This hasn’t been an all-time classic year for motor racing. Unless something drastic changes in Formula 1, McLaren should comfortably secure both the driver and constructor titles, while Ferrari walked to a third straight victory at Le Mans back in June. Thank goodness, WRC is shaping up quite nicely and the World Endurance Championship will go down to the wire in Bahrain next month - but here’s hoping for some more proper battles across the board in 2026.
That being said, 2025 has delivered some sensational records. Production electric car lap records at the Nurburgring keep coming thick and fast, with Porsche working on an even more extreme Taycan ‘GT4 RS’ in a bid to reclaim its place at the top of the pile from Chinese tech giant Xiaomi, while the bizarre Yangwang U9X just beat the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport’s unofficial top speed record with a 308mph run. That may look like the EVs are taking over, but combustion power did manage to outsmart the battery brigade by taking back the 0-249-0mph record - and it was set in a car not unlike this Koenigsegg Jesko here.
Granted, the car that set the record was the Jesko Absolut, which is essentially the low-downforce version that does away with a rear wing for maximum straight-line performance (Koenigsegg believes it’ll do 310mph with a long enough runway, and now it’s got a Yangwang-sized target to chase after). This version is called the Jesko Attack, meaning it comes with a deeper front splitter, canards and that massive wing at the back. On the plus side, you get up to 1,400kg of downforce, though the downside is a top speed that, while undisclosed, will likely be sub-300mph.
No matter, because you can still tell your friends that there’s a 5.1-litre twin-turbo V8 in the middle putting out 1,298hp on super unleaded, or 1,600hp on E85 bioethanol. The engine recipe is one Koenigsegg’s been working on for the best part of 15 years, though it was heavily revised for the Jesko with a new flat plane crankshaft that’s 5kg lighter than before. It also does without a flywheel courtesy of the nine-speed, quad-clutch gearbox, so it’ll leap from tick over to the 8,500rpm redline in the blink of an eye.
But speed isn’t everything at this end of the market. (Well, it is on paper, though we all know that cars like the Jesko typically end up as the centrepiece of a vast collection.) For that reason, spec is everything, and this example certainly ticks the 'bold' box. Granted, you could paint a Jesko in gloss brown and it would still look spectacular, but the Chilli Red car here takes the already dramatic looks and dials them up to 11. And hey, if red isn’t your bag, you’ll likely have so much cash at your disposal that you could take this to Koenigsegg and ask them to redo the whole thing.
As for how much you’ll need for this particular car, chassis 7832, you’ll need to give the franchise dealer a bell to find out. Bought direct from the factory, the Jesko will set you back several million quid, and it’s difficult to see a world where Koenigseggs lose half their value a couple of years down the road, especially as this 2023 example has only covered 112 miles. So it’s far from being run in, which is a pain if you’re eager to have a hoon, but once you do, you’ll unlock a car so fast that it'll make almost everything else on four wheels look like it's running in slow motion.
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