Yep…that’s how much power the latest offering from the Koenigsegg stables has to offer. It’s not like the old CCX was a slouch or anything, but it’s just that the Swedes decided to let themselves off the leash.

Koenigsegg Agera

It’s sufficient to say that it’s bonkers. Boasting of numbers like 0-60 mph in 3.1 seconds and a flat out top speed in the vicinity of 250 mph, the Agera manages to pull of a rather rare trick. It is both oh-so-desirable and oh-so-very-fatal.

I mean, exactly how much power can you extract from a 4.7 litre v8? The effing Bugatti Veyron only manages 1000 bhp after 16.4 litres and 4 turbo-chargers! Another interesting fact is the weight of the body – just 72 kilos, which makes it much, much lighter than your average American…

Once you realise that it’s looks suspiciously like the old CCX (that’ s because it’s actually a heavily modified CCX), you realise that this isn’t just any supercar. It’s probably going to carve a little niche of its own. I’d just recommend that niche be in a mental asylum of sorts. And a couple of cells for the guys who came up with it as well… But then it dawns upon me, Koenigsegg need something to keep their customers happy. While they may be upto something in their secret workshops in the Scandinavian mountains, it’s important that the world see that they’re upto something and not just faffing about. I’ll just hope and pray for a 1500 bhp hypersupercar in the next few years or something….

Now a bit of a history lesson. The Koenigsegg CCX or Competition Coupé X is a very mad car. It does 0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds, 0-125 mph in 9.8 seconds, and will go onto a top speed of 259 mph. Plus, the Koenigsegg CCX also holds the world record for the fastest speeding ticket ever recorded. The car was clocked by the rozzers doing about 242 mph. Must’ve been just a blur. Whoosh…and it’s gone.

Originally, the CCX was meant to have a Ford sourced engine, but later an in-house-production engine, a 4.7 litre was put in, with dual superchargers to finally end up producing a mind-warping 806 bhp at 6900 rpm and 678 lb·ft of torque at 5700 rpm.

So, going by the rule of more is better, the Agera should be even faster than the CCX.