Koenigsegg launched his car company in 1994 during a recession when media declared 'the sports car is dead' and famous brands were collapsing. Rather than waiting for better conditions, he treated the downturn as cover to build without distraction. Eight years passed between founding and first production model — years he calls 'fantastic in many ways' despite the poverty and fire that nearly killed the company. His response to a dead market wasn't retreat but recreation: 'If the market is dead, then I have to recreate it.'
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