A long time ago, back in the days of Horizon UK, I sampled the Rimac C_TWO, and although tricky to handle like most ultra-powerful hypercars in the world, the Rimac C_Two is more than enough to rack up the points and blow the competition away in a straight line, whatever it takes.
After thorough R&D and extensive feedback from potential customers, the C_TWO has finally out of its shell and completed its metamorphosis.
At first glance, it looks exactly like the C_TWO except it now has a name.
It's called the Nevera. Rimac Nevera. I won this car after hitting the 20-point mark at the Midnights at Horizon Wet Season Playlist and now's the time to have a quick introduction about the Nevera.
Named after the Croatian language word to describe the unexpected short-burst lightning storms that occur along the Adriatic Coast in the summer, the Nevera is the production version of the C_TWO that shares the same design as its concept equivalent but with reworked bodywork that delivers 34% of aerodynamic efficiency compared to the C_TWO.
Powering the Nevera is a 120kWh lithium-manganese-nickel battery that generates four electric motors, resulting in a total power output of 1,914hp and 2,360Nm of torque, making it capable of going from 0-100kph in 4.3 seconds and has a top speed of 412kph, that's Bugatti speed in an electric powertrain.
Apart from the performance it delivers, the Nevera comes other features such as a complex braking system, double wishbones, electronically controlled dampers, steer-by-wire EPS, Driver Coach function, and the R-AWTV 2 system which replaces ESP and TCS and enables infinitely variable dynamic responses by feathering the torque to each wheel.
Because of the R-AWTV 2 system, I can have the Nevera set in either Track Mode or in Drift Mode, which is the most enjoyable way to get to know the electric hypercar better. Track Mode showcases its mild and menacing grip while in a middle of a race while Drift Mode made the Nevera behave like a rear-wheel-drive hypercar and makes you go ballistic when you smoke through the Drift Zones like how much of a beast you really are. The ideal troublemaker cloaked in silence.
To fully experience the Nevera's performance, I went back to Sierra Nueva for a quick race against a group of hypercars in the forest. The ideal chance to see how much the Nevera has gone through from its C_TWO phase to the very form I'm seeing it now. VTR, start!
Typical but the Nevera proved its worth.
From the C_TWO to the Nevera the world witnessed, Rimac truly shocked the world with an electric hypercar that not only complies with the new normal but also fired a warning shot to the Lotus Evija, the forerunner of the new kind of space race. It's ready to bring the storm and rock everyone like a hurricane. Force Majeure, boys and girls.
If you've enjoyed the C_TWO, then you're going to love the Rimac Nevera.
At this point, I was going to end my dibs on the Nevera but because I was feeling complex about the Driver Coach gimmick, I was thinking meh, the Driver Coach gimmick on the Nevera involves Driving Lines and so on. I wonder how the Driver Coach works...
Easier done than said.
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