VIDEO: Volvo FH truck vs Koenigsegg One:1 on track

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Pitting an eight-tonne Volvo FH against a Koenigsegg One:1 on a track run may seem like quite a mismatch, but this then is the premise of the short video titled Volvo Trucks vs Koenigsegg. It’s a race around a course, yes, but all done in a slightly different manner.

Seeing as the 1,360 kg Koenigsegg One:1, with its 1:1 power to weight ratio, was that bit faster, the Volvo FH received a small handicap – it had to do one lap, while the Koenigsegg did two around the Knutstorp race circuit in southern Sweden. Piloting the Volvo FH was motor racing personality Tiff Needell.

Volvo Trucks’ new I-Shift Dual Clutch gearbox was launched in Europe in June this year and is available on all markets selling the Volvo FH with Euro 6 D13 engines in 460, 500 and 540 hp output tunes.

The purpose of the challenge was to showcase the workings of the new dual-clutch transmission, which is unique in the heavy trucks segment, and put it to the ultimate test. How did it and the bulky FH fare? Not too shabbily, as it turned out.

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Comments

  • DSG Volvo on Nov 14, 2014 at 11:18 am

    Wow .. it has DSG too.

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  • weeee on Nov 14, 2014 at 2:39 pm

    Why is this pensioner driving? Shouldn’t he be in a retirement home…

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  • Black Cat on Nov 14, 2014 at 3:05 pm

    Tiff Needel should come to Malaysia and race our drug induced truck drivers instead.

    Even without a racing car tech, our skilled container truck drivers have managed to race their old Volvos plus a container, against spirited Civic and Beemers on PLUS.

    What Tiff did was nothing.

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  • Stupidcar on Nov 14, 2014 at 3:42 pm

    The only time Tiff Needel is not in the shadow of Jeremy Clarkson.

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  • thedarkside on Nov 14, 2014 at 5:44 pm

    i think the volvo marketing team is doing a phenomenal job at promoting their brand new trucks. now i want one myself…huhu

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  • Ayam kecoh on Nov 15, 2014 at 11:57 am

    Does malaysian truck got speed limiter to?

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  • squall_shinoda on Nov 15, 2014 at 2:31 pm

    No matter how great this lorry is, it is still bound with the 70 km/h speed limit on federal roads and 80 km/h on expressways. Drive faster than that and expect a magnificent pileup.

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