Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut production underway, top speed attempt in 2024 (2024)
Stephen Edelstein - Motor Authority
Production of the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut is now underway, so the company is shifting focus to a speed-record attempt.
The automaker showed the first customer Jesko Absolut in an Instagram post a few days ago. Around the same time, founder Christian von Koenigsegg said in an interview with Swedish publication Carup that the company would try to set a new speed record for production cars later this year.
First shown in 2019, the Jesko is offered in Absolut and Attack configurations. The Jesko Attack is a high-downforce version, while the Absolut is a low-drag version designed for top speed. Just 125 cars will be made in total, with the split between Absolut and Attack models determined by customer demand. The entire production run sold out in 2022 despite a $3 million price tag for each car.
In the interview with Carup, von Koenigsegg said theoretical models based on gearing and power curve have indicated a top speed above 310 mph. That would beat the Bugatti Chiron, which won the race to 300 mph in 2019 with a 304.7-mph top speed.
The Bugatti record is contested, however, because the automaker only ran the car in one direction, rather than recording a two-way average, as is standard procedure for speed records. The fastest two-way average speed on record is 282.9 mph, set by the SSC Tuatara in 2021, beating the previous record of 277.9 mph set by the Koenigsegg Agera RS in 2017.
In February, Koengisegg founder and CEO Christian von Koenigsegg
Christian von Koenigsegg
Christian Erland Harald von Koenigsegg (born July 2, 1972) is a Swedish automotive engineer and entrepreneur. He is a descendant of the House and lineage of the Koenigsegg, a noble family from Germany. He is the founder and CEO of the Swedish high-performance automobile manufacturer Koenigsegg Automotive.
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said the Jesko Absolut will make a production car speed-record attempt in 2024. Plans are now underway for a run. "We have the airfield here," von Koenigsegg told Top Gear. "We have our supercomputer simulators.
In addition to this, the Jesko Absolut also achieved a top speed of 412 km/h, setting three other world records in the process. This includes a 0-400 km/h time of 18.82 seconds, 0-250 mph in 19.20 seconds, and a 0-250-0 mph time of 28.27 seconds.
Well, buckle up, because it's pretty wild. According to von Koenigsegg, the Jesko Absolut blasted past 311 mph in ninth gear during the simulations before bouncing off the rev limiter. That's right, the car still had more to give, but it ran out of room to stretch its legs.
A bench test showed that it was Jesko Absolutely reached speed in ninth gear 500 km/h, before it reached the rev limiter. This means that even more speed can be achieved just waiting to be unleashed. The disclosure was made by the company boss himself Christian von Koenigsegg during the podcast Top Gear.
On paper, this accolade goes to the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut with a theoretical top speed of over 310mph, however that's based on a computer simulation. Until the Jesko actually achieves this on the tarmac, the Bugatti Chiron Supersport 300+ holds the title of the fastest car in the world with a top speed of 304mph.
A chassis dyno test has revealed the Jesko Absolut surpassed 311 mph (500 km/h) before hitting the rev limiter in ninth gear. It suggests there's room for even more speed waiting to be unlocked. The disclosure was made by the man himself–Christian von Koenigsegg–during a Top Gear podcast.
Holding onto the top production car speed record is the Swedish Koenigsegg Agera RS. The undefeated top speed record of 277.87 mph was set on November 4, 2017 on a public road in Nevada, making it the fastest car in the world for street use.
This time, the car of choice was the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut. This fully-hom*ologated, road-legal rocket ship set a time of 27.83 seconds to travel from a standstill to 400 km/h and back to a stop again, nearly a second faster than the previous record (28.81 seconds).
So in short keonigsegg agera rs is faster than Bugatti chiron. The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolute is the fastest car ever built and goes past 500 mph. Can it beat the Kawasaki Ninja H2R in a drag race? The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolute is the fastest car ever built and goes past 500 mph.
A car with that kind of speed level also requires immense power. The Bloodhound required a total thrust of 20 tonnes to achieve a top speed of 1,000 mph. This phenomenal amount of robustness doesn't come with regular machines. It's no surprise that the Bloodhound harbours a Eurojet EJ200 jet engine.
Bloodhound LSR, formerly Bloodhound SSC, is a British land vehicle designed to travel at supersonic speeds with the intention of setting a new world land speed record. The arrow-shaped car, under development since 2008, is powered by a jet engine and will be fitted with an additional rocket engine.
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The Absolut will be priced higher than the Jesko due to the development work taken to lower the drag coefficient. The Jesko Absolut is estimated by the manufacturer to have a top speed around 500–560 km/h (310–350 mph).
A chassis dyno test has revealed the Jesko Absolut surpassed 311 mph (500 km/h) before hitting the rev limiter in ninth gear. It suggests there's room for even more speed waiting to be unlocked. The disclosure was made by the man himself–Christian von Koenigsegg–during a Top Gear podcast.
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