We are not sure if current owners of the Rimac Nevera think that their hypercar needs more power, but Mate Rimac and his team have done just that with the utterly bonkers Rimac Nevera R. What you’re looking at is a track-focused version and a carefully honed evolution of this all-electric hypercar.
The R is much more than a tweaked Nevera since only 30 per cent of the parts have been carried over. It squeezes maximum performance out of those four electric motors.
The brief was to create a lighter, faster, and edgier Nevera with more power added to the recipe.
Mate Rimac, CEO of the Rimac Group, said: “When we developed the Nevera, an important part of the brief was that it should be a Grand Tourer. We ensured it was spacious, comfortable, and balanced between thrilling and accessible.”
“We are relentlessly tweaking to customers’ desires, and many were looking for a car that emphasised the Nevera’s cornering ability, using all the advanced technology on board. We responded with the Nevera R: all the DNA of the record-breaking Nevera, but lighter, faster, and more focused.”
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There’s no doubt the power figure of 2078HP must have gotten your attention, but the shocking acceleration time of 8.7 seconds to do 300 km/h is even more insane. If you put your foot down, the Rimac Nevera R reaches 0-100 km/h in 1.7 seconds. This has been achieved by adding more power but also stripping way weight along with the more menacing stance.
While the clean lines have been maintained, they look lower and meaner with the fixed rear wing and a more aggressive aero package, bringing in more downforce. It looks like a stealth missile, while the added upgrades increase the drama quotient a bit.
Elsewhere, new Michelin Cup 2 tyres have been introduced, and because of that, the total understeer has been reduced by 10 per cent, the lateral grip has increased by 5 per cent, and the lap time around the Nardo Handling Track has been reduced by 3.8 seconds.
Other changes include a new 108 kWh battery promising about 250 miles per charge (402 km), plus a revised traction control system and a new generation all-wheel torque vectoring system.
Only 40 of these low-flying track missiles would be made, costing about $2.5 million each in the US. Again, the price tag hardly matters to the owners in this rarefied world of hypercar shopping; instead, it is about the headline-grabbing power figures.
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