Sadair’s Spear Becomes Fastest Production Car Ever at Goodwood

Sadair’s Spear Becomes Fastest Production Car Ever at Goodwood originally appeared on Autoblog.

For Road-Going Cars, Koenigsegg Reigns Supreme

The recently concluded 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed was full of high-profile debuts and rare vehicles on display, but the four-day affair went beyond that. The West Sussex event also hosted the Goodwood Hillclimb – a 1.17-mile stretch of road where the boldest machines went toe-to-toe in timed runs, whether highly modified or completely production-spec.

Now that the dust has settled on the 32nd edition of this iconic event, one car stands above all in the production class: the Koenigsegg Sadair's Spear. Making its public debut, this track-focused evolution of the Jesko has set a new production car record in the process.

Record Run: 47.14 Seconds of V8 Fury

The Sadair's Spear stormed up the hill in 47.14 seconds, smashing the previous production car record held by the Czinger 21C by over 1.6 seconds. At the wheel was Koenigsegg development driver Markus Lundh, who wasted no time from the car's launch last month and unleashed everything the Spear had to give.

Powering the blistering hillclimb run was the Sadair's Spear's 5.0-liter twin-turbo V8 tuned to produce 1,602 horsepower on E85 fuel, making it the most powerful internal combustion production car Koenigsegg has ever built.

Beyond the raw power, the Sadair's Spear comes with a lighter chassis than the Jesko Attack and is dressed up with enhanced aerodynamics and an aggressive active rear wing for added downforce. It also wears a new set of Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires for that necessary grip to keep the hypercar planted. From the carbon-fiber sculpting to the stripped-back cockpit, every detail serves performance first.

Not the Fastest Overall, But Fastest Where It Counts

Despite its record-setting time, the Sadair's Spear wasn't the outright fastest vehicle of the weekend. That honor goes to the electric Ford SuperTruck, which recorded a staggering 43.23-second hillclimb in the hands of Romain Dumas, making it the fourth-fastest Goodwood run ever. Also ahead on the leaderboard was Subaru’s Project Midnight, which crossed the line in 45.46 seconds.

However, neither of those was a road-legal production car. In that class, the Sadair's Spear reigned supreme, and by a healthy margin. Its nearest rival, the 'Ring-conquering Mustang GTD, trailed by over four seconds. The Alpine A110 R Ultime followed the pony supercar, trailing by more than a second.

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Sadair’s Spear Becomes Fastest Production Car Ever at Goodwood first appeared on Autoblog on Jul 14, 2025

This story was originally reported by Autoblog on Jul 14, 2025, where it first appeared.