► Koenigsegg unveils the Sadair’s Spear
► Name derived from Jesko’s last racehorse
► Lighter, more powerful and with a clever transmission
Koenigsegg keeps upping the extreme. This is Sadair’s Spear, a very interestingly named hypercar from Christian von Koenigsegg and his team of hypercar heroes.
Somehow, this is even more track-focused than the Jesko Attack – Koenigsegg’s most recent and also very track-focused car. And the name? Well, the inspiration comes from Jesko von Koenigsegg – Christian’s father – who was a gentleman jockey. His favourite, and his last, racehorse was named Sadair’s Spear.
Power comes from a twin-turbo V8 that develops 1282bhp… using regular fuel. If you have access to some E85 juice, power increases to a whopping 1603bhp. That thumper of an engine is connected to Koenigsegg’s ‘Light Speed Transmission’ – a nine-speed gearbox which operates without a flywheel.
The LST allows you to shift between gears further apart without needing to cycle through all of them. For example, if you want fourth but you’re in seventh, you can directly select fourth gear without needing to shift past gears six and five.
Compared to the Jesko, the Sadair’s Spear includes completely redesigned aero including front dive planes, bonnet air vents and a new double-bladed active rear wing. New air intakes increase flow, which have enabled a 19bhp power increase, while redesigned suspension with Triplex dampers, wider tyres and carbon ceramic brakes are all included for keeping the ultimate ‘Segg on track.
The Sadair’s Spear is around 35kg lighter than the Jesko, via a reduction in sound insulation and new carbonfibre construction.
All of this extra oomph and precision has already produced results; the Sadair’s Spear is 1.1sec faster around the Gotland Ring than the Jesko Attack.
Want one? Tough. Only 30 are being made, and they’re all already sold.
Jake has been an automotive journalist since 2015, joining CAR as Staff Writer in 2017. With a decade of car news and reviews writing under his belt, he became CAR's Deputy News Editor in 2020 and then News Editor in 2025. Jake's day-to-day role includes co-ordinating CAR's news content across its print, digital and social media channels. When he's not out interviewing an executive, driving a new car for review or on a photoshoot for a CAR feature, he's usually found geeking out on the latest video game, buying yet another pair of wildly-coloured trainers or figuring out where he can put another car-shaped Lego set in his already-full house.
By Jake Groves
CAR's news editor; gamer, trainer freak and serial Lego-ist
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