Koenigsegg Agera RS - NEW WORLD RECORD - Fastest production car in the world (The 10 Second Car)

In our previous post we spoke about how Koenigsegg Agera RS drove from 0 km/h to 403 km/h and back to 0 in 37.28 seconds. https://steemit.com/cars/@karanjain/koenigsegg-agera-rs-0-403-0km-h-or-37-28sec-or-2535m

Now this time their record became even bigger and badder. This time they managed to do the same in 33.29 seconds. That is 8 seconds faster then the Bugatti Chiron.

The 0-249mph bit was covered off in 24 seconds flat, while braking back down to zero took another 9.29secs across 499.3 metres. Oh, and if you’re interested, the Agera RS managed a quarter mile run in 9.96secs. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a ten second car.

Koenigsegg also broke the top speed record highest average speed for a flying mile on a public road set by Rudolf Caracciola in 1938 at Autobahn in a W125 racer.

Finally, we come to the fifth record – that of the highest speed ever recorded on a public road. Mercedes took this honour back in 1938 with the ‘Rekordwagen’ (Auto Union’s attempt to beat Mercedes at this speed week unfortunately resulted in the death of Bernd Rosemeyer. Koenigsegg’s 284.55mph during that first top speed run has toppled the Benz’s near 80-year record.

News from Koenigsegg’s ascent to the top of the speed tree continues to astonish. Official confirmation has arrived that the Koenigsegg Agera RS has just set FIVE new records.

The Koenigsegg Agera RS driven by Niklas Lilja achieves a new world record top speed for a road-legal production vehicle. High speed runs were conducted on a closed section of US Highway 160 near Pahrump, Nevada, on November 4th 2017. Runs were made in both directions to compensate for any variation in topography and prevailing wind.

The Agera RS achieved a new top speed record for a production vehicle, being 446.97 km/h (277.87 mph) when averaged out over both runs. All vehicle data was recorded independently by Racelogic and the film above is taken directly from the Racelogic system, with data overlaid for video presentation.

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Video Courtesy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZJHWJZmE2B_fPwt5HMjVjQ