Koenigsegg has beaten its own 0-400-0 km/h (0-249-0 mph) world record, this time with the Regera.
In nearly ideal weather conditions, with almost unmeasurable side wind, 16C (61F) temperature and at an altitude of 70 meters (230 feet) above sea level, the 1500 HP hybrid hypercar completed the run in 31.49 seconds.
The world record was set on Monday, September 23, by factory driver Sonny Persson at the Rada airfield in the forests of Sweden. Nonetheless, the carmaker has only recently made the announcement, releasing the video as well, which concludes in a very humorous manner.
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The previous 0-400-0 km/h record holder was the Agera RS, which posted a time of 33.29 seconds on November 4, 2017, in Nevada, USA. One month before, on October 1, the Agera RS posted a time of 36.44 secondt in Vandel, Denmark, as an answer to the 41.96 seconds needed by the Bugatti Chiron, with Juan Pablo Montoya in the driver’s seat.
At the end of the film, Christian von Koenigsegg says that the Regera actually broke two world records. So, what’s the second one? Who knows (other than Koenigsegg, of course), but if we were to take a guess, we’d say that they might have taken the hypercar to its top speed. In order for it to be true, it must have been faster than the Bugatti Chiron prototype that posted a top speed of 490.484 km/h (304.774 mph) during the TUV-certified run that took place on August 2 this year.