Koenigsegg Regera is an utterly bonkers 1479bhp, 1465lb ft, 250mph hybrid hypercar coming out of Sweden.

Those figures are not a mistake. At the heart of the Regera sits broadly the same 5.0-litre twin turbo V8 as you’ll find in the back of an Agera RS, but to give it a little extra something, there’s also the small matter of three electric motors as well.

Koenigsegg says this is the answer to the McLaren P1, LaFerrari and Porsche 918 Spyder? Their idea for the Regera was not to have a gearbox at all and instead feature a single-speed fixed-gear transmission. The only problem was how to combine petrol and electric powerplants in a non-wasteful way. Electric motors don’t need a gearbox, while due to their torque delivery and rev bands, petrol engines ideally need several ratios.

The Swedish auto firm did finally achieve this objective and quite so considering the car’s acceleration of 0-62mph in 2.8secs and a top speed of a little over 250mph!