General History
Car #041 first debuted as a 2007 CCX at the opening of Koenigsegg Abu Dhabi in October 2007. Christian von Koenigsegg presented this car along with #039. In November 2007 these same two cars were shown at the 2007 Middle East International Motor Show in Dubai. After that it was displayed at the Abu Dhabi Koenigsegg dealer for some time, but was never sold and eventually made its way back to Koenigsegg headquarters.
In 2008 this car was offered as the 2nd Grand Prize in the Cash and Cars Lottery in Canada, benefitting the Alberta Cancer Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society. The car was shipped to Bentley of Calgary for promotional purposes during the year, but under the arrangement was returned to Koenigsegg Headquarters before November. The winning ticket holder (drawn in late November) was Louie Edgi, a resident of Norman Wells, Northwest Territories. Mr. Edgi had purchased his ticket while in Edmonton for cancer treatments. As Norman Wells is a landlocked town with no road access to the rest of the country, and possesses only one 12-kilometer unpaved road, Mr. Edgi understandably opted instead for the cash value of the prize, $1M Canadian. Thus the car remained unsold at Koenigsegg in Sweden.
Sometime in 2009, a specific request came from a U.S. collector for a Koenigsegg CCXR. Koenigsegg only had type approval for the CCX series in the U.S. for Model Year 2008. As this car was yet unsold, and had been constructed within the proper build period, it was decided to convert #041 into a U.S.-spec 2008 CCXR to fulfill the order. The car did not actually arrive in the U.S. until February 2010, when it joined the Special Edition CCXR #072 in a private collection in Florida. It was periodically seen out and about in Florida during its time in this collection.
This car did not change hands again until November 2012, and went into another private collection in Florida. It was rarely spotted during this time. Most recently #041 was sold at auction from this collection by RM Sotheby's in August 2015 at Monterey, California. The sales price was $825,000 before fees. Car #041 currently resides in Colorado.
