There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Koenigsegg setting some record. The Swedish hypercar company is at it again, this time killing two birds with one stone at its home airfield in Ängelholm. On June 6, the country’s national day, the Jesko Absolut became the first production car to surpass 300 km/h (186 mph) in the quarter mile. Factory test driver Markus Lundh was clocked at 305.39 km/h (189.76 mph) at the quarter-mile mark.
That’s not all. The high-speed run continued to the half-mile mark, where the mid-engine V8 beast reached 373.87 km/h (232.31 mph). All the staggering figures were independently verified by Racelogic, making the double-speed record for the quarter-mile and half-mile fully legitimate. Onboard telemetry also showed that the Jesko Absolut needed only 2.35 seconds to reach 100 km/h (62 mph) from a standstill, while the sprint from 0 to 300 km/h (186 mph) took a mere 8.3 seconds.
