The new Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut made its grand debut last week as the promised low-drag sibling of the Jesko and the company’s fastest-ever model.
Keep that last part in mind, because Christian von Koenigsegg confirmed to Top Gear that they are done with top speed records once and for all once the Jesko Absolut’s production is finished. “It’s more than fast enough. We actually don’t even want to build anything faster. Ever,” Koenigsegg said.
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How fast you may ask? Well, according to Koenigsegg’s calculations, the new Jesko Absolut is capable of reaching “way, way over 500 km/h”, or 310 mph, comfortably beating Bugatti’s finest along the process.
The only thing that remains is to set the date for the actual record attempt but that may take a while. “It’s that process again of reaching out to authorities, police forces, trying to shut down a good road,” Koenigsegg said. “So it might take a year or two, something like that. But the aim is for us to prove what the car is capable of.”
The Absolut uses the same engine with the Jesko, meaning a twin-turbo 5.0-liter V8 engine that pumps out up to 1,578hp (1,600PS) on E85. The flat-plane crank V8 also features a small electric compressor that drives air into the turbos to eliminate lag. Paired to it is a multiclutch nine-speed Light Speed transmission, Koenigsegg’s own design that does away with traditional synch rings.
The Jesko Absolut has replaced the massive rear wing with a pair of protruding ridges that further aid high-speed stability and when combined with the longer rear end and the rest of the aero revisions, it gives it a drag coefficient of 0.278 Cd.