RE: Koenigsegg Jesko: Geneva 2019

[SpunkyM]

My God...that thing looks immense. As in amazing.

[ZX10R NIN]

Oh lordy the want is strong.

[anonymous-user]

RyanTank said:

Bonkers wing! I like the way they call it the baby Agera RS but it smashes it in certain figures.

Interested to know what the 2 sections here are for, my mind wants to say mounting points for an even crazier fixed wing on their hardcore version of this thing, but woven into the overall design. but really they'll probably be fore heat dissipation/cooling

That's clearly a bike rack mounting

Got to love these guys.

[redroadster]

If it can pull 300 prove it and it at top trump back and out done 12 million Bugatti .

[Pyrolysis]

redroadster said:

If it can pull 300 prove it and it at top trump back and out done 12 million Bugatti .

Eh??....

[Robmarriott]

LuS1fer said:

Just wondering when anyone is going to need 300mph.

Did anyone need 200mph? or 150mph? or even 100mph?

Yes, it’s a number for the sake of a number but so was 1MW in the one:1, 1001hp in the veyron (and 250mph), 200mph in the F40 and so on.

It might not be practical and it might not be ‘important’ but speed never has been.

[anonymous-user]

LuS1fer said:

Just wondering when anyone is going to need 300mph.

When Just Eat forget the wontons.....

[cib24]

God, it is so terribly ugly.

[B17NNS]

MX6 said:

It looks great, but I thinking I'm starting to suffer hypercar fatigue

Same, hard to keep up at the moment. But what a time to be a car nerd

[dhamilton99]

LuS1fer said:

Just wondering when anyone is going to need 300mph.

When they're at the pub

[RobDickinson]

They had to work hard to find somewhere to test the 270-280mph runs

bonkers cars, glad they are being made, that gearbox clutch at only 90kg??

[anonymous-user]

What tyres are certified for 300 mph?

[AmosMoses]

yonex said:

What tyres are certified for 300 mph?

I believe Michelin have said they make a Cup 2 that can hit 300 according to John Hennessey. Whether it would last is another matter!

On the last koenigsegg run they used a Cup 2 and that was fine at 280.

[Its Just Adz]

Insane, so glad people are building stuff like this.

[jason61c]

Amazing engineering. Amazing car. Love how a small company out ‘techs’ every other company. So far ahead of every HyperCar

[donkmeister]

9 speed gearbox? I thought Koenigsseg were focusing on what amounted to a highly-developed torque converter with fixed ratio. Or was that just to show it could be done?

[RobDickinson]

donkmeister said:

9 speed gearbox? I thought Koenigsseg were focusing on what amounted to a highly-developed torque converter with fixed ratio. Or was that just to show it could be done?

I think they'll offer both, the torque converter probably works better with the EV boosted cars

[Deepsixed]

Always loved Koenigsegg for their engineering prowess. The fact that they look totally bonkers is a plus.
Top of the list when my numbers come up.

[beetroute]

Nice touch to name the car after his father, but what a pity Christian's dad didn't have a good old British name. Who wouldn't want a 300mph hypercar called Reg or Norman.... ?

[TekoTime]

beetroute said:

Nice touch to name the car after his father, but what a pity Christian's dad didn't have a good old British name. Who wouldn't want a 300mph hypercar called Reg or Norman.... ?

Imagine the exotica that would be offered by the "Pagani Keith".