A brand-new Koenigsegg Jesko burned to a crisp over the weekend in Greece, and the Swedish automaker has reportedly emailed all owners to tell them to stop driving their hypercars.
The vehicle was participating in the 6to6 Motor Europe Tour, which takes car enthusiasts from Greece to Monaco through Albania, Croatia, and Italy before reaching their destination.
The Koenigsegg Jesko Attack, though, did not make it very far. It simply combusted outside the suburbs of Athens, minutes after leaving the hotel, at around 10 AM, local time. The driver and passenger got out of the car in time and watched the disaster happening. The Koenigsegg burned so fast that firefighters who arrived at the scene could only put out the fire that had already consumed the entire vehicle.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, but the heat wave that hit Europe might have something to do with it. There were up to 98 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius) last week in Greece.
Koenigsegg reportedly sent an engineer to Greece to retrieve the car. It is already on its way to the Koenigsegg factory in Angelholm, Sweden.
In the meantime, the automaker reportedly sent an email to all the 28 owners of the Jesko examples delivered so far and urged them to stop driving.
"Out of an abundance of caution, we ask all Jesko owners and drivers to hold off on driving their cars until we have had a chance to understand the situation better," reads the email, according to a report from Egg Registry.
The Jesko involved in the incident starts at around $3 million. The car reportedly featured the exposed carbon fiber package, which is a $443,400 option. It also came with optional 24-carat gold details.
Now, the model is definitely a write-off because the pile of metal and carbon fiber doesn't stand a chance to ever look like a car again. The owner, a man from Spain, had had his car delivered a couple of weeks before the fire, through a dealership in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Koenigsegg will only build 125 examples, with a production run of 40 to 50 units per year. All of them are already spoken for. Only 28 have been delivered so far.
We have already contacted Koenigsegg to check their position on the matter and will update this article as soon as we get a reply.
The Koenigsegg Jesko is one insane piece of machinery. It is powered by a 309-cubic-inch (5.1-liter) V8 engine, which pumps out 1,578 horsepower (1,600 metric horsepower) when it is fed E85.
On petrol, it is slightly tamed, if "tamed" can even be used in the same sentence as the Jesko, churning out 1,280 horsepower (1,298 metric horsepower). A nine-speed multi-clutch Koenigsegg Light Speed Transmission (LST) put the power down through the rear wheels.
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