koenigsegg made the best of it: the company commenced work on a replacement Agera RS ([which would ultimately be the last one produced]()) for its client and opted to fix up the smashed supercar for use as a factory test and demonstration unit. https://twitter.com/\_/status/997191308648353792 Unfortunately, it seems fate has other plans for the [fastest production car in the world.]() On Thursday, just over a year to the day of its first crash, the cursed Agera RS wrecked *again.* An extremely blurry picture [over on *Teknikens Värld*]() shows the multimillion-dollar, one-of-one car resting at an awkward angle on the far side of a roadside ditch. It looks like the driver somehow lost control on a straightaway and crashed through the bottom of the drainage channel; the reader who sent in the picture added that tire marks suggest the car had spun before leaving the pavement. Why this happened isn't clear. [The car appears]() to have had its original wing and rear fender vents removed, though it's hard to imagine a company like Koenigsegg putting an unstable car on the road, even in testing. The body doesn't look too damaged, but the undercarriage and suspension are probably a different story. Adding insult to injury, *Teknikens Värld* reports that this was the very first time the repaired Agera RS had been driven since the first crack-up. Whatever Koenigsegg was testing on Thursday, it's back to the drawing board for this iteration. ## Author Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()