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| Koenigsegg-Regera |
Auto Blog: Brandon Turkus Feb 29th 2016
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'...And while the world is still recovering from the news that Bugatti will sell a nearly 1,500-horsepower car, there's a group of Swedes that would very much like to remind you that they're capable of screwing together a high-speed monster.
Of course we're talking about Koenigsegg. The Swedish outfit has just announced a duo of models for Geneva that should draw at least a few worried glances from the folks at Molsheim. At the head of the class is the production-spec Regera, which was first shown at last year's Geneva show. Now, the company has confirmed the plug-in-hybrid rocket ship will weigh just 3,505 pounds and have a claimed output of over 1,500 horsepower. As a reference, the new Bugatti Chiron has 1,478 hp but weighs nearly 1,000 lbs more than this Koenigsegg.
Despite this difference, though, the Regera's stats aren't quite as monstrous – 62 miles per hour takes 2.8 seconds to the Chiron's 2.5-second spring. But the low weight and excess power allows the Swede to catch up and pass Bugatti's finest on the high end. The Koenigsegg hits 124 mph in 6.6 seconds compared to the Bug's 6.5-second time. But the Regera monsters the Chiron to 186 mph. The Bugatti takes 13.5 seconds to hit that loony speed, while the Koenigsegg does the deed in a frightening 10.9 seconds. Think about that – the Regera is 2.6 seconds faster to 186. That's scary speed and it gets scarier. Koenigsegg has built a car that will go from zero to 248 mph in 20 seconds. Twenty seconds!'
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Prediction:
I would sort of enjoy sitting in the car with a professional driver achieving 0-250 miles per hour in approximately twenty seconds....once.
Then terror would outweigh fascination.
I would not eat lunch prior to the drive. If I am going to travel that fast I should be in an aircraft.
