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Koenigsegg sets new speed record for production cars, again

The Jesko does it again!
Magnus Groth-Andersen 17 June 2026

It's only a couple of months since Swedish hypercar manufacturer Koenigsegg reclaimed the much coveted 0-400 kilometre-an-hour record from Rimac with their absolutely insane Jesko Absolut.

And now they've done it again. According to Top Gear they've beaten their own records through two benchmarks; the fastest quarter-mile and fastest standing half-mile (the official measurements are British miles here, apparently).

Test driver Markus Lundh piloted the Jesko Absolut to a quarter-mile time of 8.54 seconds, crossing the line at 305 kilometres and hour. The car then continued to an astonishing 373 kilometres an hour in the standing half-mile, completing the run in just 12.76 seconds.

The Jesko Absolut has been specifically engineered for straight-lined speed, so it comes as no surprise. Maybe Rimac will attempt to beat it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPO08EJoCJM

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