With 1,600 horsepower on tap, the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut was already fast, but software updates have helped it set new records in the quarter- and half-mile.

The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut has laid down crushing acceleration times at the company's airfield in Sweden. The car is powered by a twin-turbo 5.0-liter V-8 with no hybrid assistance and rear-wheel ...

Koenigsegg just confirmed what combustion purists have been arguing for years. The Jesko Absolut ran the quarter-mile in 8.54 seconds and crossed the traps at 190 mph — no electric motors, no ...

The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut demonstrates why it is one of the fastest hypercars ever created. Powered by a twin turbo V8 producing up to 1600 horsepower on E85 fuel, the Jesko delivers brutal ...

Markus Lundh pilots the Jesko Absolut to a Racelogic-verified 0–400–0 kph in 25.21 seconds thanks to "Absolut Overdrive" software—Koenigsegg wastes no time erasing Rimac's EV benchmark. In May, ...

View post: Bizzarrini Finally Builds the Open-Top GT Giugiaro Designed Six Decades Ago Koenigsegg has recaptured a coveted speed record from Rimac. In 2024, the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut set a new ...

The Koenigsegg Jesko is among the quickest production cars of all time, and during some recent testing at the Swedish automaker’s headquarters, has set a new top speed world record for a production ...

The Koenigsegg Jesko is one of the fastest cars on the planet, setting record after record. But the hypercar maker wants more speed records—and may not stop till it has all of them. On its mission to ...

Bruno joined TopSpeed in 2022 and now serves as Senior Editor for ICE, while also helping train writers across CarBuzz, HotCars, and TopSpeed. A lifelong car and motorcycle enthusiast, he enjoys ...

Speed is something that car enthusiasts will always marvel over, especially as hypercars become faster and faster. There is now a new hypercar record to beat after the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut took to ...

Sweden has given the world both Ikea and Abba, and as a result the country has an image of being full of useful bookcases and danceable pop tunes. Roll the clock back several centuries, and what ...