Did Koenigsegg really beat Chiron?

Koenigsegg is a small Swedish hypercar manufacturer which makes the fastest cars on the planet in a straight line, but the problem with the ‘egg’ is that they break down under pressure and they are NOT the fastest cars around the track or the fastest overall. These cars are great on a straight line because of their sick aerodynamics and their bigger engines but they are not the fastest cars around the track due to the fact that they take a long time to come out of the corners and the lack of traction.

Koenigsegg Agera R

The Bugatti is a really comfortable, daily drivable hypercar that can be easily driven and somewhat tamed by a noob, the Chiron is a 4-wheel drive car that can on any day beat the Koenigsegg around the track because the latter is rear wheel drive and lacks traction, while the ‘bug’ is an all-wheel drive and to be clear I am not defending Bugatti and belittling Koenigsegg, the achievement is indeed commendable. Have a look at the stats:

Bugatti Chiron

Koenigsegg managed to beat Bugatti’s 0-400-0 by completing it in 33.29 secs while Bugatti did it in 42 secs. The basic stats are:

Koenigsegg          Bugatti

1360HP                1500HP

1395Kgs               1996Kgs

33.29secs             41.96secs (0-400-0)

What Exactly did Koenigsegg do to beat Bugatti?

Check out the video below by Engineering Explained:

And yes even if the Koenigsegg managed to beat Bugatti they did so in a straight line and not around a track, the problem with people is that they think that fastest car in a straight line is fastest car around the track or the fastest overall, which is not the case, an SSC THRUST would be the fastest if that was to be believed, to go around the corner you need good torque vectoring, more grip and active aerodynamics, all of the essentials that Koenigsegg lacks. 

But considering the size of the company and the budget they operate on, Yes the achievement of going 277 mph is remarkable! While Bugatti has electronically limited speed of 261 mph but the company claims it can go up to 288 mph and the speed has been limited due to “safety reasons”.