Vehicle Description
Chassis No. W09C62214MMK23001
There must have been a point during Willy K�nig's ownership of
962-003 BM, better known as the Hydro Aluminum Porsche 962, that he
considered driving it on the street. The owner of Koenig-Specials
GmbH based in Munich was the maddest of the myriad German tuning
houses of the 1980s - so outrageous that Enzo Ferrari reportedly
requested he remove the Prancing Horse from his Ferrari-based
specials. So, why not take a spare 962 chassis, add license plates,
and send it on its way? Well, it turns out that to build a
tractable street car based on the concept of a 962 monocoque with a
lightweight composite body while complying with strenuous T�V
regulations offered quite the challenge, but according to K�nig in
1991, "we managed it." "It" was the 1991 Koenig-Specials C 62.
What Koenig built was nothing short of earth-shattering, no small
feat surrounded by the best Gemballa, Sbarro, and ItalDesign had to
offer. The foundation of the C 62 was an aluminum honeycomb, carbon
fiber-reinforced monocoque with an integrated roll cage from TC
Prototypes, the very same configuration as campaigned by World
Sportcar Racing stalwarts Brun Motorsport and Obermaier Racing.
Power came courtesy of a 3,368 cc turbocharged flat-six "detuned"
to a press-release number of 750 PS mated to a five-speed 956/962
racing gearbox through a high-performance clutch. The carbon-Kevlar
bodywork by Wethje Composites appears very 962-like even if the
German authorities required increased ground clearance with a
slightly raised nose and headlights, turn signals, and larger
mirrors. Impressively, Koenig retained much of the underbody's
ground effect by massaging the body in various places. The
performance of the first chassis completely astounded the Koenig
team and independent testers with its quoted weight just under
1,100 kilograms. Zero to 100 km/h was handled in 3.5 seconds on the
way to a quoted top track speed of 380 km/h. Perhaps most
impressive was that the pilot of this most-aggressive road machine
was cossetted with creature comforts like leather covered carbon
fiber seats by TechArt, and air conditioning. Koenig intended to
produce 30 C 62s, however the equally impressive cost of DM
1,800,000 (approximately $2.5 million today) and a
recession-reduced demand resulted in only three C 62s ever
created.
By 2000, this Koenig-Specials C 62 was in Japan seeing relatively
limited use on the island nation where it resided for the following
18 years with research indicating it was traded among number of
private collections. As chassis number 001, it is believed this C
62 was originally the press and marketing car finished in yellow,
later refinished in red. In August 2019, the car was imported to
the United States with approximately 1,500 kilometers, and with new
ownership, it received a fresh set of tires, various adjustments,
and oil leak repairs. In 2020, the car visited R3 Motorsports in
Van Nuys, California for an engine oil change, new spark plugs, a
brake fluid flush, and a wheel alignment.
The car that once bowled over the automotive world with staggering
performance that blazed the path from racetrack to road is offered
with around 2,600 kilometers or approximately 1,600 miles, which
are believed to be original. Perhaps the only thing rarer than
seeing one of Willy K�nig's three C 62s in the wild is the
opportunity to procure such a vehicle, offering the thrilling aural
experience and thrust akin to piloting a Group C car on the
street.
