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Who would buy a Rimac? 

3 years ago

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Writer:

Dan Prosser | Ti co-founder

Date:

10 July 2021

The Rimac Nevera is a €2m hypercar with a 120kWh battery and four electric motors producing 1900bhp. It is a road-legal car that’ll cover the standing quarter mile in just 8.6 seconds, despite weighing 2150kg. But it doesn’t make some spine-tingling sound as it does so and its motors deliver their power and torque with clinical precision, not the drama and thrill of a V12 combustion engine. So who’d sink an eye-watering seven-figure sum into a car like that?

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