Have you ever experienced 0-60 in 1.74 seconds? Neither have I.
It’s not as if Rimac’s latest electric Nevera is slow — but that isn’t stopping the automaker and its CEO from pushing the limits even harder. That’s what Mate Rimac and his team’s latest creation is all about. The track-focused Nevera R, of which the electric automaker will only build 40 examples, is an absolute tsunami of mind-bending performance figures. Let’s keep in mind while we go through them, too, that the “regular” Nevera already set its own host of acceleration and braking records with 1,813 horsepower on tap.
This race-prepped hypercar, nonetheless, takes the output from four electric motors up to 2,107 horsepower, for a start. That means you get a 0-60 time of just 1.74 seconds, according to Rimac’s official statement. It’ll do the quarter-mile in 8.23 seconds, and charge from a dead stop to 124 mph (200 km/h) in roughly the same amount of time it takes a Ford Mustang GT to get to 60 mph: 4.4 seconds. Top speed? 256 mph (with “manufacturer oversight”, at least).
Insane hardly begins to cover it, don’t you think?
Apart from just giving it more power and calling it a day, Rimac says it focused on making the Nevera R “lighter, faster and more focused” than its grand tourer counterpart. While the standard Nevera is meant to be livable while also being monstrously fast, the R gets to play by a different rule book. It has a more aggressive look, especially with the large fixed rear wing, as well as 15% more downforce and 10% better aerodynamic efficiency. Its new quad-motor setup also debuts an updated torque-vectoring all-wheel drive system, while its “EVO2” carbon ceramic brakes have a silicone matrix layer to improve cooling performance and braking power during hard use. The new Rimac Nevera R packs a staggered set of 20-inch front and 21-inch rear wheels, wrapped with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires.
Rimac also brings in a new 108-kWh battery pack with a different chemistry to what’s in the standard Nevera for this racing application. The new pack uses a nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) chemistry, and the company says this racier version should be able to manage about 250 miles on a charge. That’s using the European-developed WLTP test cycle, however, so range by EPA standards will likely fall somewhere in the low-200s range.
Inside, the Rimac Nevera R sports a similar layout to the existing Nevera, apart from the Nebula Green color scheme throughout the cabin. Like the Nevera, the R’s interior is fairly minimalistic, with three TFT screens placed across the dashboard and center console, as well as rotary dials for driver controls and infotainment controls on the center console. Rimac touts the “driver-focused, ultra-customizable” interior has addtional color and trim options, including painting the dashboard structure and center console trim to match the exterior.
If you want the privilege of getting one of the 40 Rimac Nevera R units, you’ll need a serious chunk of cash. And I don’t mean $250,000-ish to get your hands on a limited-run Porsche 911 Turbo, either — think more in the ballpark of $2.5 million. For those affluent few who can actually put their name down for one, Rimac says it will start shipping the Nevera R out next year.
