Honestly, driving this car around here even as a passenger you feel...
Holy #@%&!
In the trailer, behind me is one of the rarest supercars in the world and I'm
about to help deliver it to a very excited new owner here in Southern
California. Whoa! I waited two years for this car. I'm
shivering. I can't wait.
The guy that's actually hiding behind that doorway is
Manny Coachman. He's a tremendously wealthy individual. Although, Manny has a
garage full of the world's best cars, today he is actually waiting arrival of
one of the rarest Koenigseggs ever built.
When CNBC ark did I want to be part of the delivery of the world's fastest
supercar, of course, I jumped at the chance. Manny just then what a nice
surprise. I know, I'm the new delivery driver. Hey! Good to see you again. How
excited are you? Oh I've had butterflies all morning.
That moment when the trailer
started opening at the back. The first thing I saw was this flash of gold and I
was like "Okay now I understand why it's called a Phoenix." Wow! (laugh) Look at that.
Completely blown away! Wow! Amazing! I think it's the first car I've ever
seen with a gold exhaust stack. I like everything over-the-top.
What we're looking at is one of the most powerful engines ever put in a road car.
This car is officially the fastest car on their planet. To put into perspective
quite how fast the Phoenix is, I've actually done 232 miles an hour at the Lamont 24
hours.That was impressive to me. The Phoenix?
It'll do 280. Just between us what does this car cost?
Definitely over 3 million but most of us when we buy a new car would be
pretty stoked if we went with the satellite radio option. But Manny put over
a million dollars of options on this car. A lot of them in gold.
I put 24 karat gold on underneath too. This ring is over $300,000 but the one
for me as a race driver that really was impressive was taking the horsepower to
1,400 horsepower. That's like a rocket ship. Should we go for a drive?
Absolutely! Let's close this down gently. Where's the
catch? Remember this is a hand-built car from Sweden. The entire bodywork is made
of high-caliber carbon fiber. If you do close it incorrectly, it'll crack and
cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. It's not gonna go very easily. Is it? No.
It's worth so much money, I wasn't prepared to slam the trunk shop.
That's up to Manny. Do that. Now keep it up (trunk thud)
$#!+ (laugh)
When a race car driver and a top cock lips I can't
work it out, who do you call? Well thankfully, Manny has a friend who also
has a Koenigseggs. I'm trying to close the trunk. And am I supposed to slam it hard?
Oh really? So you just push it down? That was easy. All right! We look like "Dumb and
Dumber." That's what happens when you don't test drive a car before you
buy it. When you and I go to the car dealership,
of course, we test-drive it. They give us a handbook. There is no handbook with a
Koenigsegg Phoenix. You have to work it out for yourself
the minute that his mate told him how to close it, we're ready to drive.
I'm Manny's first date in his car. I mean he could have done better, actually. (laughs)
This thing it just wants to go. The fastest road car ever made and its debut is in the
slowest place possible: on an industrial part with the speed limit of 30 miles an hour.
Manny was excited I was terrified just to put it into context is like
riding a Ducati around your living room. This is too nerve-wracking around here
Honestly, driving this car around here even as a passenger, you feel...
(engine rev)
Holy #^%&
Alright, Manny. Oh My! I wasn't even pushing it. I'm not kidding you.
So many do you have a special nest for the Phoenix? It's gonna be between
the McLaren P1 and another beautiful car Pagani, Hermes edition. That was like the
most high-intensity slow drive I've ever been on.
Not only has he got the fastest car in the world, it'll probably work on 10
times more in about 15 years. Oh many well done. Congratulations. That was an
amazing treat. Many spent millions on it right now but I really think it's a good
investment. One day someone we want it more than and that's gonna make him even richer.