The 2010 Geneva Motor Show has given us our fair share of exotic and very expensive supercars including the new Gumpert Apollo S and the Lamborghini and Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera. Koenigsegg even wow’d visitors with their new 910 horsepower Agera.

But wait- why stop at a car that doesn’t even develop horsepower in four-digits?

For a second time at Geneva, Koenigsegg dropped some jaws after they introduced the one-of-a-kind CCXR Platinuss- a car that can only be described as an expensive tire shredder. Why? The CCXR Platinuss was specially developed for a Brazilian dealership to run on Bio-ethanol E100, a tweak that results in an absolutely incomprehensible 1100 brake horsepower!

This arena of horsepower is so seriously beyond comprehension that the only way to remotely understand what 1100bhp means is a simple comparison. Lets look a new 2010 Toyota Corolla. At 2811 lbs, the Corolla sports an average 132 horsepower from its inline-four cylinder engine. Now take the CCXR Platinuss. At a curb weight of 2822lbs- just eleven pounds more than the Corolla- this Koenigsegg is eight and half times more powerful on paper than your average, everyday car. Eight and a half!

But we’re sure it feels like a hell of a lot more off paper and behind the seat.

[GTSpirit, Chad Waite]

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