Koenigsegg Intern Designs Wild Hypercar That Needs To Become Reality

A digital designer for the Swedish supercar company Koenigsegg has just created an absolutely stunning car (albeit only in the digital realm at present), displaying a mix of the brand’s lines and forms that would look right at home alongside something like the CC850. That being said, there are elements that remind us of other cars, too.

For now, though, the Koenigsegg Aethera exists only in the digital space, meaning that we’re eagerly waiting for official news about the car’s possible reality.

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Koenigsegg has released more than a dozen cars since it started selling hypercars in 2002. They’ve often been variants on a theme, but that hasn’t made them any less appealing to look at, or any less exciting to think about. When it comes to renders, the work of Behance artist Alexandre Bernini might be some of the best we’ve seen so far. Bernini has plenty of experience, working as a design intern at BYD (we knew those headlight surrounds looked familiar) and Toyota before his internship at Koenigsegg.

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The Aethera is one of the projects Bernini designed for his showreel. It is a concept model he worked on during his six-month term with the automaker. Bernini’s design is sleek and sensual. It also shows a coherence that not every low-volume supercar company seems to be able to manage, though some curves, like the outline of the diffuser and the curve of the front bumper, are perhaps a little less traditionally stylish. Whatever your thoughts on the overall aesthetic or individual elements, it’s certainly impactful.

Aethera Captures Koenigsegg Design

Bernini’s detailing is clearly Koenigsegg, but at the same time, this shape looks different from the models the automaker already sells. McLaren could take a page from his book.

A bulbous nose with inset headlamps lets air flow from the front bumper high-pressure area through the wheel arches and out the back. The large front splitter should give the car significant downforce. Yet it has the Koenigsegg double-bubble roofline and a wiper that stays vertical to make sure it doesn’t create more drag when the car is moving down the road.

They aren’t ajar, but the car looks to feature Koenigsegg’s signature Dihedral Synchro-Helix doors, which open, twist, and spin out, in a dance that’s much more elegant (and intricate) than any Lamborghini.

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Bare forged carbon panels, scoops, and channels manage airflow. There isn’t any simulated wind tunnel data for this concept rendering, but that doesn’t matter to us right now. It looks incredibly fast, and if it looks that fast, well, then it has to be. Right?

Of course, there are no plans for production. But we can imagine this car with 2,300 horsepower from Koenigsegg’s mix of 5.0-liter V8 and electric motors from the Gemera. The Aethera certainly explores things from a new angle, and that’s something Koenigsegg is always happy to consider.