Alex was recently announced as the winner for throtl Dream Build #2! As the winner of #throtldreambuild2, Alex got his car shipped out to San Diego California to be fully modified by the throtl team. When Alex's car arrived, it was a mostly-stock 2014 Subaru BRZ. As soon as the car arrived at the throtl headquarters, the team immediately got to work on some modifications. Alex's car got the works with some new interior, exterior, and performance-based modifications. Interior Modifications For the interior of the BRZ, we installed a custom black suede headliner, throtl shift knob, and a new audio system from OEM Audio+. The OEM Audio+ system sounds significantly better than the factory audio system. This made it way more enjoyable to listen to music in the BRZ. The Opelite Optics headliner had a space theme with led shooting stars that lit up the roof of the BRZ, adding a nice bit of style to the interior. The new throtl shift knob was the cherry on top for interior modificati...
Koenigsegg Automobiles recently posted a video of their Agera RS running from 0 to
248.5 mph and then back again to 0 in 36.44 seconds. With this run, the Agera
RS overtakes the Bugatti Chiron’s previously recorded time by a large
margin.
As you’ll see in the video, a performance data logger and
recorder clocked the Koenigsegg Agera RS’s maximum speed at 250.4 mph during
the run. It took the car 6,424 feet and 26.88 seconds to accelerate to 248.5
mph and 1,585 feet to come to a stop, which took an impressive 9.56 seconds.
Carbon ceramic brakes with bespoke calipers designed and built by
Koenigsegg himself helped to provide remarkable stopping power on
this Agera RS.
Powering it is a 5.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 rated at a staggering
1,360 hp and 1,011 lb-ft of torque paired to seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. The
car in the test was equipped with the automaker’s 1MW engine upgrade
and an optional removable roll cage for additional safety during performance
driving.
The Swedish supercar maker says that although this run was
originally planned for the upcoming Regera plug-in hybrid hypercar, it did the
run using the Agera RS because the car’s owner wanted to verify its performance
capabilities. Koenigsegg still intends to do the same test on the Regera.
Christian Von Koenigsegg had originally planned to do the test
run in a test facility in Papenburg, Germany, but due to weather, it opted for
Vandel Airfield, a former military base that was built during World War
II and closed in 2003. Behind the wheel was Koenigsegg factory driver
Niklas Lilja who had to remain in full control of the car because the surface
on the 1.73-mile track was littered with potholes and imperfections due to it
having deteriorated over time.
As a result, Lilja utilized the traction control system for the
first three gears. Once it got traction, the Agera RS traveled 328 feet per
second before dropping to 308 feet per second as it got closer to 250 mph
before full braking force was applied. When taking into account the overrun
to a top speed of 250.4 mph, the Koenigsegg Agera RS accelerated from a
stop to that speed and then back to a stop in 37.28 seconds, beating the
Bugatti Chiron’s previous record of 41.96 seconds in the 0-248.5
test.
