It doesn’t need any special tires to reach 531 km/h, as standard rubber can handle this extreme speed.
When Koenigsegg introduced the Jesko Absolut at the not-the-Geneva-Motor-Show earlier this week, it didn’t specify the hypercar’s top speed. The Swedes claimed that their 1,600-horsepower hypercar would be remembered as the fastest ever produced, and no future models will try to match it. The Agera RS’s already impressive 277.87 mph (or 446.97 kph), velocity is evidently faster, but the hypercar boutique doesn’t know by how much.
They also considered the frontal area and the gear ratio of Koenigsegg’s nine-speed automatic transmission. Koenigsegg claims it can move through gears in “nearly zero time” from one gear to another, regardless of how many are skipped.
It is difficult to achieve that mind-blowing speed in reality. The company would need to travel a lot more than the Bugatti Chiron 300+ at 304.77mph (490 km/h). R&T questioned Christian about whether the three-mile runway at Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds in Florida would be sufficient. But Koenigsegg, the head honcho of the Jesko Absolut, said that it would likely only reach 85 percent its maximum speed. It would probably reach 280.5 mph (451 km/h) if it did the math.
The ideal scenario would be for the Jesko Absolut to fly to Germany to run at the Ehra-Lessien testing grounds. However, that facility is owned by the Volkswagen Group. It wouldn’t make sense for Bugatti to give Koenigsegg access the high-speed circuit with a 5.4-mile (8.7 km) straight.
Last but not least, Hennessey and its Venom F5, as well as SSC North America’s Tuatara, are interested in dethroning Chiron Super Sport 300+. However, we will have to wait patiently for them to try to beat the all-conquering Bugatti.