Rimac Nevera has obliterated pretty much every speed record | GRR
The breaking of 23 performance records should always be a huge deal but of course, when you read that the Rimac Nevera was the car to do it, suddenly you’re not surprised. We know well Rimac’s ability to deliver on promises, of a car built to push the limits of EV performance. The headline record? Zero to 249mph and back down to zero in under 30 seconds, or 29.93 seconds to be exact, beating the Koenigsegg Regera by just over half a second.
As above, this record leads a group of 23, giving it the record for most records broken in a day. Yes really. These include a 0-62mph time of 1.81 seconds, a 0-124mph time of 4.42 seconds, a 0-186mph time of 9.22 seconds and a 0-249mph time of 21.31 seconds. On that last point, that means the Nevera can stop from 249mph in just over eight seconds.
Don’t attempt immediately after a hearty meal… Distance records include the eighth, quarter, half and standing mile, of 5.44, 8.25, 12.82 and 20.59 seconds respectively. It’ll get from 62mph to zero in just 28.96 metres too.
The car is reported to have performed flawlessly on the way to this dedicated chapter in the next Guinness book, running multiple times over at full throttle without any reliability issues or any ‘significant’ loss in performance. The records were done on ‘standard’ Michelin Cup 2 R tyres, on an unprepared surface.
And the distinctive look? The livery is a nod to how Mate Rimac got his start, aping the BMW e-M3 he used to drift and indeed, set records with, back in 2011.
“Growing up I always looked at the cars that made history moving the bar for performance, in awe of the kind of revolutionary technology they brought to the road,” Rimac said.
“That is what is driving me from day one – to develop new technology that redefines what is possible. Today, I am proud to say that the car we’ve created can get to 400km/h and back to 0 in less time than it took the McLaren F1 to accelerate up to 350km/h. And not only that, but it can do it again and again, breaking every other performance record in the process. If you had a Nevera and access to a track, you could do it too.”
Deliveries of the Nevera continue, as focus behind the scenes continues on Bugatti-Rimac's Chiron successor, which is to be an ultra high-performance hybrid. Whether it'll have an answer to the Nevera's records? We'd love to see it...