Koenigsegg holds the world record for the world’s fastest car — in 2017 its Agera RS achieved a speed of 277.9 mph
Koenigsegg has been in the business of building top-level sports cars for 23 years, keeping volumes very low, every model is customized for the exacting needs of each customer and now two are identical.
The full carbon-fiber/Kevlar body and world-class levels of performance make this car a desirable addition to any automotive collection. Customization options make every one sold as unique as the owner.
The Agera RS is a development of the standard Agera which was first introduced in 2010, many years of development have made the RS into a fearsome track weapon and it is currently the fastest production car on the planet.
A Koenigsegg Agera RS hit the highest speed ever for a production vehicle. Driver Niklas Lilja averaged a top speed of 277.87 mph across two runs in the $2 million coupe on a 11-mile, closed-off stretch of Highway 160 near Pahrump, Nev. That beat the previous record of 267.8 mph set by a Bugatti Veyron Super Sports model seven years ago in Germany. It also beat the Hennessey Venom GT and McLaren F1 that had previously owned or approximated similar top speeds.
The interior of the Agera is suitably quirky. Carbon-fiber is the dominant material and other than the round control dial in the center of the dashboard there is not much else to distract you from the road ahead.
The specification levels of the RS are largely dependent on each customer, only 25 units will be produced in total and there is a lot of bespoke equipment that can be optioned.
Equipped with a 5.0-liter twin-turbo V8, the Agera RS produces 1176 horsepower and 940 lb-ft of torque in standard form. The 1MW upgrade boosts these numbers to 1360 hp and an even 1,000 lb-ft. When equipped with the upgrade, the Agera RS reaches 60 mph in under 2.9-seconds and blasts to 124 mph in under 7-seconds. This is achieved even with a traction-limiting rear-wheel drive setup, a 7-speed paddle-shift transmission is standard.
The much-publicized top speed of 277.9 mph is currently the highest of any road car ever built and the RS also holds the record for a number of other performance benchmarks too. The engine has been designed to offer its maximum output even with regular gasoline and E85 ethanol can be used in certain markets.
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