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Leccy Tech When Register Hardware first clapped eyes on the Koenigsegg Quant leccy hyper-car back in March, we never thought the vehicle would see the light of day. Yes it will, a company mole has insisted.

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Limited Quant production will start soon, a Konigsegg mole's claimed

The insider told Swedish website Realtid that the e-supercar’s manufacturer, Koenigsegg, intends to start manufacturing limited Quant numbers in the not-too-distant future.

It’s worth noting that the firm has entered into a deal to buy Saab from owner General Motors. A coincidence? Possibly.

The acquisition could be a key weapon in Koenigsegg’s Quant development arsenal because it would give the firm access to Saab’s production engineering, R&D know-how and test facilities.

Whether the Quant appears with either a Koenigsegg or Saab badge on its bonnet remains to be seen.

Konigsegg Quant

Will Konigsegg build the Quant at Saab's HQ?

A Saab badge may not be out of the question. Quant’s supercar prestige would undoubtedly help to transform Saab’s profile into something other than a manufacturer of fast saloons for dentists and lawyers.

But cynics will, of course, point out that Koenigsegg’s CEO, 36-year-old Christian von Koenigsegg, has no experience of owning or running a firm as large as Saab, which last year pumped out over 93,000 vehicles, compared to... er... 18 from Koenigsegg. ®

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Latest Comments

@ H dotNET

You left out students.

Well, I owned one when I was a parasite.

Oh, for the life once again of student grants, fast women and loose cars ;)

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@Mike Richards

you left out doctors.

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Just do it

Only one way to see if he has the balls, just dive in and do it...I suspect he'll do just fine when compared to the American Idiot car companies (now government owned).

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