Wednesday 27th May 2015

Koenigsegg One:1 at Suzuka: Time for Coffee?

Astounding car, breathtaking circuit, quite good video

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Only quite good? Well yes, there is the potential for this Koenigsegg onboard to be even better still. See the One:1 driven here was on fairly old brake pads, and the car wasn't shipped to Japan with any replacements.

Let's hope the car can return fully fit because this preview offers a tantalising glimpse of just how absurd the One:1's performance can be. It still recorded a 2:17.57 on this fairly sedate lap which is ruddy fast around Suzuka. In the vid you can witness just how intense the acceleration is, how brutal those gearchanges are and actually the benign the car looks when it's sideways out of the hairpin. It's always nice to be reminded just how spectacular Suzuka is too. Return soon please Koenigsegg!

Watch the vid here.

 

[Image: Koenigsegg, vid originally from Carscoops]

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Has anyone ever seen a Koenigsegg make a clean no-holds barred launch? Almost every clip I've seen is either wheelspin city or rolling start (followed by wheelspin) undeniably mad and powerful but since Lamborghini got Audi'd they seem the most unwieldy and outlandish cars rather than actually very fast.

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gregf40 said:

As someone who has spent time at the factory and is considering ordering a 1:1...I can assure you they are actually very fast

Oh no doubt but whenever they are showing it off they do rolling starts and crush all-comers, whenever its in public hands doing 0mph launches it looks a bit of a handful.

Its a phenomenal thing but I wonder if that much power needs more traction off the line in such a light car? Wheels spinning is fine and all but the 918/Le Ferrari/P1 generation appear to launch in a more controlled (quicker) manner?