The Rimac Nevera already has heaps of world records under its belt, including a new EV record around the Nurburgring Nordschleife, but that doesn’t mean the car manufacturer will rest on its laurels.
A special Nevera painted green and black and dubbed the ‘Time Attack’ lapped the German circuit’s 20.8 km configuration in 7:05.298 or 7:00.928 over the shorter 20.6 km configuration. That’s a respectable time given that the lap was set on a blisteringly hot day that no doubt impacted the Nevera’s performance. However, it is slower than the Porsche 918 Spyder from a decade ago with less than half the power. It also trails a number of other Porsche, Lamborghini, and Mercedes-AMG lap times.
While discussing the future of the Nevera with Motor1 at Monterey Car Week, Rimac chief technology officer Emilio Scervo revealed that were the Croatian company to develop a more focused, track-version of the Nevera, it would have to look at reducing its weight.
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“Thinking about a track version [of the Nevera], definitely what we should be working on is making it lighter,” he said. “And some other tweaks to deliver stiffness, to make the car more connected to the driver.”
Scervo pinpointed a number of areas where Rimac could save weight. For example, he said that lighter electrical components could be used and that a smaller battery pack could also be developed to reduce weight. As it stands, the Nevera weighs a hefty 5,071 lbs (2,300 kg) and while it does a superb job of masking its heft, improvements could obviously be made.
In a straight line, the Nevera has proven itself to be the new standard among road-going production cars. It can hit 100 km/h (62 mph) in 1.81 seconds, 200 km/h (124 mph) in 4.42 seconds, 300 km/h (186 mph) in 9.22 seconds, and 400 km/h (250 mph) in 21.31 seconds.
