{"id":5510,"date":"2025-08-12T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/?p=5510"},"modified":"2025-08-13T16:17:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:17:52","slug":"koenigsegg-just-reclaimed-a-very-important-hypercar-speed-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/koenigsegg-just-reclaimed-a-very-important-hypercar-speed-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Koenigsegg Just Reclaimed a Very Important Hypercar Speed Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All it took for Koenigsegg<\/a> to reclaim the 0-249-0 mph record from Rimac<\/a> was a few software tweaks to the Jesko Absolut. The company\u2019s software engineers recalibrated the Light Speed Transmission and engine management system while introducing a new torque control system that now allows the Absolut to manage traction \u201clike never before.\u201d<\/p>\n

The changes, which Koenigsegg calls Absolut Overdrive, will be rolled out to existing customers. The Jesko<\/a> completed the 0-249-0 mph run in 25.21 seconds and the 0-250-0 challenge in 25.67 seconds, beating the Rimac Nevera R<\/a> by half a second.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the two compare:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Record<\/td>\nKoenigsegg Jesko Absolut<\/td>\nRimac Nevera R<\/td>\nDifference<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0-400-0 kph (249 mph)<\/td>\n25.21 seconds<\/td>\n25.79 seconds<\/td>\n0.58 seconds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0-400 kph<\/td>\n16.77 seconds<\/td>\n17.35 seconds<\/td>\n0.58 seconds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400-0 kph<\/td>\n8.44 seconds<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0-250-0 mph<\/td>\n25.67 seconds<\/td>\n26.20 seconds<\/td>\n0.53 seconds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0-250 mph<\/td>\n17.18 seconds<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
250-0 mph<\/td>\n8.49 seconds<\/td>\nN\/A <\/td>\nN\/A <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Rimac<\/a> is a 2,107-horsepower electric menace to society, while the Koenigsegg packs an unruly twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V-8 that produces 1,600 hp. The two couldn\u2019t be more different, and yet only half a second separates the pair.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat we achieve this level of performance with a production car utilizing a combustion engine with rear wheel drive only\u2014beating all 4-wheel drive electric cars in a straight line is almost magical and show that \u201ctruths\u201d can be re-written,\u201d said company founder Christian von Koenigsegg<\/p>\n

Koenigsegg broke Rimac\u2019s record<\/a> on August 7 at the \u00d6rebro airfield with factory test driver Markus Lundh behind the wheel, and it\u2019s the same Jesko that set Koenigsegg\u2019s previous record in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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