Here’s a model that hasn’t physically achieved 300+ mph but is projected to be able to do so and even more. Another of Koenigsegg’s extreme creations

the Jesko Absolut harnesses up to 1,600 horsepower via a V8 bristling with Koenigsegg technology. It utilizes incredibly lightweight components from the pistons to the crankshaft, all intended to contribute to the overall efficiency and stability of the ride.

The Absolut has an equally formidable and closely related counterpart, the Jesko Attack. As its name would suggest, this is a more aggressively inclined model designed to tear up the track, sporting the same 1,600 hp (1,280 hp without E85 biofuel) engine. What the team did with the Absolut, however, was focus on reducing drag and increasing speed. In the end, the Absolut’s drag coefficient was cut all the way down to 0.278 Cd, without the enormous downforce of the Attack’s prominent wing.

In July 2024, the Absolut hit 256 mph in a Swedish airfield in the hands of test driver Markus Lundh. The truly frightening thing, though, is what it might have to offer beyond that. Back in 2020, Christian von Koenigsegg boasted in an interview with Road & Track, “If you run the numbers, you take the frontal area, the cd, the power, the gear ratio, the power curve … the simulations say 532 km/h (330 mph), or something like that.” Should those simulations ever translate into real-world performance, it would be a marvel to behold.