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Koenigsegg Agera RS SMASHES World Speed Record

November 5, 2017 By Cars UK

Koenigsegg Agera RS SMASHES World Speed Record

Koenigsegg Agera RS SMASHES World Speed Record

A Koenigsegg Agera RS, driven by Koenigsegg’s factory driver Niklas Lilja, has delivered a 277.9mph two-way world speed record on a closed public road in Nevada.

The Koenigsegg Agera RS is one  mighty car, and it recently mullered the Bugatti Chiron by powering to 249mph and back again 5 seconds quicker than VW’s finest. And now it’s the fastest production car – in the world.

Unlike VW, which has the spectacular Ehra-Lessien test track where it set the Veyron’s top speed record of 269.9mph in 2010, Koenigsegg had to pull a few strings (well, the client who owned the car did) to close a straight section of highway in Nevada for the weekend.

But as things turned out, Koenigsegg actually only needed a few hours to prove that the Agera RS is the fastest production car bar none.

A sighting lap down the straight road set everything up, and the first run achieved 284.55mph, with the Agera bashing on its rev limiter.

The return run – which was slightly uphill and in to the wind – returned 271.2mph for a two way average – and a new world record – of 277.9mph.

Koenigsegg are promising video footage of the run – which was confirmed by Racelogic – in the next few days, and that should be worth the watch.

We’ll bring it to you as soon as we get it.

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