Surprise! Koenigsegg has set new production car speed records in its Jesko. Again

The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut has continued its noble, long-running quest to melt the world’s supply of timing gear by setting new production car speed records. Again.

“On Sweden’s National Day,” said Koenigsegg, “the Jesko Absolut delivered another historic performance at Koenigsegg’s home airfield in Angelholm, Sweden.” That historic performance relates to a standing quarter mile in 8.54s at 190mph, and the half mile in 12.76s at 232mph.

That’s a significant – within the realms of the whole ‘melting timing gear’ thing – improvement over the Koenigsegg Jesko’s quarter and half mile times back in 2025: 8.88s and 13.27s at 223.5mph, for reference.

While “both top speeds are the fastest ever recorded for a production car”, said Koenigsegg, that quarter mile time of 8.54s at 190mph is a particularly melty one. “This remarkable run also marks the first time in history that a production car has exceeded 300kmh over the quarter mile.”

Koenigsegg points out the Jesko did it with “a healthy margin, on an unprepped surface, on production tyres and with power going to the rear wheels only”. Talk about rubbing it in.

Though it’s quite some feat, attempting to safely transmit 1,600bhp and 1,106lb ft of 5.0-litre twin-turbo V8 to the rear wheels alone. Koenigsegg test driver Markus Lundh was the chap responsible for such the attempt.

“The performance was made possible by new software advancements that will be rolled out via OTA update to the entire Absolut fleet,” added Koenigsegg. Won’t somebody think of the poor stopwatches?