The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut Is A Low-Drag Missile With 300mph Potential

Koenigsegg's new version of the Jesko has a significantly less aggressive aero package for top speed glory
The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut Is A Low-Drag Missile With 300mph Potential

When eying up the Koenigsegg Jesko, it’s hard not to get distracted by the rear wing. It’s huge as well as being a thing of engineering beauty. The trouble is, while great for fast cornering, such an aero piece will generate vast amounts of drag and hamper top speed.

That’s not ideal when there’s a new speed war brewing. Bugatti threw down the gauntlet with a stunning 304mph run in its Chiron Super Sport, and meanwhile, the Hennessey Venom F5 and SSC Tuatara are being prepped for 300mph glory. But Koenigsegg has an answer - it’s just ditched the Jesko’s giant wing to create the Jesko Absolut.

The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut Is A Low-Drag Missile With 300mph Potential

In the wing’s place are two fighter jet-inspired spins which tidy the airflow, increasing stability at high speeds while lowering drag. It’s far from the only change, though - the Absolut comes with extended rear bodywork, wheel covers, fewer vents and grilles at the front and a lower ride height.

As with the more track-oriented version of the Jesko, propulsion comes from a 1600bhp, 1106lb ft twin-turbo V8. It powers the rear wheels via a hilariously complicated seven-clutch, nine-speed gearbox. The very thought of how that might work will likely give you a headache.

The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut Is A Low-Drag Missile With 300mph Potential

As well as being slipperier than the standard Jesko, the Absolut should be much easier to live with. A more compact front suspension setup means owners will - providing they’ve ditched the “front hood air dam” stow the roof in the frunk.

Plus, the reduction in downforce means the ride “could be made a bit softer,” Koenigsegg says, which “makes Absolut very fun and forgiving around a race track and truly comfortable and ‘streetable’”. Is Koenigsegg actually billing this as a hypercar you can daily? It certainly sounds like it.

The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut Is A Low-Drag Missile With 300mph Potential

You’re probably wondering what kind of performance figures to expect from this monster, and the answer right now is that we don’t know. In the car’s press release, the Swedish company merely says, “How fast? Time will tell,” adding, “Looking at the math and our advanced simulations - it will be unbelievably fast.”

The Agera RS, you might recall, was able to hit 284mph in Nevada a few years ago, despite still wearing the kind of big aero devices the Jesko Absolut has binned.

Let the high-speed battle commence…

Comments

Robert Gracie

I hpe they livestream the 300mph run in both directions to prove it can do it the ideal test track is Ehra Lessiem to prove it but VW wont allow that, so they have to find a location to do it, where on earth do you find a straight bit of road anywhere in the world long enough for this crazy speed attempt to be done?

03/04/2020 - 13:05 |
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Where they did the previous record ? On a closed road in the USA, thanks to a customer who asked to the sherif, if I remember well

03/04/2020 - 17:07 |
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Nevada

03/05/2020 - 17:47 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

“It powers the rear wheels via a hilariously complicated seven-clutch, nine-speed gearbox. The very thought of how that might work will likely give you a headache.”

And now I’m disappointed because I thought you’d explain how it works

03/04/2020 - 13:07 |
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isnt that the lightspeed gearbox with that gear shift that would shame an F1 car, its gotta be hydraulics on that thing to make it shift that fast

03/04/2020 - 13:11 |
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Alias

I really like what koenigsegg’s done with their designs, it proves that the original CC really was a fantastic base for their future cars

03/04/2020 - 14:38 |
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HinaXOX

Oooh, so this is what has been giving me wet dreams huh ?

03/04/2020 - 14:48 |
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Anonymous

Interesting, Chiron goes more handling focused, Koenigsegg goes more top-speed focused…

03/05/2020 - 00:52 |
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