Radical Beauty
Kimera unveiled the K39 at Villa d’Elaste. Last weekend. Italy.
If you track the restomod scene you know the name. The EVO37 was the first. A modern twist on the Lancia Rally 0367. The last RWD WRC winner. Then came the EVO38. More power. Four wheels moving it. But the K39? That’s a different animal entirely. Radical bodywork. An engine stolen from the fastest hypercars on Earth.
It wears a hint of that Lancia heritage. But only a hint. The wedge shape is extreme. Wrapped around a custom carbon-fiber monocoq. It’s beautiful but that’s not the point. Function drives it. Aerodynamics rule here. Look at the hood. There’s a deep duct there. Sucking air from the massive front bumper intakes. Riding that air up. Over the roof. Until it hits the rear wing. That wing isn’t just for show. The uprights have vents built right into them.
Then look at the fenders. Slats cut deep into the skin. Letting hot pressurized air escape from the wheel wells. Smart. Kimera teamed up with Dallara. The guys who build IndyCars. They’re tweaking the airflow until it sings. The car sits wide. Burly. Those huge intakes before the rear wheels aren’t just aggressive. They feed the cooling. Keeping the engine from melting.
Swedish Fury
Forget the old setup. The EVO models used a tuned 2.1-liter inline-four from the original Lancia. The K39 does something insane. It takes a Koenigsegg 5.0-liter twin-turbo V-8. Put it behind the driver. And pray.
This engine screams 986 horsepower. It throws 885 pound-feet. At the rear axle. It’s not the full Jesko output—don’t get me started on the 1,600 hp E85 numbers—but it doesn’t need to be. Kimera targets a weight of just 2,425 pounds. Do the math. It will be terrifying.
It’s a custom tune. Unique software. A reworked intake. They even pulled turbochargers from the Agera. The Jesko’s ancestor. First time Koenigsegg lends an engine to another brand. Maybe. Hopefully not the last.
How do you control it? A seven-speed manual. Rear-wheel drive. Though a sequential gearbox is on the table too. The suspension? Inboard pushrods. Front and rear. Same as the EVO38 but working overtime now.
The Peak
There’s a variant. Even crazier.
The K39 Pikes Peak version looks ridiculous in the best way possible. Splitters that jut out. A rear wing that dominates everything. Kimera wants to take this thing up Pikes Peak. Aiming for 2027. Maybe later. Time shifts.
Production will be tiny. Only ten of the hill climb beasts. The street version? Fewer than 100 total. No official price. Probably millions. Is it crazy? Maybe. But for a car that looks like a classic Italian dream and sounds like Swedish violence… maybe it’s just right.
