Swedish hypercar producer Koenigsegg is on the brink of ship the primary of its limited-run Jesko. On the identical time, it’s lent one out to the parents at Prime Gear. Put together to observe greater than 1,200 hp (953 kW) let unfastened on the monitor earlier than tackling a small street journey.

In case you’re a hardcore Jesko fan you would possibly know that it’s able to making 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) from its 5.1-liter twin-turbocharged V8. To perform that although, it must run E85 and on this video, Prime Gear solely had entry to common unleaded gasoline. With that limitation, it’s ‘solely’ making 1,280 hp (954 kW).

Koenigsegg will solely construct 125 Jeskos. The one seen right here is of the Absolut selection. In contrast to its Assault sibling, the Absolut is concentrated totally on high velocity and on a regular basis livability. To that finish it doesn’t have as a lot downforce and lacks the trick Triplex damper system that the Assault has between the entrance wheels. Each automobiles share that very same system for the rear although. In keeping with Christian von Koenigsegg: “The title Absolut comes from the truth that this is absolutely the quickest Koenigsegg that [we] will ever make.”

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Within the video, we first see Prime Gear’s Jack Rix completely pummeling the Absolut across the Dunsfold Aerodrome. Not lengthy after we get a historical past lesson on Koenigsegg earlier than Rix takes us on a fast tour of the lesser-known options of the Absolut. For instance, the hollowed-out carbon fiber wheels are made up of 650 sheets of the stuff that’s hand-laid after which polished.

The trick Lightspeed gearbox options 9 totally different gears and no flywheel. The outcomes of that intelligent engineering are lightning-quick shifts and an extremely fast-revving V8 engine. Evidently, the one option to expertise turbo lag within the automotive is to place it in a excessive gear after which to mash the throttle.

Rix doesn’t cease at bombing across the monitor although. Subsequent, he does one thing we think about few Jesko homeowners will truly do, particularly, he takes it on a shortish street journey. Evidently, it’s so good-natured on the street that it stands out amongst different hypercars. “Most of them depart me in awe however not truly wanting one… however this Jesko, it’s an all-arounder… I wasn’t anticipating that,” he says.

Picture Credit score: Prime Gear on YouTube