What’s a good birthday gift? Socks? A stand mixer? A fresh set of tires? If you own one of the world’s most celebrated hypercar companies, chances are you’re thinking bigger than that. To celebrate his dad’s 80th birthday, Christian von Koenigsegg and his firm took the Jesko Attack, applied a classic formula of less weight, more downforce, and more power, then named it after the last racehorse the elder von Koenigsegg rode as a jockey—Sadair’s Spear.
Let’s start with the aerodynamics, because that’s how keen spotters will be able to pick out Koenigsegg’s latest hypercar. The big party piece of the Sadair’s Spear is a dual-element active rear wing that can vary its angle of attack for greater downforce at low speeds and reduced drag at high speeds. Obviously, this adds downforce out back that needs to be balanced out by downforce on the nose, so the canards, underbody strakes, and a hood-mounted Gurney flap are new, all to keep this thing stuck to the tarmac within reason.
At the same time, Koenigsegg has been clever by making parts for the Sadair’s Spear that do more than one thing. Larger hood vents and new arch louvers don’t just optimize downforce, they help cooling by evacuating more air. In fact, cooling is a big reason why the Sadair’s Spear makes a little bit more power than a Jesko Attack, along with new air intakes and revised calibration.
Alright, so you probably won’t feel an extra 25 horsepower in this sort of machine, but for the sake of bragging rights, these latest tweaks push output of the five-liter turbocharged V8 on E85 to 1,602 horsepower. Don’t have E85 locally? Well, in this sort of price bracket, you could truck it in, but the Sadair’s Spear cranks out 1,282 horsepower on pump gas, should your fuel selection be limited.
More power helps in a straight line but less weight helps everywhere, so the Koenigsegg Sadair’s Spear has gone on a crash diet. Lighter springs and suspension components, a carbon fiber console, carbon fiber bucket seats, the absence of sound insulation, carbon fiber turbine-spoke wheels, and a litany of revised mechanical components shave 77 pounds from the Jesko’s curb weight. Wrapping this package up are more aggressive brake pads, an available six-point harness set, and meaty 275-section front and 335-section rear tires. Although Michelin Cup 2s are standard, I’d expect most buyers to pop for the stickier, more aggressive Cup 2R tires.
Sounds great, right? However, there’s one little catch: If, say, you just hit the Powerball and are looking to splash some next-level cash, you might want to keep looking. Koenigsegg is only building 30 Sadair’s Spear hypercars, and every one has been pre-sold. Then again, is it really surprising to hear that 30 people have signed up to own the sharpest Koenigsegg yet, especially when the CC850 sold out almost immediately?
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I don’t know why, but I glanced at the headline and thought it said “Koenigsegg Britney Spears.”