Records
On February 28, 2005, at 12:08 hrs local time, in Nardò, Italy, the CCR broke the Guinness record for the fastest production car in the world, having attained 241.63 mph (388.87 km/h) on the Nardò Ring (a circular track of 7.8 mi (12.6 km) circumference), breaking the record previously held by the McLaren F1. The record was held until September 2005 when the long awaited Bugatti Veyron broke the record again at 253.81 mph (408.47 km/h), proven by Car and Driver and BBC Top Gear. Bugatti's record was set on Volkswagen's own test-track Ehra-Lessien, which features a 5.6 miles (9.0 km) straight.
During its review of the CCX, BBC television program Top Gear reported that the Koenigsegg CCR holds the fastest speeding ticket in the United States, which was supposedly for 242 mph (389 km/h) in a 75 mph (121 km/h) zone. This allegedly occurred in May 2003 in west Texas on the San Francisco to Miami Gumball 3000 Rally.
The Koenigsegg CCXR holds the power-to-weight ratio record for production cars, with a power-to-weight ratio of 2.9 lb (1.3 kg)/hp.
In 2008, the German magazine sport auto conducted a 0–300–0 km/h (0–190–0 mph) test for production cars, with the CCX winning the event in a total time of 29.2 s.
In September 2011 the Koenigsegg Agera R broke the Guinness World Record - 0-300-0 km/h with a time of just 21.19 seconds.
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