Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut Is Back on Top with a New 0-400-0 km/h Record

• Jesko Absolut clocks 25.21 seconds in 0-400-0 km/h run at Örebro airfield

• Updated “Absolut Overdrive” software delivers record-breaking performance without hardware changes

• Koenigsegg reclaims the title from Rimac Nevera R, showing combustion power still rules in top-speed runs

Some names in the car world are inseparable from speed, and Koenigsegg is one of them. On August 7, 2025, at Sweden’s Örebro airfield, the Jesko Absolut completed the 0-400-0 km/h run in 25.21 seconds, reclaiming a title it has held before. This time the win came not from a new machine, but from a more finely tuned version of the same car, sharpened through software.

Factory driver Markus Lundh delivered a near-perfect launch. The Light Speed Transmission fired through its shifts with absolute precision, reaching 400 km/h in 16.77 seconds before coming to a stop in just 8.44 seconds. All of it happened on a track still drying from earlier rain, the kind of conditions most teams would rather avoid. Koenigsegg pressed ahead, and the result speaks for itself.

What stands out here is the role of “Absolut Overdrive.” This is not a new engine or aerodynamic overhaul, but a package of refinements to traction control, engine mapping and shift timing. The V8, the chassis, the low-drag bodywork all remain as they were for the 2024 record. The improvement came from how those elements were made to work together more effectively, proving that in today’s performance world, code can be just as powerful as carbon fiber.

The record also shifts the conversation about what is possible in this category. The Rimac Nevera R, an all-wheel-drive electric hypercar, had been the benchmark at 25.79 seconds. Koenigsegg has now bettered it with a rear-wheel-drive combustion car, a setup many had dismissed as outdated for this kind of contest. It is a reminder that assumptions in engineering rarely hold forever.

For the small group of Jesko Absolut owners, this is more than a headline. Koenigsegg will send these same updates to customer cars through over-the-air delivery. The record you read about here is one they can experience for themselves, on the right piece of tarmac, with the same settings that carried Lundh to the top.

Records will always fall. That is the nature of the game. What endures is the way they are achieved. Koenigsegg’s latest run shows that progress does not always demand reinvention. Sometimes it is about looking closer at what you already have and finding more in it.

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