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Geneva Motor Show 2020

You must choose: Koenigsegg Jesko for top speed, or for track?

We invite you to compare uber-Seggs – big wing, or little fins?

Published: 04 Mar 2020

There’s a new niche in the fastest car in the world game: choosing between the hyperquick lo-drag version, or the track focused, big-wing version. Bugatti’s at it, with the Chiron Pur Sport, and as of this week, there’s a pair of Koenigseggs to deliberate. 

Namely, the ‘standard’ Jesko, with the giant wing, and the Jesko Absolut, with its fighter jet-inspired rear fins, smoothed bodywork and target of a 500kph+ v-max. That’s over 310mph, in old money.  

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Now, you could argue that top speed is irrelevant, and silly. But is it any more intangible than massive downforce claims? Would the Jesko Absolut maybe look a little less, well, try-hard pootling through downtown Monte Carlo?

Anyone got a favourite?

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