Six years in, Koenigsegg continues to push Jesko to new heights. The Swedish hypercar specialists announced that the longest-running member of its lineup just added two more records to its list of accomplishments. It appears that we may have been underestimating the Jesko after all these years. The automaker announced the latest marks in a video posted to YouTube over the weekend. The clip’s description states that new production car speed records for the quarter and half mile were set by the high-performance Jesko Absolut variant at the company’s airfield in Ängelholm, Sweden, on June 6, the country’s National Day. With factory driver Markus Lundh behind the wheel, the Jesko Absolut was able to cover the quarter mile, or 1,320 feet, in 8.54 seconds at 190 mph. In doing so, the Jesko Absolut became the first production car to surpass 300 km/h, or 186 mph, in the quarter mile. Lundh wasn’t done, though. He continued on in the hypercar,..
