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Koenigsegg is pretty adept and knocking out moderately fast cars capable of conjuring terrifying bouts of speed. You may remember it from such hits as the Koenigsegg ‘I Want To Kill The Stig And Eat A Tyre' CCX.
Well, another of its progeny has reportedly topped another power board. A short statement on its website said: "Today, 2 September 2011 at 12.08pm, a standard Koenigsegg Agera R took several new production car world records at the Koenigsegg proving ground in Angelholm, Sweden."
Koenigsegg said the data was measured and collected by a third party and that "all results will be submitted to the Guinness Book of Records."
Gallery: Top Gear drives the Koenigsegg Agera R
Guinness confirmed to TopGear.com that they're waiting for the results, meanwhile congratulating the Swedes on the records. Records that are as follows:
0-300kmh: 14.53 seconds
0-200mph: 17.68 seconds
300-0kmh: 6.66 seconds
200-0mph: 7.28 seconds
0-300-0kmh: 21.19 seconds
0-200-0mph: 24.96 seconds
As a barometer, a 1,200bhp Bugatti Veyron Supersport posts a 0-200mph time of 22.2s.
Weather conditions were fine on the day - albeit cloudy - and wind ‘did not affect the results'. Koenigsegg said a short film will appear in a few days time showing the record run.
You'll no doubt agree, these are some spectacularly fast figures...
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AdrianC commented on this article
at 04:21 pm on 05 September 2011
Wooo!!! Finally that stupid 4 VW-beetle-stuffed-into-one maker can go bust already!
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Jagfire commented on this article
at 04:22 pm on 05 September 2011
outstanding but the interier will probberly be s--t mabye it will do 280mph and cost 2million but if you cant spell it you cant have it beat that zonda1098
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Amrx commented on this article
at 04:23 pm on 05 September 2011
I like also how they say- A standard Agera R..... as if there is anything standard about the car lol! Well yeah.... its got a steering wheel.... pretty standard I would say :)
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DreamTheater commented on this article
at 04:39 pm on 05 September 2011
0-300kmh: 14.53 seconds 0-200mph: 17.68 seconds Shouldn't those two times be interchanged? and the same with the rest of the numbers? Probably a typo, unless the Agera R defies the laws of time and physics (like the Delorean) by reaching 0-200kmph in 17.68 seconds and then going back in time to make 300 in 14,53 seconds. Cool records though.
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Amrx commented on this article
at 04:43 pm on 05 September 2011
Because 0-300kmh= 186mph? So look at it this way- 0-186mph= 14.53 seconds 0-200mph= 17.68 seconds
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