Every automaker that’s worth its name has a quality control procedure that needs to be followed before its products head to their respective owners. For some, these quality control procedures involve checking the engine, the interior, and the car’s electronics system. But for an automaker like Koenigsegg, quality control procedures take on different forms.

The Swedish automaker even has a particularly specific procedure it does to the Regera supercar before it’s delivered to its excited owner. According to the company, ever Regera — that’s 80 of them — is required to do a 0-to-186 mph sprint test before it leaves the care of the automaker. It sounds ridiculous for a car to undergo a speed test of that magnitude before it’s delivered to a customer, but remember, this is the Regera we’re talking about.

Koenigsegg didn’t exactly dive into the specifics on why every Regera model it builds has to undergo a 0-to-186-mph sprint test, but we can assume that the reasons are all related to the car’s stature. After all, this isn’t your typical $30,000 Ford Mustang or even a $260,000 Lamborghini Huracan Evo}. The super-limited Koenigsegg Regera is a 1,500-horsepower hypercar that also happens to cost $2 million. If you’re Koenigsegg and you’re selling a car at that price, you’re going to want to ensure that all of its mechanicals are in proper order.

That includes the Regera’s 5.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 engine, the single-speed fixed-gear transmission, and all the other electronic bits that allow the Regera to run a sprint to 60 mph in just 2.8 seconds and 0 to 186 mph in just 10.9 seconds on its way to a top speed of 249 mph.

Koenigsegg Regera Specifications

Engine 

5.0-liter, V-8 Biturbo and three electric motors

Horsepower

1,480 horses

Torque 

1,475 pound-feet 

Transmission

Direct-drive gearbox

Curb Weight 

3,510 pounds

0 to 60 mph

2.8 seconds

0 to 186 mph

10.9 seconds

Top Speed

249 mph


As well-built as the Regera is, there’s still something to be said for the amount people are paying for a car of its stature. You don’t want to be messing around with it if you’re Koenigsegg. Instead, you take any and all measures to ensure that the Regera is running perfectly. If part of that process includes a 0-to-186 mph sprint test, then so be it. That test is typically done after 10.9 seconds if Koenigsegg’s performance claims are accurate.

Once Koenigsegg is done performing thorough quality control tests on the Regera, the supercar is presumably packed and prepared for delivery to its awaiting owner. The whole testing phase shouldn’t be that overwhelming, either, since the production of the Regera is capped at just 80 units. Besides, if you’re one of the lucky ones who managed to score a seat at the Regera dining table, you’d want your $2 million purchase to be worth every penny, right?