The incredible Koenigsegg One:1->ke4795 hypercar->ke177 has set a new unofficial road-car lap record at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan, and it did so without even really trying. And, yes, Koenigsegg->ke43 has released video->ke278 of the 1,340-horsepower beast roaring around the iconic strip of Japanese tarmac.

Koenigsegg brought the One:1 to Japan to give potential customers demonstration rides around Suzuka. It wasn’t until someone checked the data-logging system that it was realized a new record of 2 minutes, 17.57 seconds had been set, beating out the Nissan GT-R’s->ke1592 time of 2 minutes 18.36 seconds.

Here’s where I point out that the GT-R can be had for 1/24th of the cost of the $2.5 million One:1, but it’s still mighty impressive, especially considering Koenigsegg factory driver Robert Serwanski wasn’t really pushing all that hard and was carrying along a passenger. With a bit more track time and preparation, it probably would have been a lot faster.

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Company founder and CEO Christian von Koenigsegg explained to Top Gear->ke1860 that the car was having some brake issues too, but he was overall very pleased with the accomplishment. "To have potentially beaten this time at our first outing," said Koenigsegg, "while running a standard setup, with little exposure to the track beforehand, with a passenger inside the car during all laps and with brakes that had to be nursed a little throughout the session, was very encouraging indeed."The Koenigsegg One:1 gets its name from it power-to-weight ratio; That’s 1,340 horsepower from its 5.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 moving around just 1,340 kg (2,954 pounds). Its Le Mans->ke1591 prototype-inspired aerodynamics and low mass means it’s just as fast around corners as it is in a straight line. Try 0-60 in 2.8 seconds, a theoretical top speed of nearly 250 mph and 2.0 g of maximum lateral cornering load. We know it’s quick, but the real moment of truth comes later this year, when Koenigsegg brings the One:1 to the Nürburgring->ke999 where it will attempt to break the road-car lap record. The attempt should happen sometime this summer, and Koenigsegg has previously hinted that a lap in 6 minute 30 second range is possible. That’s just 17 seconds shy of the outright Nürburgring lap record, set by Stefan Bellof in 1983 in a Porsche 956.->ke1860] that the car was having some brake issues too, but he was overall very pleased with the accomplishment. "To have potentially beaten this time at our first outing," said Koenigsegg, "while running a standard setup, with little exposure to the track beforehand, with a passenger inside the car during all laps and with brakes that had to be nursed a little throughout the session, was very encouraging indeed."

The Koenigsegg One:1 gets its name from it power-to-weight ratio; That’s 1,340 horsepower from its 5.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 moving around just 1,340 kg (2,954 pounds). Its Le Mans->ke1591 prototype-inspired aerodynamics and low mass means it’s just as fast around corners as it is in a straight line. Try 0-60 in 2.8 seconds, a theoretical top speed of nearly 250 mph and 2.0 g of maximum lateral cornering load.

We know it’s quick, but the real moment of truth comes later this year, when Koenigsegg brings the One:1 to the Nürburgring->ke999 where it will attempt to break the road-car lap record.

The attempt should happen sometime this summer, and Koenigsegg has previously hinted that a lap in 6 minute 30 second range is possible. That’s just 17 seconds shy of the outright Nürburgring lap record, set by Stefan Bellof in 1983 in a Porsche 956.}}

Koenigsegg One:1

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