RE: Watch Koenigsegg break its own 0-400-0 record

[Clivey]

howardhughes said:

Fast it maybe, but elegant it is not. If i'm going to lay a million plus on a car. I want it to look like an elegant hypercar, not a car that takes it's styling cues from a US Stealth bomber. Same windscreen wrap around for the last twenty years?

A hard pass from me.

If you can afford one of these, you probably don't have to choose. Most owners will have a whole fleet of super / hypercars.

I just think it's wonderful that Koenigsegg exists and is still setting such records in an age where most cars, even performance models, seem to be sculpted purely by legislation.

[driftingphil]

howardhughes said:

Fast it maybe, but elegant it is not. If i'm going to lay a million plus on a car. I want it to look like an elegant hypercar, not a car that takes it's styling cues from a US Stealth bomber. Same windscreen wrap around for the last twenty years?

A hard pass from me.

I'm sure it's probably for aero dynamic reasons..

[hadaporsche]

What an amazing achievement, the car and the record, a testament to human endeavour.

[Oily76]

CountyAFC said:

You know what insult being called a berk really is, don't you?

I did not, and just googled it. Gave me a giggle!

[sidesauce]

Red6 said:

silverfoxcc said:

hungry_hog said:

I saw one in North Finchley of all places - a fairly nondescript suburb of London (nicer than Edmonton, not as nice as Hampstead)

Never seen them in Knightsbridge, Mayfair or the usual locations

O/T
as an ex N9 resident. Edmonton has been slipping deeper and deeper into the cesspool of humanity since the early 80s It makes grade 1 stholes look respectable and saddens me to see it go downhill.esp when you think it cannot get any worse... and then does.. with ease. i understand the locals call it skank city

back on topic any idea what g forces that is pulling in those 30 secz?

I used to live in N18. My mum still does - thankfully a nice part. It's not the worst place in London. That honour belongs to Wood Green, if we're talking North of the river.

No... the worst place in in London north of the river would be Stonebridge, NW10. Truly a place where hope goes to die.

[scottos]

Dombilano said:

I do wonder if Koenigsegg are real, or do they just have the odd car dotted around the globe for marketing purposes, I mean who buys them?
Never ever seen one other than TV, not in London, Manchester, anywhere lol.
This one looks awesome though.

They are out there just very rare

20230527_172635 by Scott Osborne, on Flickr

[nismo48]

Najeeb Khan said:

Great test and superb results. How about leave that music out. We want to hear the car. Shame that bit never really came across.

Was thinking that too...

[nismo48]

Congratulations to the team and what they've done so far...

[Red6]

sidesauce said:

Red6 said:

silverfoxcc said:

hungry_hog said:

I saw one in North Finchley of all places - a fairly nondescript suburb of London (nicer than Edmonton, not as nice as Hampstead)

Never seen them in Knightsbridge, Mayfair or the usual locations

O/T
as an ex N9 resident. Edmonton has been slipping deeper and deeper into the cesspool of humanity since the early 80s It makes grade 1 stholes look respectable and saddens me to see it go downhill.esp when you think it cannot get any worse... and then does.. with ease. i understand the locals call it skank city

back on topic any idea what g forces that is pulling in those 30 secz?

I used to live in N18. My mum still does - thankfully a nice part. It's not the worst place in London. That honour belongs to Wood Green, if we're talking North of the river.

No... the worst place in in London north of the river would be Stonebridge, NW10. Truly a place where hope goes to die.

Oh, I've heard of that place. Proper poop!

[scottos]

I've been lucky enough to have a factory tour and runs out on their run way, a day i'll never forget, thats for sure! There were no secrets on the day, they let you look anywhere and everywhere, passed you intricate parts to look at and hold, stopped dyno testing to show off their dyno cell etc.

They are such great people and an amazing company, that i love seeing any wins they get, like this!

[CountyAFC]

Oily76 said:

CountyAFC said:

You know what insult being called a berk really is, don't you?

I did not, and just googled it. Gave me a giggle!

A mild insult all of a sudden turns into pretty much the worst possible.

I call people berks all the time, and they just smile.

[Oily76]

CountyAFC said:

A mild insult all of a sudden turns into pretty much the worst possible.

I call people berks all the time, and they just smile.

Definitely going to have to bring it back into regualr circulation, just to be able to explain the origin.

[Reffro]

That's not how you set a 0 - Speed - 0 time...

All records previously were set with overall time for the complete test, not just adding together the best split times from one or multiple runs!

[AlexIT]

Reffro said:

That's not how you set a 0 - Speed - 0 time...

All records previously were set with overall time for the complete test, not just adding together the best split times from one or multiple runs!

You have seen the video starting at 1:07 until 1:37, right?

[Reffro]

AlexIT said:

You have seen the video starting at 1:07 until 1:37, right?

Yes, and I read the text in the description below, single run for two records.....

I quote from the video description 'In one acceleration, from stand still, up to 412.72 km/h and back down again, the Jesko Absolut managed to take the following production car records:'

They are claiming records from composite times, not individual timed runs with overall time. This cheats the timing as the application of braking is one of the critical elements of the record run. They ran the car past the speed needed then braked and looked at the times for braking only when it was probably at full braking effort as it slowed down past 400km/h/250mph

Edited by Reffro on Tuesday 2nd July 16:01

[another 3 points]

Could have spared me the music. Just the bare facts without the TopGear background nonsense

[d_a_n1979]

scottos said:

Dombilano said:

I do wonder if Koenigsegg are real, or do they just have the odd car dotted around the globe for marketing purposes, I mean who buys them?
Never ever seen one other than TV, not in London, Manchester, anywhere lol.
This one looks awesome though.

They are out there just very rare

20230527_172635 by Scott Osborne, on Flickr

Wambarn's tackle; some superb cars and he seems a sound lad too

[AKjr]

Mental, that.

Not much more to say, really.