How to start it
Climb in (Rimac's butterfly / Koenigsegg's dihedral doors open automatically with the key in pocket). Press the brake, hit the central START button — the car is silent on Rimac, the Koenigsegg twin-turbo V8 catches immediately.
The 2024 Koenigsegg Jesko Attack combines 5.0L Twin-Turbo V8 with RWD. Its catalog figures are 1,600 hp, 3,131 lb, and a price near $3.00M. The catalog lists 0–60 mph in 2.5 seconds and a 300 mph top speed.

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This model is offered in multiple distinct builds — each gets its own page so the specs, drivetrain and pricing stay accurate.
Performance, build, and ownership-cost composite.
The Attack is the Jesko for people who care about corners. Same carbon tub, same 5.0-litre twin-turbo flat-plane V8, same nine-speed Light Speed Transmission that can skip ratios in any direction — but the aerodynamic brief is inverted. Where the Absolut deletes the wing to chase minimum drag, the Attack keeps a huge active rear wing, a deeper front splitter, dive planes and a more aggressive underbody, generating well over a tonne of downforce at speed. Top speed drops. Lap time collapses.
The active aero is genuinely active: the front and rear elements trim together, and the rear wing is mounted on top-hinged pylons so the airflow under it stays clean. Koenigsegg also fits a triplet suspension setup with an active ride-height function, so the car can plant itself without needing punishing spring rates on the road.
The everyday reality is stranger than the spec sheet suggests. Despite the wing and the splitter, the Attack still has a front trunk, air conditioning, a removable hardtop that stows in that trunk, and Koenigsegg's dihedral synchro-helix doors that rotate up and out of the way in tight parking spaces. It is a hypercar built by an engineering firm that treats practicality as another problem to solve.
Positioned against the Ferrari F80 and Mercedes-AMG ONE, the Attack is the analogue-feeling outlier: no hybrid battery, no electric motors, just boost, aero and mechanical invention.
Practical guide for everything a new owner asks on day one — starting the car, finding the gear selector, drive modes, infotainment, driver aids, and easy-to-miss features.
Climb in (Rimac's butterfly / Koenigsegg's dihedral doors open automatically with the key in pocket). Press the brake, hit the central START button — the car is silent on Rimac, the Koenigsegg twin-turbo V8 catches immediately.
Milled-metal manual selector between the seats — R / N / D / S clearly engraved; engage paddles after launching D.
Drive modes are accessed via the touchscreen drive-mode panel. Available modes typically include Wet, Normal, Sport, Track, ESC-Off. Each mode reshuffles throttle mapping, steering weight, adaptive dampers (if equipped), exhaust valves, and stability-control thresholds. On performance trims, an 'Individual' or 'Custom' slot lets you save your favorite combination so you can recall it with one click instead of nesting through menus.
The driver display is a Steering-wheel mounted curved display (rotates with wheel). Use the steering-wheel left thumb-pad to cycle layouts (Classic, Sport, Navigation, Minimal). When in Sport / Track mode the cluster automatically swaps to a wide tach with gear indicator and tire-temperature readout. The head-up display brightness, height, and content are configured from Settings → Displays → HUD.
Infotainment runs on Koenigsegg SmartCenter (touchscreen, gesture-aware). Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard; pair from Settings → Connections the first time, then it auto-connects whenever your phone is in range. n/a wakes the in-car assistant for nav, climate, calls, and messaging without touching the screen. The main display also hosts vehicle-specific apps: tire pressures, performance data recorder (where fitted), drive-mode customizer, and the camera views.
Standard driver aids include adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring, and rear cross-traffic alert. Toggle each system individually from the driver-assist menu (steering-wheel left-pad → Assistance). Highway-driving assist (hands-off in marked lanes on supported roads), automatic lane-change on indicator tap, traffic-jam assist for stop-and-go, and a 360° surround camera with transparent-hood mode are all available and worth enabling for the first time before driving in heavy traffic.
Premium unleaded (91 or 93 octane) is required on Koenigsegg performance models — the engine timing is set for it and lower octane causes audible knock and reduced power. Fuel-cap release is a button on the driver door panel; the cap is capless (just push the nozzle in).
Beyond the physical key, this car supports Smart key. Set up phone-as-key from the Koenigsegg Owners portal app: it provisions a secure credential to your phone's wallet so a tap on the door handle unlocks the car and placing the phone on the wireless charging pad authorizes ignition. You can also share temporary keys to family members (with optional speed and area limits on performance trims) directly from the app.
A few things every new owner tells us they wish they'd known on day one: