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The Koenigsegg Jesko is a limited production mid-engine sports car produced by the Swedish automobile manufacturer Koenigsegg. The car was introduced at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show and was completely sold out before the show ended. Succeeding the Agera, the Jesko is named as a tribute to the company founder's father, Jesko von Koenigsegg. There are two variations of the car, the "Absolut" and the "Attack".
Bridster
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Some data I pulled from the video:
0-100: 3.2s
100-200: 3.3s
200-300: 4.3s
300-400: 8.3s
0-400: 19.1s
400m: 9.7s at 277km/h
1000m: 16.2s at 376km/h
Koenigsegg claims 0-400 in 18.8s (instead of 19.1s), which means they are again (as with the later Regera test) using roll-out even in a metric system - and not even mentioning it anywhere. A typical Koenigsegg BS, but hey, Rimac started it, so now it's a fair game, I guess!
0-100: 3.2s
100-200: 3.3s
200-300: 4.3s
300-400: 8.3s
0-400: 19.1s
400m: 9.7s at 277km/h
1000m: 16.2s at 376km/h
Koenigsegg claims 0-400 in 18.8s (instead of 19.1s), which means they are again (as with the later Regera test) using roll-out even in a metric system - and not even mentioning it anywhere. A typical Koenigsegg BS, but hey, Rimac started it, so now it's a fair game, I guess!
Revvd
Meister Mechaniker
Here's a bit of a comparison sheet (Zenvo Aurora targets included for fun).
My Jesko 0-100, 0-200 and 0-300 numbers are just very rough ones.
Also, Tourbillon numbers are actually "bellow the #", but I can't add that and retain the conditional formatting.
As Bridster said, keep in mind the mismatch of including rollout vs proper measuring.
My Jesko 0-100, 0-200 and 0-300 numbers are just very rough ones.
Also, Tourbillon numbers are actually "bellow the #", but I can't add that and retain the conditional formatting.
As Bridster said, keep in mind the mismatch of including rollout vs proper measuring.
Tourbillon
Cornering Kingpin
Here's a bit of a comparison sheet (Zenvo Aurora targets included for fun).
My Jesko 0-100, 0-200 and 0-300 numbers are just very rough ones.
Also, Tourbillon numbers are actually "bellow the #", but I can't add that and retain the conditional formatting.
As Bridster said, keep in mind the mismatch of including rollout vs proper measuring.
Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 25.6 seconds 0-400km/h, where's that from?
Revvd
Meister Mechaniker
Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 25.6 seconds 0-400km/h, where's that from?
Why is there always gotta be a mistake?! It should be 28.6 sThis post has been fact checked by @Tourbillon
Tourbillon
Cornering Kingpin
Koenigsegg top speed record: simulations put Absolut ‘beyond 500kmh’
In unsurprising news, Koenigsegg is ‘very keen’ on setting a new production car world record. Unsurprising because at the launch of the Jesko Absolut – a car built for top speed – Christian von Koenigsegg said as much.
In more surprising news, the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut’s top speed simulations have put it way beyond 500kmh (311mph) – which means if the Swedish supercar company’s not-at-all-terrifying supercomputers are correct, the Absolut will be a monster.
Speaking to the Top Gear magazine podcast, CvK reaffirmed the Jesko Absolut’s mission statement – going really, really fast in a straight line, rinse, repeat – and that the team over in Angelholm is raring to go.
“We have the airfield here. We have our supercomputer simulators. We’ve been to a German wind tunnel with the Jesko Attack and Absolut, so we know exactly how the aero works on the car,” CvK told Top Gear.
“We punched those numbers into the very advanced system of the chassis dyno. And it calculates the rolling resistance of the tyre, the drag of the car, it puts correct load on the car at 500kmh if we reach there… and we managed to pass 500kmh in ninth gear before hitting the rev limiter and still having some space in the chassis dyno.
“It doesn’t tell you how stable the car is, but the resistance is there.” That’s right: simulations not only took the Jesko beyond 500kmh - 311mph - but there was room to go faster.
A quick recap, if you'll permit: the Jesko Absolut packs a flat-plane-crank 5.1-litre V8, a nine-speed ‘Light Speed Transmission’, much supercharging and the scary end of 1,578bhp, 1,106lb ft of torque and a 8,500rpm redline. It does not feature a flywheel. It does rev like a superbike.
“The other interesting thing about that is in our chassis dyno we have fans to cool the intercoolers and the radiator in front and so on, but they do not have the flow speed of 500kmh so cooling is worse, you get hotter intake temperatures from the turbos and things like that.
“Even with that, we managed to go beyond 500kmh with the full load case.”
So, right now the chase is on to finalise the rubber – “it’s all down to tyres”, CvK said – and finding a long-enough stretch of tarmac. And like the Agera RS’s 277mph run all those years ago, the Jesko Absolut will likely go hell for leather on a (closed-off) public road.
In unsurprising news, Koenigsegg is ‘very keen’ on setting a new production car world record. Unsurprising because at the launch of the Jesko Absolut – a car built for top speed – Christian von Koenigsegg said as much.
In more surprising news, the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut’s top speed simulations have put it way beyond 500kmh (311mph) – which means if the Swedish supercar company’s not-at-all-terrifying supercomputers are correct, the Absolut will be a monster.
Speaking to the Top Gear magazine podcast, CvK reaffirmed the Jesko Absolut’s mission statement – going really, really fast in a straight line, rinse, repeat – and that the team over in Angelholm is raring to go.
“We have the airfield here. We have our supercomputer simulators. We’ve been to a German wind tunnel with the Jesko Attack and Absolut, so we know exactly how the aero works on the car,” CvK told Top Gear.
“We punched those numbers into the very advanced system of the chassis dyno. And it calculates the rolling resistance of the tyre, the drag of the car, it puts correct load on the car at 500kmh if we reach there… and we managed to pass 500kmh in ninth gear before hitting the rev limiter and still having some space in the chassis dyno.
“It doesn’t tell you how stable the car is, but the resistance is there.” That’s right: simulations not only took the Jesko beyond 500kmh - 311mph - but there was room to go faster.
A quick recap, if you'll permit: the Jesko Absolut packs a flat-plane-crank 5.1-litre V8, a nine-speed ‘Light Speed Transmission’, much supercharging and the scary end of 1,578bhp, 1,106lb ft of torque and a 8,500rpm redline. It does not feature a flywheel. It does rev like a superbike.
“The other interesting thing about that is in our chassis dyno we have fans to cool the intercoolers and the radiator in front and so on, but they do not have the flow speed of 500kmh so cooling is worse, you get hotter intake temperatures from the turbos and things like that.
“Even with that, we managed to go beyond 500kmh with the full load case.”
So, right now the chase is on to finalise the rubber – “it’s all down to tyres”, CvK said – and finding a long-enough stretch of tarmac. And like the Agera RS’s 277mph run all those years ago, the Jesko Absolut will likely go hell for leather on a (closed-off) public road.
Tourbillon
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Tourbillon
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I'll use this as the News Thread too I'm not making another.
Something even more extreme? Interesting.
Something even more extreme? Interesting.
A.P.
Autobahn Explorer
I smell new record.I'll use this as the News Thread too I'm not making another.
Something even more extreme? Interesting.
Jonathan19
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Oh intresting! How did you get this?I'll use this as the News Thread too I'm not making another.
Something even more extreme? Interesting.
Tourbillon
Cornering Kingpin
I've got Christian Von Koenigsegg's mobile phone number? We talk all the time?
How the f#ck do you think Monsieur?
Revvd
Meister Mechaniker
Can't this be papers for the "Nur Edition" replacement, which burned down in Greece this summer? IIRC Koenigsegg is building an extra chassis to compensate for the total loss of the old one, free of charge.I'll use this as the News Thread too I'm not making another.
Something even more extreme? Interesting.
Tourbillon
Cornering Kingpin
I thought that. But they're adamant it's not. Time will tell.
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Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut seemingly goes up in flames!
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