We had the chance to ride the Rimac Nevera this summer and were absolutely thrilled with how fast this machine was. The truth is, Croatia’s hypercar “isn’t just fast, it’s an entirely different kind of speed” – and there’s no better way to illustrate that than a drag race with the one of the fastest supercars on the planet. This is where a new video of Top Gear come help us.
The British show is preparing for another season and in the first episode, our colleagues review Nevera. Chris Harris sits behind the wheel of the all-electric Earth Rocket and you can clearly see he’s very, very impressed with the Nevera’s capabilities. “It’s not driving, it’s an out-of-body experience” should tell you enough about what it feels like at full throttle. But, to put things into perspective, Harris drag races the Nevera against a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ.
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The Aventador SVJ is powered by a 6.5-liter V12 with a peak output of 759 horsepower (566 kilowatts) and 531 pound-feet (720 Newton-meters) of torque. In all respects it is a very fast vehicle and until the arrival of the Aventador Ultimae it was the fastest Aventador in the company’s lineup with a top speed of 219 miles per hour (352 kilometers per hour). The Nevera, however, are from a different league.
Croatia’s all-electric hypercar has four electric motors, one for each wheel, generating a peak power of 1,914 hp (1,427 kW) and 1,741 lb-ft (2,360 Nm) of instant torque. The Nevera launches to 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in a ridiculous 1.85 seconds – and while Rimac says there’s room for improvement – that’s more than enough to annihilate the Aventador SVJ on the straight.
There’s no way you won’t be impressed with what you’re about to see in the video at the top of this page. And if you are then impressed that you end up browsing the Nevera website and the Nevera online configurator, keep in mind that the Croatian company plans to build only 150 copies of the hypercar. Each of them will cost around $2 million, and the first year of production has already sold out.
