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You don't see the Koenigsegg CCX (or its ethanol-fueled evil twin, the CCXR, pictured here) at every other stoplight. Hell, it's only available at one dealership in the United States, the appropriately glitzy Exotic Cars at Caesar???s Palace in Las Vegas. But the tiny Swedish automaker, responding to 'customer requests,' is readying even rarer versions of the car. The Koenigsegg Edition CCX and CCXR, which are set to debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March, give the cars a dollop of track-readiness, with feather-light forged alloy wheels, a stiffened suspension, and a naked carbon fiber body, not to mention an adjustable rear wing, a big front splitter, and side strakes for increased downforce at speed. The cars pack a mid-mounted 5.0-liter twin-supercharged V-8, delivering 888 horsepower in the CCX (up 82 from the 'regular' model) and an astonishing 1018 horsepower the CCXR, which is equipped to run on E85 bioethanol fuel. Koenigsegg credits E85's significantly higher octane for the power boost, allowing the fuel to endure higher boost pressures without detonation. The company claims that both models can reach 60 mph in 2.9 seconds, but while the CCX runs out of steam at only 249 mph, the CCXR will press on to an incredible (to the point of unbelievable) 259 mph. The company's factory in Ängelholm, Sweden, will build only 14 examples of the Koenigsegg Edition CCX, and 6 copies of the CCXR. The price? About $1,970,000 and $2,220,000, respectively.

Find more photos of the CCXR after the break, courtesy of Koenigsegg, as well as a gratuitous video of the CCX, courtesy of YouTube.

(Via Autopia.)