Again in 2020, Koenigsegg founder and CEO Christian Von Koenigsegg predicted a 330-mph high pace for its latest hypercar, the Jesko Absolut. That will make it the quickest manufacturing automotive on the planet, beating out juggernauts just like the Bugatti Chiron Tremendous Sport 300+ and the Hennessey Venom F5. Now, Koenigsegg is planning to see if these simulations are correct.
In an interview with Swedish-language website Carup, Koenigsegg revealed plans to set a high pace file with the Jesko Absolut someday in 2024.
“Hopefully we are able to go for the file already this 12 months,” he stated. “We’re at present on the lookout for a straight stretch that’s lengthy sufficient and the place the site visitors could be shut down, it’s not fully simple. It’ll most likely not be in Sweden, however overseas.”
These accustomed to high pace file makes an attempt will keep in mind when Koenigsegg beforehand set the file for quickest manufacturing automotive in 2017 utilizing an Agera RS, with a median pace of 277.9 mph. Koenigsegg carried out the take a look at on a closed stretch of public freeway in the midst of the Nevada desert, somewhat than a race observe or runway strip.
And in contrast to rivals, who set their speeds in a single path or with a automotive not homologated for street use, Koenigsegg set a pace in each instructions and took a median, sufficient to get the file licensed with Guinness.
“Bugatti has solely pushed in a single path and with a automotive in a specification that clients can’t purchase,” Koenigsegg advised Carup. “Even SSC’s file is ready with a automotive that isn’t homologated for street use. Our file with the Koenigsegg Agera was set with a manufacturing automotive, and the brand new file try may even be made with a series-produced Jesko totally authorised for avenue use.”
The Jesko Absolut was designed particularly for straight-line pace. It makes use of the the 1500-hp twin-turbo V8 powertrain from its sister automotive, the Jesko Assault, and pairs it to specifically designed aerodynamics that cut back drag and enhance stability.
“Thus far, it has not been totally explored precisely how briskly the automotive is,” says Koenigsegg. “The drag coefficient is simply 0.278 and with the minimal frontal space, the automotive’s gearing and energy curve simulations present a attainable high pace nicely north of 500 km/h [310 mph]. Now we need to present what the automotive is able to in actuality.”
