Those crazy Swedes! This week, two Sweden-based companies, Thule AB and Koenigsegg Automotive, have announced a partnership to produce a roof-top gear box designed for speeds up to 186mph. The Thule Lightning box is made of pure carbon fiber and it attaches to the top of the Koenigsegg Agera R, a "hyper sports car" that can go zero-to-60mph in 2.9 seconds.

Photo: (C) Thule
Thule box on Koenigsegg Agera R

It is "the fastest combination of a commercial car and roof box on the market," Thule touts. (Well, yeah!) The Thule box product, called the Thule Lightning, debuted this week at the Geneva Motor Show. The gear box was made only for the Koenigsegg Agera R, and it comes integrated into a removable roof panel. In other words, you cannot swap out the carbon-fiber Thule box for use on a Subaru on days when you're feeling not so fast.

The Thule Lightning package -- which (oddly) also comes with a pair of customized skis -- costs about $20,000. I guess that's chump change if you're the kind of person who can afford this car. The Koenigsegg Agera R purportedly goes at more than $1million USD.

--Stephen Regenold