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Rimac Nevera R review: the fastest accelerating car in the world Reviews 2025
Not at all… from 0-60mph. Because of the physical limit of Michelin Cup 2 tyres (which are pretty sticky black circles, to be fair) the Nevera R still takes 1.8 seconds to run that industry standard benchmark.
That's despite power from the quad-e-motor set-up being ramped up from 1,888bhp to 2,078bhp. And a 35kg weight saving. And a £300,000 price increase. At this point, if your brain can process anything besides the immense G-forces, you might be feeling a little short-changed.
The Nevera R stops accelerating and commences teleporting. Its 0-125mph (200kph) time is 4.3 seconds. By the time it passes 186mph (300kph), only 8.66 seconds have elapsed since you floored the throttle and released the brakes.
Eight and a half seconds to a hundred and eighty plus. It's 1.5 seconds faster than a Koengisegg Jesko, a 3.5-second annihilation of the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport, and unlike most ultra-rapid EVs which run out of puff once aero drag becomes a major factor, the Nevera R keeps on tugging its sun-lounger rear wing all the way to 256mph. Welcome to the most powerful, fastest accelerating road car in the world. What on Earth does that feel like?
Like nothing else on Earth really, unless you're a fighter jet pilot regularly being flung off the end of an aircraft carrier. Teeing up a launch is easy: just press both pedals and point the steering wheel straight.
What takes longer is the pre-flight checks on your own body. Is your head safely against the headrest? Have you forced the tip of your tongue into the back of your bottom teeth? Have you tensed your core?
If the answer to any of those questions is 'no', then don't even think about coming off the brakes. You'll give yourself whiplash, swallow your tongue whole and unleash a Biblical storm of butterflies into your tummy. Not ideal when you've got a £2.3 million all-carbon missile to steer. But the standard Nevera was already a rocketship? Why has Rimac made it quicker?
Partly because once you've learned the technique to launching it without turning your intestines inside out, you feel like you've mastered the beast, so customers want that sensation all over again.
But there was also an admission from Mate Rimac that the original Nevera, was, if anything, too good. Too competent. Too easy to use. Seriously?
His words, not ours. Specifically, he said: 'When we developed the Nevera, an important part of the brief was that it should be a Grand Tourer. But we're relentlessly tweaking to customers' desires, and many were looking for a car that really emphasised the Nevera's cornering ability. We responded with the Nevera R: all the DNA of the record-breaking Nevera, but lighter, faster and more focused.'
