Koenigsegg issues Do-Not-Drive Order for Jesko after incident in Greece
Koenigsegg Automotive has issued a Do-Not-Drive Order (DNDO) for owners of their flagship Koenigsegg Jesko hypercar in the aftermath of a major incident involving the vehicle.
On June 15th, 2024, at about 10:00am local time, a Koenigsegg Jesko participating the “6to6 Europe Tour 2024” supercar rally in Greece caught fire and burned to the ground. Importantly, both the driver and passenger escaped uninjured. Given the size of the event, the incident was captured and spread quickly on social media. Within an hour of the incident, the story had made it to automotive news in Greece.
This Koenigsegg Jesko had just been delivered to its Spanish owner a couple weeks prior through Lucerne, Switzerland-based Koenigsegg dealership Carage. The car, a bespoke creation known as Jesko “NÜR Edition”, was finished in Koenigsegg Naked Carbon (KNC), the most expensive and labour-intensive exterior option that the company offers. It had Gold Leaf accents, too.
To-date, Koenigsegg has delivered twenty-eight Jeskos to customers worldwide, with another fourteen cars in pre-delivery testing currently. There will be 125 units built in total, once production finishes.
In an email to Jesko owners (provided to Egg Registry by a Jesko customer), Koenigsegg wrote that they “don’t yet know the cause of the incident”. Though it would be irresponsible of us to speculate, it is worth noting that temperatures in Greece were nearing 40°C at the time of the incident, and the car was being driven fairly intensely, according to witnesses attending the supercar rally.
“Out of an abundance of caution”, the email continues, “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.” The company ends the email by promising an update to owners as soon as they know more.
Since the incident, the burnt wreckage of the Jesko has begun its journey to the Koenigsegg factory in Ängelholm, Sweden where, to the best of their abilities, the talented engineers there will attempt to figure out the cause of the incident and, if needed, remedy the issue.
We are devastated at this incident and are deeply relieved that nobody was injured. We are confident this problem will be resolved soon and the magnificent Jesko will return to roads with their proud owners worldwide.
Photo Credit to: Blerim Rafuna, A2Kspots, Spiros Bratos, Greek_carspot, and Dario Fontana.
