This Is What Driving A Koenigsegg Agera RS At 284 MPH Looks Like

Over a month has now passed since the Koenigsegg Agera RSbroke five production car speed recordson a closed section of public road in Nevada. Records which probably won't be beaten for some time – at least not until the Bugatti Chiron and Hennessey Venom F5 have a go. A new on-board video shot from a GoPro camera inside the hypercar has been shared by Koenigsegg giving us a front seat view of the record-breaking 284 mph run in the Agera RS from the perspective of factory driver Niklas Lilja.

As a blog post by Koenigsegg explains, Lilja was slow off the line because the objective was to set a record for top speed, rather than fastest acceleration. Instead, Lilja accelerated smoothly to avoid putting too much strain on the 5.0-liter V8 engine, since it was going to be at the redline for a long time while the hypercar was pushed to its limit. Koenigsegg also had plenty of road to work with, so it didn't make sense to accelerate hard in the early stages of the run and apply unnecessary stress to the engine. Lilja didn't even hit full throttle until the Agera RS reached 186 mph. Applying full power, it's amazing to watch how fast the Agera RS rapidly accelerates from 186 mph to 249 mph.