This street-legal car is smashing world records for speed
A Swedish hypercar has set a world record for the fastest ever road-legal car after averaging a staggering 278 miles per hour.
The Koenigsegg Agera RS set the landmark speed on a closed public road in Nevada.
Factory test driver Niklas Lilja got behind the wheel of the 1,380 horsepower hypercar for the daredevil attempt.
Video released by Racelogic, which recorded the speed, shows the Koenigsegg appearing to cruise up to 200 miles per hour before Lilja unleashes its full potential.
He gets into top gear at 220 miles per hour and ends up reaching a top speed of 284 miles per hour.
On the reverse run, the Koenigsegg was clocked at 271 miles per hour, so the average top speed was 277.9 miles per hour.
This comfortably beat the 268 miles per hour record set by the Bugatti Veyron SuperSport in 2010.
Last month, Lilja set a record for the fastest 248 miles per hour, doing it in 36.44 seconds from behind the wheel of the same car.