We first noticed the Koenigsegg Jesko break cowl over 4 years in the past on the 2019 Geneva Motor Present. It debuted earlier than the pandemic, the shutdowns, and the provision chain points that every one rocked the worldwide auto business. Each Jesko the corporate plans to provide, all 125 of them, have already been offered, so good luck getting one. Nonetheless, we are able to all afford to admire the primary official manufacturing unit from afar.
Esser Automotive, Koenigsegg’s official dealership, took possession of the primary manufacturing Jesko yesterday throughout a handover ceremony on the automaker’s Ängelholm manufacturing facility. Little is understood about this particular Jesko, however the supplier will ship it to the shopper very quickly. That fortunate particular person will get to expertise an otherworldly hypercar from Koenigsegg .
The Agera RS substitute is powered by a revised model of the automaker’s twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V8 engine that revs to eight,500 rpm. It produces 1,280 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque, and switching to E85 ups the output to 1,600 hp and 1,106 lb-ft of twist. The engine includes a 180-degree flat-plane crankshaft, a revised consumption, and bigger turbochargers. It pairs with the corporate’s nine-speed Mild Pace Transmission, permitting the automobile to downshift from seventh to 4th gear “with out ready for synchronization.”
The brand new Jesko has a physique that produces 2,205 kilos of downforce at 171 miles per hour, 40 p.c greater than the Agera RS. The hypercar additionally options energetic aerodynamics akin to entrance underbody flaps and a self-adjusting rear wing.
The Jesko is simply the beginning of Koenigsegg’s new technology of hypercar. A 12 months after revealing the Jesko, it debuted the Jesko Absolut, a model of the automobile that may theoretically crack the 300-mile-per-hour mark and will steal the velocity crown from the Bugatti Chiron Tremendous Sport 300+. The Absolut will be capable to obtain its prime velocity due to a decrease drag coefficient.
The corporate additionally spent 3,000 hours analyzing the aerodynamics and greater than 5,000 hours designing and engineering it past what it had already spent readying the unique Jesko. The Absolut weighs simply 2,910 kilos dry, which actually helps its efficiency functionality.
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