The Koenigsegg One:1 Might Be About To Steal The Nurburgring Lap Record
Last year, it was looking like Koenigsegg was about to set a blistering time at the Nurburgring with the One:1. Christian von Koenigsegg had even talked confidently about shaving ‘double digits’ off the time set by the Porsche 918 Spyder - a machine that’s still the fastest street legal car to lap the Nordschleife, barring a couple of laps set by Radicals which many ignore since they’re pretty much racing cars.
Unfortunately, the effort had to be canned due to the circuit’s management bringing in speed restrictions on certain parts of the track. However, those restrictions were lifted earlier this year, and since the 1322bhp One:1 has been spied blasting around the Nurburgring this week, it looks like the record attempt is back on.
Watch this space…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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One:1 is definitely a great car involving some awesome engineering in there, but am I the only one who thinks that its sound isn`t too great? They should do something about this for sure :(
Finally, they can put their money where their mouth is.
#TeamKoenigseggFTW
Imagine what service in one of those would cost..?
That’s something I’ve been curious about for some time. I always hear about its insane power and top speed, but never heard about its handling and cornering ability. Would be awesome if they released a POV video of them braking the record.
the sound it makes when the turbo’s spool is just glorious!!
This makes me laugh
http://koenigsegg.com/koenigsegg-at-the-nurburgring-2016/
I could stare at that car for hours and still find new details
Koenigsegg admitted that they were (and I quote) “testing” at the Nurburgring. They are not intending on breaking the record as they are just (and I re-quote) “testing”. However, If they do break the record while they are there, it would only be a pure coincidence.