Watch A Koenisgsegg Agera RS Slice 5sec Off The Chiron's 0-400-0 Time
That didn’t take long, did it? Less than a month after Bugatti declared the Chiron to be the fastest car from 0-400-0kmh (0-248-0mph), the firm’s feat has already been bettered by Koenigsegg. By over five seconds, in fact.
The Swedish supercar company’s weapon of choice was - as anticipated - the 1341bhp, 5.0-litre V8-powered Agera RS, and it did the whole run in an astonishing 36.44 seconds, 5.52 seconds faster than the Chiron.
Braking time was actually a little slower at 9.56sec (vs 9.3 for the Chiron), with the Agera making up all the time over the Chiron on the acceleration phase.
The run at Vandel Airfield, Denmark was in reality a smidge longer than 36.44sec, with the RS hitting 403kmh before driver Niklas Lilja applied the brakes. Factoring that in, the duration was 37.28sec - still faster than the Chiron. The car covered 2535 metres in total.
We’d say something akin to ‘your move, Bugatti’, but we’re not sure much can be done to overcome that five and a half second deficit…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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I just want to say that…. Bugatti had a really really nice video for theirs. More memorable-so than the numbers.
But it’s like a tuned car… They keep coming out with new upgrades for the same car and only make a couple of them… Is it a production car at all?
What do you have in mind when you think of “production”? 100 new Chirons coming out of the assembly line every day?
karma is a b**tch
They use the Agera RS to film the Bugatti Chiron.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wow, five seconds off such a ridiculously fast record, by a relatively small independent manufacturer. I am amazed
Also, I told you so
Meh….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nakDk-KpWWE
Imagine if there was CVT
Dude the dudes head shows how much acceleration is going on in that vehicle.
That’s freakin insane. This is going to become the next big hypercar rivalry! With Koenigsegg working this quickly, I’m sure Bugatti will come up with something next soon…
And all that in dusty WW2 concrete VS the smooth tarmac of the VW test track, these crazy swedish people…