The name Jesko is a tribute to the founder's father, Jesko von Koenigsegg. Production of the Jesko will be limited to units and it has been confirmed all build slots have been sold. Koenigsegg have also claimed that the Jesko will be the worlds first mph car.
With a production car now topping mph we can pretty much declare the top-speed race over, right? Thankfully, no. Koenigsegg is close to unleashing his next high-speed missile. This one is called the Jesko, an all-new model with more power, more advanced aerodynamics and more speed.
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Check out my website or some of my other work here. Karl Brauer. The 9ff GT9-R might not be one of the most well known cars, but it is certainly one of the fastest. Sadly, the Bugatti Veyron crushed that dream. The car manufacturers announced that they would be releasing an XT version of the Ultimate Aero that will allegedly reach mph. Hennessey Venom GT: In , amid fervent competition between Koenigsegg , Hennessey and Bugatt i, the Chiron Super Sport bested the others by a horseshoed nose, achieving a staggering In early , a bevy of new hypercars was announced — several promising at least mph.
Porsche did some light sandbagging when it claimed the top speed on its model was mph. In , one Spyder was recorded clocking Still the fastest production car the Stuttgart marque has produced, the hybrid power train features a naturally aspirated 4.
Karissa Hosek, courtesy of RM Sotheby's. Only of these carbon-fiber beauts emerged from Maranello, all singing the glorious, throaty song of a naturally aspirated 6.
With horses lurking in that mill, and a lithe-for-the-time curb weight of 3, pounds, the Enzo shredded the quarter-mile in 11 seconds flat, with the ability to continue on to mph, given enough asphalt. The Aston Martin One This limited-edition coupe from Aston Martin was capped at 77 units, though after an accident in Asia, only 76 examples remain.
Beneath the long hood lies a 7. That propels the aluminum-and-carbon-fiber chassis from a dead stop to 60 mph in 3. A series of tests by Aston showed that its steed was capable of mph back in Photo: Courtesy Rimac. This gorgeous stunner hails from Croatia, the first road-legal production vehicle to emerge from the brain of Mate Rimac.
The fully electric hypercar employs four motors that, in concert, make 1, hp and 1, ft lbs of torque. The successor to the game-changing Zonda, the Huayra comes from Italian speed master Horacio Pagani and is named after Huayra-tata, a Quechua wind god. A seven-speed single-clutch gearbox puts down the power while delivering chunky, whiplash-inducing shifts, allowing you to scream from zero to 60 mph in a mere 2.
Courtesy of Pagani Automobili S. Caiola bought the first Zonda off Horatio Pagani himself, subsequently becoming a dear friend. The name is a reference to the very fastest type of tornado — a natural force that the Hennessey emulates with its immense power and incredible speeds. Under the hood of the Venom F5 is an American-made twin-turbocharged engine; the result?
Nearly 2, horsepower. This gives the Venom F5 precisely what it needs to reach a top speed of kilometres per hour mph. Built to help Hennessey smash a world record it had previously broken with the GT, the F5 was amped up in style, exclusivity, price, and speed.
Only 24 were made. The sticker price was 1. The bright yellow carbon-fibre shell? Instantly iconic. Website: www. After the success of the Chiron Super Sport, Bugatti went back to the drawing board. Using the same bespoke engine from the storied Chiron line, but with more turbos to amplify the effect, the Bolide will truly show the world what the W motor is capable of.
Thus far, it may seem that the race to determine the fastest car of has been mostly between two auto manufacturers: Bugatti and Hennessey. That makes sense. Introducing: the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut — a hypercar that ups the ante by an astonishing twenty miles per hour.
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