Rimac can get back to work: Koenigsegg regains 0-400-0 record

The Koenigsegg Regera was the absolute king in the ‘0-400-0 km/h’ section for four years. In 2019, the Swede smashed the record of the Bugatti Chiron, which took 41.96 seconds to sprint from a standstill to 400 km / h and come to a stop again. How fast the Koenigsegg did it? Over 10 seconds faster! The job was done in 31.5 seconds. The Regera did what its name means: to rule. Reign.

But that was in 2019. Recently, the Croatian Rimac rolled up its sleeves to break 23 different performance records in one day. That is of course quite a lot, but the brand also presented it cleverly: both the records in miles and in kilometers per hour were counted separately and where, for example, the 0-300 km / h time counted as one of the records, the 0 counted. -300-0 as a second. That’s how you go quickly towards the 23.

Koenigsegg was in any case not too impressed, because the most astonishing record – the 0-400-0 km / h – could still be improved, the brand thought. So it dusted off a Koenigsegg Regera (the model is now out of production after an edition of 80 units), swept the runway in his backyard and installed fresh rubber under his hypercar. And damn: it worked.

The same Koenigsegg Regera, but significantly faster

The Koenigsegg Regera sprinted from 0 to 400 km/h in 20.68 seconds and then came to a stop in 8.13 seconds. Total time: 28.81 seconds, more than a second less than the Rimac Nevera needed. And: more than 2.5 seconds less than the Regera used in 2019 for the same job.

How is that possible? Well, because a more suitable road surface and more modern Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R rubber were used, says Koenigsegg. They receive our congratulations.

2.5 seconds faster due to more grip, which not only helps when accelerating, but (especially) also when braking.