Koenigsegg CCX
Why 4.2: A twin-supercharged V8 — Koenigsegg's first fully in-house engine, no more Ford-sourced block — paired with a proper 6-speed manual, standard. Every Koenigsegg since has been paddle-shift or, on the Regera, no shift at all. This is the last one built around a clutch pedal.
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Median asking price, good condition · €639k (2006) → €966k (2026), trending up · illustrative data
The long version
Koenigsegg built the CCX to finally shed the Ford-block reputation that had dogged the CC8S and CCR, casting its own 4.7-liter V8 and bolting on twin superchargers instead of the turbos every later Koenigsegg would use. It launched at Geneva in 2006, spun the Stig off Top Gear's test track during an early power lap, and then spent most of the following decade as the unloved, undervalued early Koenigsegg — cheap relative to what came after, and driven accordingly by the enthusiasts who actually bought one rather than banked one. Only around 30 were built. Values sat flat or drifted down for years before recent auctions rediscovered the model, pulling prices well past the original $695k sticker. It remains the last Koenigsegg you could order with a proper manual gearbox, a distinction that matters more with every paddle-shift and now gearbox-less model the company has built since.