I have never seen Zack so terrified to ride shotgun before XD

@TheSmokingTire

29 күн бұрын

Correct. - Zack

@ryanehoward

29 күн бұрын

I was thinking the SAME.

@48Boxer

29 күн бұрын

Matt made faces several times like he was a terrified passenger, too

@silentracer911

29 күн бұрын

Gotta love sketchy 80s modified exotics… at least it works though… that’s nice

@multitechauto609

29 күн бұрын

Because he knows the car will not stop when they need to.

This is the car you see in old vhs tapes and magazines but never expect it to be reviewed on KZread.

It is kind of great that this experience was filmed. This vehicle being older and rare it might be years or decades again before an owner lets a journalist fully test drive a car like this. Not just talked about and walked around in a collection or museum.

I’ve never clicked on a smoking tyre video so quick. Loved these as a child. It seemed so much cooler than an f40😂

@928ruf

29 күн бұрын

Same for me….what a car at this time and I still love its look

@city0166

27 күн бұрын

Best smoking tire episode

@Porkycheun

27 күн бұрын

It looks just like the love child of a Testarossa and an F40, while they where sniffing glue... 😁😁

@steveabbatello430

27 күн бұрын

I remember he built a dark blue convertible. As a kid it was the first time I had my breath taken away by a car. I still think they're captivating

@drummerdoingstuff5020

26 күн бұрын

Those KKK turbos are full of hatred

This was the poster car on my bedroom wall as a kid. It NEEDS to be on the same track as a RUF, and a Calloway Sledgehammer! Make that happen!

TR owners: Car slow, need more fast. Keonig: Understood.

@DOWDFILMS1

29 күн бұрын

@@foxx1111did you even watch the video

@tommyfreckmann6857

29 күн бұрын

​@@DOWDFILMS1 I think he was suggesting your mispelling... Koenig.

@DOWDFILMS1

28 күн бұрын

@@tommyfreckmann6857 ah tru

For those who don't know, one of these, a RUF, and the Callaway Sledgehammer were top speed tested in a magazine back then, I believe it was a special exotic magazine run by Road and Track(not sure but I believe I still own it, lol). The RUF was the slowest at 211mph, then one of these did in fact do about 232mph, and of course the Sledgehammer did 254.7mph.

@eddier155

27 күн бұрын

I remember reading that magazine back and being like "OMG we're supposed to be excited about a tuned port 305 IROC when there's this stuff out there".

@marksapollo

15 күн бұрын

Back then I bought a magazine called World Sports Cars and they reviewed these cars. Anything in fact the Corvette was just as bonkers as this thing, reviewers had different balls of steel back then. Remember the reviewer of this car describing how it wheel span in every gear bar 5th 😂

@therocket280z7

15 күн бұрын

@@marksapollo Yeah, if I remember correctly it was an event that several media entities were invited to. Back then, more mainstream media companies just thought cars like these were one off, and likely very unreliable, or not long lived, toys for the wealthy. So, they assumed their audience wouldn't be that interested...

God I'm amazed that this car has survived this long. Must've just been sitting in a collection. 1000HP is 1987 is fucking bananas but that v12 with the quintessential 80s turbo noises.. chefs kiss

@Nightmaretyrant

29 күн бұрын

Came from Japan, lots of these crazy Supercars still held up in collections over there from the 80s-90s economy bubble

@TurboShotIncredible

26 күн бұрын

Flat 12*

@freak_is_already_taken

23 күн бұрын

@@TurboShotIncredible 180 degrees V12

@x808drifter

18 күн бұрын

@@freak_is_already_taken Wrong. Turbo is correct. A Tipo F113A/B(depending on year/market) flat-12.

@freak_is_already_taken

18 күн бұрын

@@x808drifter Yes. It is flat 12, but it is 180 degree v12 also. Ferrari flat-12 has V-engine crankshaft, so it is V12 with 180 degree V-angle. Simple as that.

What an absolute unit of an 80s Exotic.

3:25 when you're hitting 40, and your body 'does something' but then the issue goes away "well, it's gone now, I'm sure it'll be fine!"

@Make-Asylums-Great-Again

29 күн бұрын

Out of sight out of mind.

@user-mf4gz3sp1q

27 күн бұрын

...ignore it until it kills you or goes away...

@mankihonda983

24 күн бұрын

Doctors and mechanics are in a competition to clean you out before you die :D

Matt trying to keep it together for the sponsor! “It sucks it blows” lolololol😂

@jefflandquist

29 күн бұрын

Should have made a Spaceballs reference!

@joetacchino4470

29 күн бұрын

@@jefflandquist Came here to say that "It's Mega Maid, sir. She's gone from suck to blow!"

@jefflandquist

29 күн бұрын

@@joetacchino4470 that's funny... she doesn't look Druish.

@joemcdonough7509

28 күн бұрын

I saw that too lol. TV ads should be like this. Fanttik makes great products too. I bought a battery air compressor based on these ads. Fits in my backpack when I go biking.

I remember Koenig did a black testarossa quad turbo that was awesome. He also did a Jaguar and Mercedes with wide body kits that looked amazing.

@apancher

27 күн бұрын

Oh man, those Mercedes kits were insane!

@ndarandara7528

4 күн бұрын

And Testarossa Cabrio with 800HP

That B pillar trim on Zack’s side is disintegrating and that just about says it all 😂 But Matt’s ballsy for the drive-by shots, that thing’s MOVING

This is infinitely cooler and more terrifying than any hypercar. I’m glad it still exists and can be driven as intended.

Köenig, Gemballa, Strosek, Braubus, owned the 80's! 🙌🏽

@princesssolace4337

28 күн бұрын

Y u left out Reiger and Ruf? 😢

@kennyray116C

28 күн бұрын

@@princesssolace4337 Ruf had vin numbers and Porsche's blessing almost. Reiger... i never heard of.

@kennyray116C

28 күн бұрын

@@princesssolace4337 also, Ruf wasn't gaudy enough.

@princesssolace4337

28 күн бұрын

@@kennyray116C u said owned the 80s ... u didn't mentioned it need not have to had a vin number on it .... and wat sort of 80s petrolhead never heard of Reiger, Hartke or Alpina tuning house?🤭

@alfamonk

28 күн бұрын

@@princesssolace4337 never heard of Reiger...and you mean Hartge? 🤭There was all sorts; Terser, Guttman, Dimma

Off all the cars youve ever recorded and driven, hypercars included, this felt the fastest even on video. I cant imagine what it mustve felt like in the late 80s putting the foot down in 3rd at max boost in this, ballistic, love it

So cool to see a car on video that I'd previously only seen in magazines and books back in the day! Now you need to get a Strosek 928 on the channel 🙂

@SPL3000

29 күн бұрын

The most memorable R&T cover ever.

@doublestrokeroll

27 күн бұрын

lol....I completely forgot about that name....nice dude.

There is a warning light that says "FIRE", that is the greatest Ferrari feature I have ever seen. Should be standard on all models forever.

600K in 1987? That must have been one hell of a sales pitch to get those customers to fork out 200K more than a F40 cost at the same time, for a Testarossa.

@ErikT595

27 күн бұрын

O well this one has over twice the HP over de F40. That would have done it probably 😂

@Toxic2T

24 күн бұрын

This one would eat F40s for breakfast.

@weedian710

14 күн бұрын

IMO this car is much better looking. I LOVE the F40, but this thing is just so beautiful.

@89laxbro

6 күн бұрын

@@weedian710take that back

@evanfinch4987

3 күн бұрын

please get an fmri; this car is not better looking than an f-40

What an odd looking car. If you don't know what you're looking at - I feel like you might confuse this with a replica.

@EthanKlassen00

29 күн бұрын

It has some angles that are great and some that make me question if was even a Ferrari

@ethan8532

29 күн бұрын

Yup or a kit car of some sort lol

@SwapBlogRU

29 күн бұрын

@@ethan8532 right?

@joetacchino4470

29 күн бұрын

I think Matt said in a previous podcast that someone was convinced it was a R32 Z with a bodykit and I can totally see that....

@SwapBlogRU

29 күн бұрын

@@joetacchino4470 hm, I must've missed that episode

Remarkable drive guys. I was 12 when this car came out. I still have the magazine where it was featured. 1000hp. Back in the days it was as like 8000hp announced today. But it was real!!! Amazing video. Thanks for sharing. Loved it.

When you said 1987.... and then 35,33 years ago.... I felt so young 😂❤ 37 years young my friend 😅

@iPodgeek44

29 күн бұрын

You are the only one who noticed, and you know what, you noticed because you are from 1987, it didn’t shock anybody else ?!?! Maybe it is time to make education free in the US 🤷🏻

@ElMosqito

29 күн бұрын

@@iPodgeek44I noticed it aswell and I'm not born in 1987, but also I'm not american so maybe that's the reason

@cake7819

29 күн бұрын

To quote Jay Leno : Do the math! 😉

@lorddoosworth8175

28 күн бұрын

@@iPodgeek44 I noticed but I'm not American, so you're right 😆

Damn I was not expecting this video so soon! I know there were some issues since it literally came off a boat the first time you guys tried to do this. What an incredible car such a beautiful with some features that have aged like fine wine 😂

That is one of the coolest things Ive ever seen . Nothing better then the 80s turbo stuff

In my childhood when you saw a Ferrari Testarossa you knew the owner was rich. But when you saw a Koenig Special you knew the owner was really rich. As far as I remember the Headquarter of Koenig Special was in the outskirts of Munich (Germany) so for me as a Munich resident it was always nice to see cars of Koenig Special. Thank you very much for this opportunity to remember.

So glad they got it working, sounded mental from the podcast

90s 300zx mated with an F40... this! 🎉

Zack is scared shitless lmao

I remember reading Road & Track or Road Tracks magazine during the 80s about this car. I never thought I would see this on KZread . thanks for the video

Finally, I've been for waiting years. For a proper reviewer to drive on a Koenig

@marksapollo

15 күн бұрын

I use to buy a magazine back in the day, they reviewed cars like this when new. I remember the reviewer in the magazine saying it wheelspan in 3rd and I think a bit in 4th 😮 Back in the day reviews of cars like this were very rare, magazine was called World Sports Cars magazine.

One of my all-time dream cars! In many ways, it looks like the F40’s big brother. I really wish these body kits could be made again using lighter materials.

@ERDoc741

27 күн бұрын

Anything can be done with enough $$$$

This video made my day! This Koenig beast from the 80s was never intended to be driven by people expecting all the driving aids to save them. It's a sexy rocket that made other sports cars seem pedestrian in comparison.

I love this car so much I sketched it in high school. I first saw it in Exotic Cars Quarterly in 1990. Got an A on that drawing. I still have the sketch, framed and hanging on the wall in my living room.

Wow, just wow. A contemporary of this car, like the mentioned Ruf Yellowbird, was the factory sanctioned, twin turbo, Callaway Corvette. _Both_ seem absolutely tame by comparison.

I remember this car from back when it was in the magazines. No im not the girl in the avatar. I’m a 52yr old skateboarder who loves cars. I remember tripping out on this crazy ass Ferrari. I wish I could drive it like you’re getting to. As much as I love cars and retain information, like all the stats on every vehicle from every magazine, it makes me wish that I was a car journalist. Your job rocks!!!

As a huge car fan since the 80's. It's always nice to see a car you've never seen before.

It's been a long time since I've been around this scene, but years and years ago there was an unassuming garage in a field in North Texas that specialized in Ferrari restorations. In the 90s and 2000s, the guy running it often went under the moniker 'Ferrari Bob' and had a penchant for turbocharging Testarosa blocks well north of 1,000hp. I'd forgotten most of what he said about what made those blocks so durable, but if you were going to stuff the gills of a Ferrari V12 with boost, that was the one to source. Round about that same time, you could land a TR for about $27k that was probably in need of an engine rebuild anyway. That all said, the TR-F40 hybrid appearance of this one is magic in a bottle. With the looks to match the bite, I wouldn't turn one down either.

@gregmatson1470

28 күн бұрын

Bob Norwood.

She looks like Mike Tyson in a red leather mini skirt and a boob tube. I brought every magazine that had an article on these Koenig beasts through out the 80's when I was a teenager and to this day the Testarossa is still the greatest fantasy car in my mind. They did a beautiful 512 BB and a 1000 hp Countach. I remember them as having a supercharger that made boost up to 4500 rpm plus the twin turbos. Mind blowing cars to a kid in Australia. I love your videos guys, some truly memorable times but I think you didn't do this old girl justice. Thanks for putting this one together.

@gilliganzyland577

25 күн бұрын

I remember that Koenigsegg supercharger/turbocharger combo from a car magazine in the late 80’s/early 90’s in Australia. Awesome.

Haven’t watched as many One Takes lately, but I clicked this in a millisecond! The straightaway shots and your faces are the real one take magic we know and love

These were phenomenal vehicles! It was also known as the Koenig Competition Evolution. I remember seeing one in the late 80's at an exotic dealership in LA that had belonged to Mike Tyson. On each seat back/headrest, it was embroidered with a pair of boxing gloves and "M. Tyson". If I remember correctly, that one was dark blue and it might have been a convertible.

"More than you can afford, pal. Ferrari." This car is like the Supra mixed in with the Ferrari.

Legend car as a 80s kid !!!

“Another puff of smoke out the back , that’s gooood” hahahaha wow I’d be stressed driving that thing

this reminds me of an old tuned video, great stuff. I love psycho cars.

This is embodies everything I loved as a kid in the 90s, looks like it out of a windows 98 computer game. Thing sounds amazing. After driving a800hp cammed out procharged SS, I can only imagine how much harder this thing is to drive in traffic

I fucking love Koenig

I had 1 on my wall as a kid , a uk car mag did a feature an I was sooo sold 😊😊😊

@juliandale50

29 күн бұрын

I was so into 288 GTO , F40 , dream cars compared to a 328 , even a dream F355. This was unobtainium like finding hens teeth in a big old rocking horse shit . Good / bad/ indifferent it was sooo much car , what could possibly be wrong to a 12 yo me 😂😂😂

Absolutely mad. You could be the undisputed King of Radwood with this baby.

Glorious. So glad you got to drive it. Love the tuner kid flutter of the wastegates and the very serious 12cyl on boost. I hope Serio finds more madness for you to show us.

Gotta like that nothing...nothing... boost... warp speed... wrapped around that slow moving telco truck. Not shown, Matt and Zach doing the 80's cocaine in the glovebox to calm their nerves

one of my favorite car videos of the year. incredible car!!!! thanks for making this

These Koenig Competition Testarossa's were my absolute favorite Euro Tuner Exotics from the 1980's! Even if the long term sustainability is crap and the fit-n-finish is garbage, it is stunningly beautiful in every way. I would love to see someone recreate a Koenig Competition from scratch, sticking with the original design, but making the body from Carbon Fiber with a current Ferrari engine and modern-day performance suspension and brakes.

This was great ! Thanks for taking us along for this unique ride guys.

Great video! Thanks for filming this, very very cool!

37 Years old bud! >;)) And its a MONSTER!!! Love these old cars more than anything new!!!

So damn happy TST did a video on something like this even though its not really what the algorithm likes. This is a fantastic video and was hilarious to watch.

One thing I love about your videos is how hard you drive the cars

1980s mad boost is so crazy and addictive 🤪

This is brilliant - more mad 80s tuner cars please

"Fast, Faster, and Fastest" was the cover of an issue of a car mag 35 years ago with this car, the Corvette Callaway Sledgehammer (the fastest at 250+ mph), and either an AMG Hammer or modified 959 Porsche. I'd love to find that magazine or article again!

As a ferrari-fan, i went to the "spa-ferrari-days" several times. A few times, the "koenig-cup" raced there, with about 20 koenig-tuned-cars. That was very cool to see, and hear!

This made me pucker up just watching. That is a wild machine

Such a rad car. I saw one in the flesh in Japan outside a hotel I was staying at way back... probably early 2000s. Got a snap of it somewhere

I was waiting for a review like this for many many years thank you

very nice, i like how you "talk story" thanks so much.. i looked up your venom runway video and i like how you drive, thanks again. I've felt those feelings and you express them very well..

I loved seeing this thing out in the wild. I remember writing Willie K a letter when I was about 13 asking for a brochure. I was floored when I saw a cardboard mailer show up in my mailbox direct from Germany with a brochure, price lists, and a signed letter from the man himself. I'm happy this is even more crazy than I thought it would be😉 I think there is a black convertible KS TR out there as well. Thanks for posting!

I don't think I have ever seen a video that I could actually see the turbo's kick in, and the very rapid speed change as clear as this one. I understand how it works, but usually it is hard to tell on video.

OH. WOW. Damn , I never thought I'd see one driven out in the wild. Thanks for getting the vid posted. Still have the R&T mag

i have yet to see someone actually recreating a body kit for this car, this is one of the coolest testas ever made

great video please do more of these fascinating modified cars!

Read about this car in Road & Track Exotic Cars magazine waaaaaay back when. Was legendary then, love that you got it on video - legend lives on

This is one of the more hilarious videos you put out in recent times. Pls keep up these vibes it reminds me of the old TST days which were a bit more enjoyable and less serious.

100,000 views in 3 days? Come on KZread algorithm, this should be at 1 mill plus by now. Freaking awesome video 🤙

I've heard you guys talk about this so much on the pod nice to see you guys finally got to drive and review it! looks like it's straight out of Cyberpunk!

"Making up your own drugs as you go along" had me dying!

The sounds and wide shots of it flying by is what I've always dreamt about from an '80's Italian exotic (and so far from the reality of what they were). Love this car.

Always loved that Koenig, I remember reading about it back in the days in Dupont registry when I was a kid and it blew me away!!

Im from early 80s, and I love Koenig's cars sooo much that I could easily daily this rossa 😂❤

0:58 When fueling is 2 mans job:):) But look on that engine!!! True art. Also love those wheels. You need love old school turbo cars and why this car is not in video games??? Soo unique!

I‘m waiting for so long. Finally a great actual review. Thx 👍 König is one of my favorite Tuner since my childhood/80's They also did a F-50 bi Turbo. Pls try to get one :)

I thought this was a kit car at first as I have never heard of this insane Koenig creation prior to this video. Learned something today! Thanks!

Boy, oh boy. When that thing builds boost, even I'm terrified and I'm not even sitting in it! I'd love to drive this on the Autobahn once, just to cruise along at 60mph, 1500 to 2000 rpm, step on it and slowly let it build boost and push me forward faster and faster. Must be a hell of an experience!

As an 80s teen living life during Miami Vice being the coolest TV show ever, I remember going every month to the grocery store to buy the latest monthly Robb Report magazine so I could read about cool places, cool people, cool cars, and the classifieds in the back with brand new or newish 80s super cars...Countach, 288 GTO, Testarossa, Esprit, Mercedes SEC, and tuners like Strosek, Koenig, RUF, Gemballa that made the 80s one of a kind perfection....

So happy to discover this is even a thing, thank you so much. Feels like a modernised version using carbon Kevlar and modern suspension, brake, turbo exhaust combo would add a good deal more power and drivability

I love everything about this car. Looks, sounds and totally deadly

if you ask me between the yellowbird and this koenig, its a "this is brilliant, but i LIKE this" situation. thats how porsche vs ferrari has always been. excitement and passion that makes you feel like a movie star, super hero, and god all at once. whereas the porsche is "ya, id daily that no problem, its fine"

I remember reading about this and all of their other bat shit crazy cars decades ago. But life never seen a video off one like this! Thanks so much. Crazy bonkers machine.

This is the best Ferrari I've ever seen.

@weedian710

14 күн бұрын

Totally agree. It’s beautiful.

A tuner F40, but a Testa, I would love to drive it, a little bit of 80s jank is welcome. 🔥🔥

I completely forgot this car existed. Thank you it was fun.

Remember reading about this car and some other koennig examples in a book around 30 years ago as a kid. First time seeing the car since

I wrote this channel off 3 years ago but then you deliver a fire episode with an actual interesting original car, 👏 👏 👏.

80mph - 180 mph seems to be the sweet spot. anything between is this video exploring it.

I love cars like this. It looks genuinely fast.

Nostalgia kicking in seeing this relict from the past...cars that dreams were made of. 👍

Remember reading an article back in the day, a journalist was invited for a ride. On a German autobahn, in its prime days, the driver got this thing to spin its rear wheels when changing gears in 2nd, 3rd and 4th ... flashing it headlights and shocking drivers of Porsches that were already driving close to 250Kph.

This thing is dope but the Koenig F50 twin turbo is even cooler. The F50 has got to be one of the best sounding cars out there.

@poindextertunes

24 күн бұрын

ok

My childhood dream. Deeply batshit. Thanks Matt !

Couple things on mr könig: was german mountain champion in 62 and invited by enzo himself to honor the achievement of doing that in a tiny little berlinetta. And he‘s raced in le mans, including prototypes, which nobody let‘s you do if all you bring is enthusiasm and a bit of money. Man could drive. And america is chock full of dudes who built cool stuff without studying at a university, many of which have been in videos on this very channel, why we gotta say „hopefully smarter people than koenig worked on the car“, that dude had nothing but cars on his mind for 26 years by the point this car came out. Unexpected insult of a man who built wild shit like this.

This is a god send video. Have always wondered about this car. And questions have been answered