Sales start of the electric super car Nevera with 1914 hp
The first Rimac goes to Nico Rosberg
Company boss Mate Rimac keeps the Rimac Nevera with the serial number 000 for himself. The Croatian carmaker, on the other hand, sold the first customer vehicle with the number 001 to former F1 world champion Nico Rosberg.
The first of a total of 150 planned Rimac Fridge was recently delivered. Namely to Monaco 2016 Formula 1 World Champion, Nico Rosberg (37). “Since I first met Mate Rimac and really understood the genius idea behind his car, I knew I wanted the very first finished customer car.”
And this is exactly what the former racing professional and today’s entrepreneur and investor recently received at his residence in Monaco. “For me, the Nevera represents absolutely everything I’ve ever wanted in a car. It combines the best electrification technology in a car that has literally been designed from the ground up not only to be exceptionally fast, but also really great to drive,” says former F1 World Champion Rosberg.
1914 hp, 412 km/h top speed
And what can Rosberg’s new electric super car do? The two-seater, powered purely electrically by a total of four motors and approved for the road, delivers an insane 1914 hp (1408 kW) and 2300 Nm of torque and can reach speeds of up to 412 km/h! From a standing start, you can reach 100 km/h in a breathtaking 1.7 seconds and the 300 mark should fly by in under twelve seconds. Thanks to the 120 kWh battery pack, a range of 550 kilometers is possible.
“With the Nevera we are creating a whole new kind of performance vehicle. After thousands of hours of virtual simulation, years of design and engineering, and many prototypes it’s a very special feeling to see the first vehicles starting their journey to the customers,” says company founder and Rimac boss Mate Rimac (34).
Only 150 copies
Around 15 to 20 cars are likely to be built in the first year of production. When the factory in Veliko Trgovisce, Croatia is running at full speed, around 100 to 150 vehicles are possible every year. However, no more than 150 copies of the Rimac Nevera should be built. And many of them are likely to disappear straight away into collectors’ garages. Which is probably not bad at all. Because it is unthinkable that such an electric projectile should fall into the wrong hands on a public road.
By the way: It is not known how much Nico Rosberg had to pay for his exclusive toy. But he should have already made the equivalent of almost two million francs for the exclusive electric super car from Croatia.
