On street tires, it goes 8.58.
The Rimac Nevera has a speed record, in case you didn’t know. It is crazy fast and it’s now even faster. This production-spec electric hypercar has already outrun everything, a BMW M5 to and the Ferrari SF90 in a straight line. It beats its own quarter-mile record, and it does so on street tires.
This is not the reason you clicked on this article. Nevera sets a new production car record at drag strip. The three passes are all done with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires. In fact, the first pass did not even include a burnout. Brooks was animated when Brooks saw the pass. The Nevera ran an 8.74 at 165.5 MPH on cold tires. The car’s grip was improved by adding a burnout to the second pass. It reached 8.61 at 167 miles per hour. The 60-foot time of 1.45 seconds was perhaps more impressive. This is an incredible number for street tires.
Pass number three was the record. The burnout was more thorough, ensuring that the tires were warm and comfortable. The Nevera was able to reach a time of 1.44 minutes for 60 feet and passed the traps in 8.58 seconds, a speed of 167.5 MPH. This is not only faster than the Nevera’s previous times, but it’s also a world record for an automobile in production.
It is worth noting that although we only see three passes, Rimac has made an official announcement stating that 11 passes were made during the day. All of them used the same Michelins as Ever Nevera.
Miroslav Zrncevic (Rimac development and test driver), said that this was their first time on a VHT (glued), surface. We were able to run quarter-miles faster than on normal, non-prepped surfaces in Europe at first. We had to make some adjustments because the track temperature was 65 degrees Celsius. The traction control adjusts the torques to the wheels based on the track surface.
Only a few will be able to purchase Neveras. They are expected to produce 150 units at a cost of approximately $2 million each. You won’t be seeing them out and about much. If you do see them, you know you won’t be able to keep up with the driver in a race of speed.
Zrncevic explained that “after some adjustments and various tire warm-up techniques we managed to achieve better results.” Brooks assisted us with staging the car, and we were able to set the world record in terms of fastest accelerating production cars. We also broke our own quarter-mile record. We are still confident that the Nevera can do more and that it will be faster with more testing and experience on this type of surface. We’ll be back.”