MOTORING NEWS - Just weeks after Bugatti set a new 0 to 400km world record in the Chiron, Koenigsegg has smashed it with the Agera RS.
The car shaved almost five seconds off the record.
Even though the record attempt was conducted on a slippery Danish airfield, paved in WW2-era concrete and covered in awkward expansion joints, the Agera RS was comfortably faster than the Chiron.
Where the Bugatti needed a relatively leisurely 42 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 400km and screech to a halt, the Swedish supercar took just 37,28 seconds.
It took only 26,88 seconds to accelerate to 400km, in which time the car covered 1 958m.
The RS was at standstill 9,56 seconds after hitting that speed, having covered a further 483m.
The car used for the test was a 1 014kW model destined for a customer in the US.
The test was meant to be conducted in Germany, but poor weather put an end to those plans.
The new venue, the biggest solar farm in Scandinavia, was confirmed just 12 hours before the Koenigsegg left the factory.
Driver Niklas Lilja gradually built up to the record over the course of the day. He was busy behind the wheel, making constant corrections to the wheel and fighting wheel spin on the first three gear changes.
Just imagine how much faster it would've been on real, grippy tarmac.
Koenigsegg test driver Niklas Lilja with the Agera RS.
Engine
Koenigsegg twin turbo aluminium 5,0L V8
4 valves per cylinder
Compression: 9.3:1
Bore: 92mm
Stroke: 95,25mm
Total engine weight: 189kg
Power output: 865kW (7 800rpm)
Torque: 1 000Nm 2 700 to 6 170rpm
Max torque: 1 280Nm at 4 100rpm
SOURCE: KOENIGSEGG AND NEW ATLAS
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