It’s now been two years since Rimac delivered its first Nevera hypercars to prospects, a record-setting EV from the small Croatian firm now additionally operating Bugatti. In order you would possibly anticipate from the appearance of one other Monterey Automotive Week, after a few styling-focused particular editions it’s time for an attractive new variant of the Nevera. Enter the Rimac Nevera R, which has extra energy, higher aerodynamics and, should you can imagine it, even faster acceleration.
Rimac says the Nevera R title “suggests its growth follows the philosophy of the Rimac model: Radical, rebellious, relentless.” I want it as a substitute had some form of precise title, however oh effectively. CEO Mate Rimac says the Nevera R is the results of the corporate “relentlessly tweaking to prospects’ needs,” and he stated prospects wished a automobile that enhanced the Nevera’s already stupendous cornering capabilities, with a concentrate on driver suggestions.
It begins with a next-gen “performance-oriented” 108-kWh battery pack that’s smaller and lighter than the usual Nevera’s 120-kWh pack. As with the conventional Nevera, the pack is positioned in a T form, with cells within the heart tunnel and behind the motive force, giving the automobile mid-engine weight distribution and traits. The Nevera R’s 4 electrical motors put out a complete of two,107 horsepower, up from 1,914 hp, comfortably making it essentially the most highly effective electrical automobile you should purchase (and the second strongest automobile on the earth after the Koenigsegg Gemera).
The Nevera R’s 1.74-second 0-to-60-mph time is identical as the absurdly fast customary Nevera’s, and that’s primarily as a result of the tires are at their achievable efficiency limits. The 0-to-124-mph time of 4.38 seconds is four-hundredths faster, whereas the 8.66-second 0-to-186-mph time is 0.57 seconds faster. It’ll do the quarter-mile in 8.23 seconds, an enchancment of 0.03 seconds, and sprinting from 62 mph to 124 mph takes solely 2.46 seconds, an enchancment of 0.13 seconds. Prime velocity of the Nevera R is 217 mph (or 256 mph with producer oversight), a bit off the conventional automobile’s 258-mph prime velocity.
Chalk that as much as the Nevera R’s up to date styling and big-ass rear wing. The present Nevera is a cool-looking automobile with some attention-grabbing design components and aerodynamic options, however Rimac has but to essentially solidify its design language in my eyes — the R is an enormous step in that route. Its redesigned nostril is way cleaner and extra distinctive, the place Rimac says its designers and engineers “seamlessly built-in sensual surfacing and exact graphics.” There are new decrease splitters and aspect skirts, the up to date rear bumper and diffuser are smoother, and the combo of painted surfaces and carbon-fiber components is best resolved. I really like the brand new three-spoke wheels, too. And yeah, simply have a look at that fastened rear wing.
Downforce is improved by 15 p.c and aerodynamic effectivity is up by 10 p.c, in keeping with Rimac. The automobile’s unfavorable camber has been elevated, and new Michelin Cup 2 tires cut back understeer by 10 p.c and up lateral grip by 5 p.c. With an electrical motor at every wheel the Nevera has one of the crucial superior torque-vectoring techniques on the earth, and for the Nevera R it has been retuned to match the higher tires and aero and supply larger stability and predictability, particularly within the moist. The steering can also be retuned for sharper response and suggestions, and new carbon-ceramic Evo2 brakes have a silicone matrix layer for higher braking efficiency, cooling and sturdiness.
The corporate claims the Nevera R will lap the Nardo Dealing with Observe 3.8 seconds faster than the usual automobile, and I’m guessing Rimac has its eyes set on breaking extra information. Final summer time the Nevera set a production-car document on the Goodwood Hill Climb, which was damaged this yr by the Czinger 21C. Additionally final summer time, the Nevera set an EV manufacturing automobile lap document on the Nürburgring, which the Nevera R will certainly have the ability to beat.
Solely 40 items of the Nevera R shall be made, counting in direction of the 150 whole Neveras that Rimac plans to construct. With the bottom Nevera already coming in at over $2 million earlier than choices, anticipate the Nevera R so as to add many extra a whole lot of 1000’s of {dollars} on prime of that. Clients may have much more customization choices than earlier than each in and out.
