This past Saturday, I attended Exotics on Broadway in Monterey for the third consecutive year, and despite the massive crowds, it was by far the greatest car show I attended and will ever attend in 2024. It is seen as the biggest and most notable car show of Monterey Car Week every year and the event to attend in Monterey during the middle of August. This post marks the first of many from this year's edition of Exotics on Broadway that I plan to write and release over the next several weeks and months, and it begins with none other than my favorite of them all if I could only choose one, the Koenigsegg Jesko. Before diving into the Jesko specifically, I should mention that the most significant theme of this year's Exotics on Broadway show was Koenigsegg's 30th anniversary, resulting in the largest gathering of Koenigseggs on U.S. soil to date.
As for the Jesko, it was first unveiled in 2019 as the Agera's successor, while production officially began in 2021. It is motivated by a 5.0-liter twin-turbo V8 churning out 1280 horsepower and 1106 pound-feet of torque on standard gasoline and up to 1600 horsepower on ethanol. Power is sent to the rear wheels via a 9-speed multi-clutch Light Speed Transmission. The Jesko launches from zero to 60 mph in approximately 2.5 seconds, while its top speed is estimated to be around 300 mph. Named after Koenigsegg founder and CEO Christian von Koenigsegg's father, Jesko von Koenigsegg, the Jesko is available in two forms: Attack and Absolut. The Attack is the high-downforce and track-focused version of the Jesko, while the Absolut is styled and geared towards straight-line top-speed runs. Its most notable exterior styling distinctions are the humongous rear wing on the Attack and two rear flaps on the Absolut, both of which are mounted on the engine covers of both versions of the Jesko. Other standard features on the Jesko include rear-wheel steering, Autoskin (opens all vehicle body panels with the press of a button), dihedral doors, and a high-quality interior with a 9-inch touchscreen display with Apple CarPlay compatibility. In addition, Koenigsegg claims that the Jesko can generate 1764 pounds of downforce at 155 mph and up to 3086 pounds at faster speeds.
Only 125 examples of the Koenigsegg Jesko will ever be made, with pricing starting at close to $3 million a pop. This year's Exotics on Broadway show had three examples of the Jesko on display: two Attacks and one Absolut. The blue Attack and gray Absolut were provided directly by Koenigsegg, while the white and red Attack was originally showcased at the Quail this year as the first U.S. customer Jesko. The blue Jesko Attack appeared at last year's Exotics on Broadway show and also set the production vehicle lap record at Laguna Seca with a time of 1:24.86 while at Monterey Car Week this year. I first saw the gray Absolut while attending my first ever Exotics on Broadway show two years ago, and that specific example broke Koenigsegg's own 0-400 km/h-0 record by about a second, with the Jesko Absolut setting a time of 27.83 seconds. With the latest rendition of Exotics on Broadway in the books, I have now seen a total of four Koenigsegg Jeskos in person thus far. Overall, I am obsessed with the Koenigsegg Jesko, and it is at or near the top of my list of favorite cars of all time. The Jesko looks incredibly stunning, sounds wonderful, and has an immaculate attention to detail inside and out. Simply put, it is one of the coolest and fastest cars on the planet, and seeing a few Jesko examples up close was one of the greatest and most exciting aspects of this year's Exotics on Broadway show.
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