Koenigsegg sets new 0-400-0 km/h world record
Swedish supercar company Koenigsegg has set a new 0-400-0 km/h world record when a Koenigsegg Regera completed the run in 31.49 seconds at Råda military airfield deep in the forests of Sweden. This was 1.8 seconds faster than Koenigsegg’s previously unbeaten record.
The Koenigsegg Regera accelerated from 0 to 400 km/h and back to 0 in 31.49 seconds at the airfield close to the town of Lidköping. The car was driven by Koenigsegg factory driver Sonny Persson.
Almost two years ago Koenigsegg set a new 0-400-0 km/h record of 33.29 seconds using a production Agera RS in Nevada.
CEO and Founder Christian von Koenigsegg said: “This was a good opportunity to showcase the true capability of the Regera’s one-of-a-kind Direct Drive transmission. As the Regera only has one gear we had to make use of it from standstill to the record top speed of 403 km/h (or 250 mph) limited by rpm."
"The car reaches its top speed like there is no tomorrow, but then there are no more gears. This actually suits the philosophy behind the Regera, which is ‘whoever gets to 400 km/h first wins’."
"Priority has been given to acceleration and drivability between 0-400 km/h – no more, no less. At any given time, the Regera can and will accelerate harder in that speed range than any other production car known to us,” he continued.
The car is a fully homologated production car with its luxurious fittings and seats still intact. The only modifications were a roll cage and a four-point harness for driver safety.
The weather conditions were perfect – sunny with almost no wind. The 2000 m long track was a shutdown military airfield at 70 m elevation. A stretch of taxiway was also used as a starting area in order to gain an extra length of around 300 m to make the runway long and safe enough.
The unused runway, which had bumps that had to be avoided, made it impossible to drive in a straight line.
Despite this, the Regera took 22.87 seconds to accelerate to 400 km/h over a distance of 1613.2 m. Deceleration to a controlled stop took just 8.62 seconds over distance of 435.26 m. The total distance used for 0-400-0 km/h was 2048.46 m.
Koenigsegg said that in better conditions a total length of under 2000 m should be fully achievable with the car.
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