Watch A Koenigsegg Agera RS Hit 284mph In Stunning Onboard Footage

Footage of Koenigsegg's incredible, record-breaking speed run in Nevada has been posted on YouTube, and it'll make your head spin

Matt Robinson

05 Nov 2017

Like many people, we were wondering just what kind of peak speed was achieved during Koenigsegg’s record-breaking run with an Agera RS. After all, the 277.9mph figure - which makes the Agera RS the world’s fastest production car - was an average of two runs.

Now we have our answer: 284.3mph. No, that’s not a mistake. Koenigsegg factory test driver Niklas Lilja hit the incredible speed on a closed road in Nevada on the second run that’s shown in this video, having hit 272mph on the run before. You might find yourself fixating on the speedometer on first viewing, so we’d recommend giving it a second watch to see just how fast the scenery is moving past - it’s mind-blowing stuff.

The Swedish hypercar firm confirmed on Twitter earlier today that the Agera’s factory-fitted Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s were used for the run, but other than that, we don’t know a huge amount about the feat - full details are expected to be revealed soon. For now, you can consider our hats well and truly doffed to Lilja and Koenigsegg.

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.

Comments

When he finally stomps on it from 300 all the way to 457 😍😍

Me on my way to make bad decisions be like

I wish they had a overlay of the horsepower climb as well as the torque. Also I don’t understand not flooring in right off the line other than for traction purposes. Anyone care to explain it?

Traction purpose. Remember those 1000 hp koenigsegg build on forza horizon?

Possibly to save the tyres. 284mph is a lot of speed for any tyre to handle even for a couple of seconds so maybe they didnt want to put anymore pressure on them than they had to.