RE: Koenigsegg Agera R Nails Acceleration Records

[thewheelman]

RobCrezz said:

thewheelman said:

My point being, that term is for the average guy in the street, i wouldn't have thought many Koenigsegg owners turn up.

Many super cars go to RWYB. Shows what you know.[/qu

Firstly read my comment, i didn't mention "super cars", i mentioned "Koenigsegg" which as far as i'm aware is a hypercar, as you say, show's what you know. I know i've never seen a Koenigsegg at any track day i've been to in any supercar i've taken, or on any of my many trips to the Nurburgring.

Edited by thewheelman on Monday 5th September 13:52

[SR06]

WCZ said:

what's the 0-200 of a remapped 335d again?

LOL!

[ivantate]

The american dream.

[tony russell]

probably the supercar you would want least in your garage

[RobCrezz]

thewheelman said:

Firstly read my comment, i didn't mention "super cars", i mentioned "Koenigsegg" which as far as i'm aware is a hypercar, as you say, show's what you know. I know i've never seen a Koenigsegg at any track day i've been to in any supercar i've taken, or on any of my many trips to the Nurburgring.

Edited by thewheelman on Monday 5th September 13:52

They are quite rare. Is Hypercar an official term now? I thought that was a Top Gear made up term.

[M666 EVO]

RobCrezz said:

thewheelman said:

Firstly read my comment, i didn't mention "super cars", i mentioned "Koenigsegg" which as far as i'm aware is a hypercar, as you say, show's what you know. I know i've never seen a Koenigsegg at any track day i've been to in any supercar i've taken, or on any of my many trips to the Nurburgring.

Edited by thewheelman on Monday 5th September 13:52

They are quite rare. Is Hypercar an official term now? I thought that was a Top Gear made up term.

If Top Gear quoted it, it is FACT!

[MrTickle]

WCZ said:

what's the 0-200 of a remapped 335d again?

We all know that nothing can out drag a re-mapped 335d, but to be fair to the Koenigsegg it is running is standard tune

[thewheelman]

M666 EVO said:

RobCrezz said:

thewheelman said:

Firstly read my comment, i didn't mention "super cars", i mentioned "Koenigsegg" which as far as i'm aware is a hypercar, as you say, show's what you know. I know i've never seen a Koenigsegg at any track day i've been to in any supercar i've taken, or on any of my many trips to the Nurburgring.

Edited by thewheelman on Monday 5th September 13:52

They are quite rare. Is Hypercar an official term now? I thought that was a Top Gear made up term.

If Top Gear quoted it, it is FACT!

I just assumed that was the term for the batst insane cars such as this & the Veyron????????

The lines have been blurred somewhat over the years, do we still call a 911 a supercar? As the 911 i had would have been destroyed by a modern RS Audi, or any of the Japanese rally replicas. What we need is clarity on this!

Edited by thewheelman on Monday 5th September 14:12

[MrKipling43]

WCZ said:

what's the 0-200 of a remapped 335d again?

Damn, beaten to it.

[Salgar]

LuS1fer said:

Dagnut said:

LuS1fer said:

But even as a petrolhead...so what?

You aren't impressed by those figures?

For a road car? No.
Any supercar will have you aghast at the performance and you'll buy based on what it looks like probably.
Where are you going to do 0-200? A RWYB?
It has to be the most pointless statistic ever.

The way I see it, I'm impressed, in the same way as I'm impressed with the space shuttle, I bet that has a good 0-200 time. I'll never own either of them, but I'd love a go in either, in space, on a track, anywhere, it's irrelevant, and it's impressive.

[Gizmo!]

MrKipling43 said:

WCZ said:

what's the 0-200 of a remapped 335d again?

Damn, beaten to it.

What's worse, spouting something inane, or being slow to the draw?


Incidentally, I'm not too impressed with the 186-200mph time - 3.15 secs?

[chazwozza]

Gizmo! said:

MrKipling43 said:

WCZ said:

what's the 0-200 of a remapped 335d again?

Damn, beaten to it.

What's worse, spouting something inane, or being slow to the draw?


Incidentally, I'm not too impressed with the 186-200mph time - 3.15 secs?

The 335d comment always makes me laugh...so childish but simple and amusing

[mrmr96]

rockandrollmark said:

That's pretty phenomenal given that some cars on sale today won't even hit 60 in 17 seconds (and I'm sure there are some which would struggle to hit 60 in 24 seconds.

I wonder if this will beat the Ultimata 0 to 100 to 0 (unofficial) record too?

Here's the Ultima GTR records, from their website
http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/Content.aspx?f=recor...

ULTIMA said:

LTIMA GTR720 PERFORMANCE STATS

0-60mph 2.6secs World Record
0-100mph 5.3secs World Record
30-70mph 1.8secs World Record
0-100mph-0 9.4secs World Record
100mph-0 3.6secs World Record
Standing ¼ mile 9.9secs @143mph
Top Speed 231mph (gearing limited)
Skidpad (200ft) 1.176g World Record



NOTE: Ultima GTR720 Performance Stats have been independantly verified by official Guinness book of world records timekeepers Datron Technology who use incorruptible GPS timing gear to record the official road car world record times on road tyres in controlled/monitored conditions.

[Dagnut]

thewheelman said:

M666 EVO said:

RobCrezz said:

thewheelman said:

Firstly read my comment, i didn't mention "super cars", i mentioned "Koenigsegg" which as far as i'm aware is a hypercar, as you say, show's what you know. I know i've never seen a Koenigsegg at any track day i've been to in any supercar i've taken, or on any of my many trips to the Nurburgring.

Edited by thewheelman on Monday 5th September 13:52

They are quite rare. Is Hypercar an official term now? I thought that was a Top Gear made up term.

If Top Gear quoted it, it is FACT!

I just assumed that was the term for the batst insane cars such as this & the Veyron????????

The lines have been blurred somewhat over the years, do we still call a 911 a supercar? As the 911 i had would have been destroyed by a modern RS Audi, or any of the Japanese rally replicas. What we need is clarity on this!

Edited by thewheelman on Monday 5th September 14:12

The term super usually refers to something above and beyond the norm..so although these cars cars have moved on from 80-90's super cars so have all other cars..hot hatches with 300bhp.. saloons with 500bhp..I don't think a standard 911 is a supercar when you can get similar performance in a 3 series

[filski666]

so 0-200 in 17.7secs....car is red..therefore to a moaning old bloke it must be a Ferrari

did they do this run and the practice attempts in the Hindhead Tunnel?

[LewisR]

Gizmo! said:

MrKipling43 said:

WCZ said:

what's the 0-200 of a remapped 335d again?

Damn, beaten to it.

What's worse, spouting something inane, or being slow to the draw?


Incidentally, I'm not too impressed with the 186-200mph time - 3.15 secs?

That's the thing, you see. Where the mapped 335d beats all other cars hands down is torque. Did you know that at 800rpm it has more torque than an InterCity 125? It'll easily see off an F1 car but is band under the rules and regs for being too fast.

[thewheelman]

For some reason i thought an Ariel Atom held the 0-60 record? Or am i mistaken with the 0-100-0?

[GTRene]

here the times of the 2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport 0 - 200 mph 22.2 s
but to 300km/h its almost as fast according to the linked page.

http://www.fastestlaps.com/cars/bugatti_veyron_164...

[DanBMW]

Saw one of these at Goodwood this year and its the first time Ive really wanted a Koenigsegg just looks amazing and with that performance I want it even more.

[Lets Torque]

Taken from the OP.

The Swedish hypercar also posted 0-300km/h in 14.53secs and 300-0km/h in 6.66secs.

It is a red Koenigsegg Agera R and then it sets a time (for braking) of 6.66. So does this mean it is 'Satan's' daily driver?

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I personally think this a great achievement!

There are arguments on this thread debating if these stats are of any use to us , and frankly we wouldn't probabaly use 50% of this cars abilities but it is nice that people are still trying.

I would hate it if supercar makers started trying to get the lowest C02 and highest MPG as that isn't the point of them.

For many hyper-cars they end up in horrible wraps around Harrods but there are people that use hem 'how they ought to be driven' and have a great time.

Well Done Koenigsegg.