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Koenigsegg's new Tourbillon trans is unlike anything you've ever seen


In the grand tapestry of automotive history, Koenigsegg's Light Speed Tourbillon Transmission is an entirely new volume of mechanical sorcery, making the Gemera the only production transmission to enable all-wheel drive with one electric motor.

In the high-dollar world of Koenigsegg, it's a testament to the meticulous craftsmanship and precision engineering that the Swedish automotive sorcerers have cast into the beating heart of the Gemera that, simply put, seems to defy Earth's gravity. Christian von Koenigsegg points to the output flange on the Light Speed Tourbillon Transmission (LSTT), with the "Hot V8" 1,500 horsepower (1,119 kW) engine nestled within the gear-train cassettes Rather than dealing with the bygone days of differentials, Koenigsegg decided on a bevel gear to transfer power directly to a pair of gear-train cassettes mounted to output shafts on either side of the transmission.

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