#7073
VIN: YT9XC81B99A007073
Country: Mexico
Left-Hand Drive
General History
Koenigsegg CCXR #7073 was built for Sheikh "ANA" Al-Thani of the royal family of Qatar, who requested extensive custom options and selected the colours and fittings. Consequently, both #7073's exterior and interior are coloured in his supercar fleet's signature shade of turquoise blue, highlighted with exposed carbon fibre.
#7073 is known to have been under construction in October 2009 and was spotted in its finished form in January 2010 in Qatar. The following July it was brought to London and was a major attraction of 2010's annual summer supercar season in the city. Along with another of Al-Thani’s cars, a Lamborghini Murciélago LP670-4 SuperVeloce, #7073 made headlines during this period when both vehicles were clamped by overzealous traffic wardens outside the famous Harrods department store in Knightsbridge. The Harrods business group itself, incidentally, had been bought only a couple of months earlier by the Al-Thani family.
In August 2010 Chassis 7073 was registered in the UK, replacing the Qatari registration it had previously carried, and was still running on UK licence plates when it visited Paris in July 2011. It was then put up for sale in November 2011 at Show Motors in Dubai at a price of €825,000, listed as having covered 3000km. It was still for sale in March 2012, spotted in a listing on German car sales site mobile.de.
At the beginning of September 2013 it was again for sale through Man Exotics in Dubai on whose site it is still listed to date, priced at "best offer". Interestingly, Man Exotics' advertisement claims that the car has only covered 200km in total. This is presumably a typographical error, as the car is also currently listed on the website of Al Ain Class Motors in Dubai with the odometer reading of 3400km - which seems to be accurate and indicates that it has seen only very minimal usage since its first sale appearance in 2011. The car was located at Show Motors in Dubai in March 2014 but they quickly sold it. The new owner brought it to Al Ain Class where it was again offered for sale.
It was bought by a Mexican in 2018 and delivered to Mexico City shortly after. Unfortunately the car crashed in March 2019 and was rebuilt until late 2022 when it surfaced with many upgrades. Now called the Special One Evo this CCXR was delivered to its owner in Mexico again.
Now it's time to go a bit down the rabbit hole to understand where the CCXR Special One is coming from:
The third Trevita does exist. But it is, and always has been, in disguise.
How can this be? Let’s start with what we know for sure. We have successfully identified every documented Koenigsegg CCX(R) by chassis number and have a full list of known cars in numbered order. The two known Trevitas are chassis #7071, and #7075. #7071 is the formerly South African and now Swiss Trevita that began its career as a RHD car, has since been converted to LHD, and was once infamously left abandoned in a Swiss car park for over a year.
#7075 is the US Trevita that featured in an episode of Jay Leno’s Garage and has passed through the hands of boxing legend Floyd Mayweather. These two cars have been seen, positively identified and photographed in detail many times, so there is no mystery around either of them.
Now, there are no missing cars in Koenigsegg’s chassis number sequence anywhere around the 70s. Every car from at least #7060 to #7080 is confirmed and known to exist. So, one might argue, perhaps Koenigsegg simply decided not to build the third Trevita? They built #7071 and #7075, then gave up on the project.
And this might seem like the logical explanation, except for two things. First, Koenigsegg themselves continued to maintain for several years that three Trevitas were built, even though only two can be proven to exist. Secondly and more significantly: #7071, the European Trevita, has been exhibited as Trevita 1 of 3. However, #7075, Floyd Mayweather’s car, carries a plaque which reads: “Koenigsegg Trevita: Limited production 3 of 3.”
Three of three. #7075 is the third Trevita. The missing car, then, was (or is) in fact the second Trevita. This leaves two possibilities:
The second Trevita was originally allocated in Koenigsegg’s build schedule, but for some reason was cancelled either before or after the start of construction (though obviously after #7075 was formally confirmed “3 of 3”, or it wouldn’t carry that plaque), and obliterated so completely from existence that even its allocated chassis number was reused for another car.
One of the three cars in between #7071 and #7075 started its life as the second Trevita, but was changed in mid-build.
The first of these possibilities is unprovable either way without access to Koenigsegg’s own records, but previous history suggests it is extremely unlikely. Koenigsegg have left gaps in their chassis numbering sequence before for a range of reasons, and there seems to be no reason why they would have erased the second Trevita in particular with such thoroughness. Given this, let’s take a look at the three cars between the two known Trevitas.
#7072 is one of the two CCXR Special Editions and therefore unique enough in itself. There is no known mystery around this car and no reason to believe it was ever anything other than the car we now see. #7074 is one of the six CCXR Editions, and there was some confusion in its early history over its VIN and whether it would be US-spec or not when completed. However, while this confusion does confirm that Koenigsegg are willing to change the planned specs on a car in mid-build if they see reason to do so, there is nothing to suggest that #7074 might ever have been anything to do with the Trevita project. It has the same features as the other five CCXR Edition cars, all of which were planned as a set, and when completed it went to a dealership rather than a private client so there is no reason why it would have undergone a spec change of this magnitude if it had ever been scheduled as a Trevita.
This leaves #7073, which in terms of the numbering scheme alone seems the most plausible candidate for the missing Trevita as it would fit the pattern Koenigsegg followed with the CCXR Editions – four of these cars were built in alternating sequence with regular customer cars. So, what can we say about #7073? The "Special One", with its distinctive turquoise blue paint, was specced exclusively for noted supercar collector "ANA" Al-Thani of the royal house of Qatar. It is unique among all the CCXR series, with a combination of features that were selected personally by Al-Thani to suit his own wishes. However, some of these features are worth noting: #7073 has body vents above the front and rear wheels, and these are a rare feature on CCXRs other than the CCXR Special Editions... and the two known Trevitas. Even more remarkably, it has the silver accented nine-spoke alloy wheels that are otherwise exclusive to the Trevitas. While none of this is complete proof, of course, it does seem that either before or after it was designated as Al-Thani’s personal special edition, #7073 was at least partially assembled using Trevita-spec parts.
Why, however, would Koenigsegg choose to turn one of their special-project exclusive cars into an even more exclusive one-off edition for a client? We can only speculate, but one possibility is that Al-Thani may have asked Koenigsegg to provide him with a car faster than would have been feasible if they had added his car to the end of the current build schedule and completed it from scratch. Since CCXR production was already coming to an end to make way for the Agera, it’s even possible that there were no vacant slots available for more CCXR builds at all. If so then Koenigsegg’s only option would have been to convert an existing or part-built car, or replace a projected build in the schedule to meet Al-Thani’s requirements.
Why sacrifice the second Trevita in particular for such a cause, though? Perhaps because the Trevita project, glorious as the Trevitas are, was really a whim of Koenigsegg themselves. If #7073 was scheduled as a Trevita but had no projected buyer and was simply being built on-spec, then if it had been completed but not sold immediately it would have been a resource sink for the company until it found a buyer. Conversely, a car that could be sold upfront to a client of such impeccable credentials as Al-Thani would offer both an immediate financial return, and the opportunity to earn both the goodwill of Al-Thani himself and potentially more customers from among his friends and acquaintances. (Incidentally, Koenigsegg themselves have repeatedly claimed that three Trevitas were built, but been silent on whether all three still exist. Given this, the theory that the second Trevita was completed, or at least partly completed, and then modified to fill a customer order would have the advantage of technically fitting the facts as Koenigsegg have stated them.)
This is, of course, purely speculation. We can’t know for sure if the Special One’s turquoise bodywork should ever have been the diamond white of a Trevita – or even if, under the paint, it still is. However, we can say that logic suggests the second Trevita should have been in one of the build slots between the known first and third ones; and of the three possible options, #7073 is the only one that looks more like a Trevita than it does like anything else.
So is the Special One really the lost Trevita? We can’t prove it... but we like the theory.
Exterior Spec
#7073 is officially designated a standard CCXR but displays a customised blend of styling cues drawn from across the CCXR lineage: front splitter with a cross-barred grille above it similar to that on #7069, body vents above the front and rear wheels as per the CCXR Special Edition and Trevita models, and side canards. These details, the rear clasp, diffusor and bonnet insert are all bare carbon, set against the painted bodywork in Al-Thani blue. The model call-out panel bears the "CCXR" designation, with the "CCX" letters in the same blue as the bodywork and the "R" in red, and a silver Koenigsegg shield. The Koenigsegg shield on the nose of the car is also silver instead of the standard CCXR full colour version. In front of the rear wheels the car's name "Special One" is written in black italic font along the bottom of the side panels, just above the carbon sideskirts. The car has an aluminium exhaust surround, nine-spoke Trevita-style painted alloy wheels and the F1 wing in exposed carbon.
After the crash the car was converted to the CCXR Special One Evo and received many upgrades in the process: One:1 mirrors, AirCore wheels, One:1 exhaust tip, a carbon fiber center on bonnet, roof and rear clamshell, carbon fiber side air intakes and CCXR Special One Evo badging.
Interior Spec
Al-Thani turquoise blue leather throughout with black leather/carbon fibre steering wheel. All exposed interior surfaces (inside footwells, air vents, edges around the roof, etc) are bare carbon fibre. Black diamond stitching on the headliner, seats and the rear bulkhead panel. Full colour Koenigsegg crests on seat headrests. Control dials, info screen frame and instrumentation surrounds are silver metal, probably brushed aluminium. The car's name "Special One" is embroidered in black italic font on the passenger side dashboard. An engraved plate between the seats carries the inscription "Manufactured for ANA Al-Thani - Special One" with the Koenigsegg shield and Christian von Koenigsegg's signature.
After the rebuild the car had a new interior, featuring a Regera instrument cluster and other upgraded interior parts such as the Regera steering wheel and seats and Agera infotainment.