- Koenigsegg breaks 0-400-0 km/h speed and braking record again
- The Jesko Absolut beat the Koenigsegg Regera and the Rimac Nevera
- The records were set using the same Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R tires as the customer cars, of which Koenigsegg will make 125
Koenigsegg broke its own 0-400-0 km/h (0-249-0 mph) record for production cars, posting a time of 27.8 seconds with the Jesko Absolutthe automaker announced Monday with a press release and YouTube video.
This improves the previous record of 28.8 seconds the automaker bet on 2023 with the Regera, which in turn beat the Time of 29.9 seconds recorded by Rimac Nevera in a test session earlier that year.
Koenigsegg also claims to have established a car production record for 0-249 mph acceleration in the same run, in 18.8 seconds. The automaker also recorded 0-250-0 mph and 0-250 mph times of 28.2 seconds and 19.2 seconds, also claiming these as records for those who do not recognize the existence of the metric system. However, 400 km/h, which converts to 249 mphis the number most commonly used for comparative purposes.
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Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut resets 0-249-0 mph record
The record occurred on June 27 in a airfield in Örebro, Swedenaccording to the release, with preliminary runs the day before. Koenigsegg test driver Markus Lundh made the record run at 5:00 a.m. local time to take advantage of cooler ambient air and track temperatures and reduced wind.
O Jesko Absolut used for the record is the low-drag version, with reduced frontal area and excluded active aerodynamics, contributing a drag coefficient of just 0.27. Koenigsegg also builds a high-downforce version Jesko Attack version. The production of 125 cars — which was sold out in 2022 — will be split between the Absolut and Attack configurations. The first customer car was completed earlier this year.
Koenigsegg claims that the Jesko Absolut used in the record attempt was completely original, except for a roll cage and a driver’s seat from the One:1 hypercar (the latter was driver Lundh’s preference). The records were set using the same Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R tires like customer cars, according to the automaker.
In 2020, founder Christian von Koenigsegg said the Jesko Absolut would be the The fastest car Koenigsegg has ever made. In an interview earlier this year, von Koenigsegg upped the ante, saying the company would make a production car top speed record attempt in 2024. This record attempt didn’t quite go that far (Lundh reached a top speed of 256 mph, below the current record by any definition), but it served as a warm-up for it.
“This record-breaking run has validated the accuracy of the simulated and calculated performance of the Jesko Absolut, which gives us great confidence in its ability to be the fastest, fully homologated production car in the world,” von Koenigsegg said in a statement. “Now it all depends on tire testing, development and approval before we can finally attempt this record.”