The Koenigsegg One:1 is astonishing.
Named for its one-to-one power-to-weight ratio—1340 horsepower moving an identical number of kilograms, no baloney—you know this thing is going to be a jaw-dropper. Hell, it’s got carbon fiber wheels that weight a mere 13 pounds, and it’ll blast to 220 mph in the space of an airport runway on the way to a 273.4 mph top speed.
But while it’s got plenty of straight-line speed, the Koenigsegg One:1 isn’t just about drag races. Koenigsegg built this beast with a target in mind: The Nürburgring production-car lap record. And company founder Christian von Koenigsegg made sure his mega-car could go around turns.
We’ve yet to see what the mighty ‘Segg can do around the Nürburgring—though competition from Lamborghini just blasted through the seven-minute barrier. But to whet your appetite, here’s Koenigsegg factory test driver Robert Serwanski hustling the mighty One:1 around Suzuka Circuit in Japan. The first lap is a warm-up, while the speed lap clocks in at 2:17.57—nearly a second faster than the record lap recorded by the Nissan GT-R.
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If that wasn’t evidence enough as to how fast the One:1 is, just watch the passenger’s head being thrown around by the g-forces. Our pal riding shotgun can’t even get a steady iPhone video.
This story originally appeared on roadandtrack.com.
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