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# Niklas Lilja

Koenigsegg factory test driver of the Agera RS record runs

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Born | 1984 |
| Nationality | Swedish |

The record

Swedish racing driver and Koenigsegg factory test driver who drove the Agera RS during its 2017 production-car top-speed and 0–400–0 km/h record runs on a closed public road in Nevada.

Born on 22 November 1984, Lilja was described in an April 2017 STCC report as a 32-year-old Stockholmer living in Munka-Ljungby, outside Ängelholm. The report says he made his STCC debut as a chief mechanic in 2006, worked with Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia teams, and began racing in Trofeo Abarth in 2011. It credits him with Swedish titles in 2012 and 2013 and the 2015 European title.

LMP Engineering AB was registered on 12 February 2008; its present name was registered on 12 January 2009. STCC reported in April 2017 that Lilja worked as a test driver for Koenigsegg. He entered that season’s STCC opener at Ring Knutstorp in a Honda Civic TCR leased from Sportpromotion for LMP Engineering. DriverDB lists him second in Swedish GT GTB in 2016 and third with Euroracing in 2018.

On 1 October 2017, Lilja drove a customer-owned Agera RS from 0 to 400 km/h and back to rest in 36.44 seconds at Vandel Airfield in Denmark. The car had Koenigsegg’s 1MW engine upgrade, rated at 1,360 hp, and a removable roll cage. On 4 November he drove the same car on closed Highway 160 near Pahrump, Nevada, to 277.87 mph averaged over two directions and 33.29 seconds for 0–400–0 km/h.

### Two-way public-road figures

Koenigsegg calculated the 277.87 mph result from runs in both directions. Its release says VBOX equipment supplied by Racelogic timed the run and a Racelogic representative installed it and verified the data. Koenigsegg’s current Agera RS page still publishes the figure as its homologated-production-car top-speed record.

### Factory setup on the car

At Vandel, Koenigsegg said it made minor software calibrations to rear-wing angle to reduce drag as successive runs built speed. Autoweek’s account quotes Racelogic USA technical director Jim Lau, who wrote that Lilja discussed configuring adjustable suspension and aerodynamics for the Nevada run.

The stations

1. 2006 STCC Chief mechanic
2. 2011 Trofeo Abarth Racing driver
3. 2015 LMP Engineering / Trofeo Abarth Europe Driver, engineer and mechanic
4. 2017 Koenigsegg Factory test driver
5. 2023 Koenigsegg Factory test driver

The house

[![Koenigsegg](https://hiconium.dev/images/marques/full/koenigsegg.svg)](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers/koenigsegg)

Credited through Koenigsegg.

In the register

## One file carries this name

- [Koenigsegg Agera RS Factory test driver · Koenigsegg 2015–2018 €4.5M 2015–2018 €4.5M Rating 96.0](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/koenigsegg/agera-rs)

The files above are the register's own record of this name. [The people index](https://hiconium.dev/people) holds everyone the register credits.

In their words

> “No. Fun is not a straight line.”

Niklas Lilja · Autoweek, 2017

Sources

- [koenigsegg.com](https://www.koenigsegg.com/history)
- [koenigsegg.com](https://www.koenigsegg.com/model/agera-rs)
- [topgear.com](https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/koenigsegg-has-smashed-worlds-fastest-car-record)
- [topgear.com](https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/koenigsegg-agera-rs-has-claimed-five-speed-records)
- [touringcartimes.com](https://www.touringcartimes.com/2017/04/11/niklas-lilja-confirmed-to-drive-first-race-in-honda-civic/)
- [driverdb.com](https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/niklas-lilja)
- [autoweek.com](https://www.autoweek.com/news/sports-cars/a1834531/behind-scenes-koenigsegg-top-speed-run/)
- [motor1.com](https://www.motor1.com/news/698151/koenigsegg-jesko-gotland-ring-record-lap/)
- [goodwood.com](https://www.goodwood.com/grr/road/news/koenigseggs-277mph-record-has-kicked-off-the-race-to-300/)
- [motorsportivarmland.nu](https://www.motorsportivarmland.nu/STCC17.htm)
- [bolagsfakta.se](https://www.bolagsfakta.se/5567516934-LMP_Engineering_AB)
- [allcarindex.com](https://www.allcarindex.com/blog/koenigsegg-breaks-world-speed-record-for-production-car-at-44697-kmh-took-another-4-records-home-too)
- [roadandtrack.com](https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a12784881/watch-koenigsegg-destroy-bugattis-0-249-0-mph-record/)
- [roadandtrack.com](https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a13443501/koenigsegg-agera-rs-top-speed-video/)
- [racingsportscars.com](https://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/Niklas-Lilja-S.html)
- [c5bcfd5e-e12e-4f01-b1e9-84120faf58fb.filesusr.com](https://c5bcfd5e-e12e-4f01-b1e9-84120faf58fb.filesusr.com/ugd/a66cc8_ab060341a1ce466299a81fe4d1608429.pdf)