The world’s craziest 4-seater scraps its smaller engine
The world was obsessed with the immensely powerful 3-cylinder in this mega GT car upon its launch, but recently the brand has made the Gemera a step above the rest. It added the Jesko V8 to its product and bolted the Dark Horse electric motor to the back. This created such a monster that the previous 3-cylinder option now lacks the interest needed to keep up its production.
The 3-cyl engine in question produces 447kW and 600Nm; this particular combustion engine worked in tandem with two rear-located electric motors producing 373kW and 1000Nm each, with the final electric motor on the crank, which produces 298kW and 500Nm. Add all these power-producing components together, and you get a total output of 1,268kW and 3,500Nm. These are crazy figures by any measure, but the newer, stronger mechanical counterpart has made these numbers somewhat obsolete.
The Jesko twin-turbocharged V8 power plant is responsible for the discontinuation of this 3-cylinder configuration, giving the Gemera quite the performance bumpâ”not that it ever needed it, though. The 5.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 produces 1,119kW without hybrid assistance. Once the Dark Matter electric motor is added to the equation, the Gemera now produces 1,700kW and 2,750Nm.
These numbers are so extravagant that the 3-cyl had very few buyers. The brand was forced to convince these waiting clients to opt for the V8 as interest in the bigger engine greatly outweighed the smaller variant. Koenigsegg isn’t going to throw this 2.0-litre out just yet and says it could find its way back into the Gemera in upcoming iterations, so for now they will continue to produce the 300 Gemera units with the brutal V8.
