Fifteen years after founding the automotive firm that bears his identify, Mate Rimac has designed his personal Nevera supercar. He admits he may not have been his firm’s best buyer, however the remaining creation is gorgeous.
He determined to point out off the automotive’s carbon fiber physique in all its glory, as one would hope. The automotive’s bespoke end has fibers that circulate in a really particular course, persevering with throughout neighboring panels to create an unbroken circulate of carbon. Nevertheless, the physique is not utterly devoid of coloration—Mate tinted the automotive with purple with naked carbon fiber accents. He even requested the bespoke badging function purple anodization.
Mate’s Nevera has hand-painted Croatian flags on the facet mirrors. It additionally has a hidden lightning motif below the rear spoiler that represents the sudden, turbulent Mediterranean thunderstorms that helped give the Nevera its identify.
Mate chosen asymmetrical trim inside—black on one facet and purple on the opposite. He stuffed the cabin with customized, hand-stitched motifs which are seen on the armrests, headrests, and knee pads. One is of Solinjanka, the woman from Solin, based mostly on a sculpture in Zagreb’s Archeological Museum.
“It’s sort of a loopy expertise to be a buyer of your personal firm,” Mate says. “And I most likely wasn’t the simplest buyer both. Similar to with all our prospects—there was a technique of co-creation; sharing concepts, evolving them, after which lastly perfecting them till you have got a Nevera that stands alone and speaks to you personally. The outcome not solely seems to be nice however it tells an essential story for me.”
Powering the Rimac are 4 bespoke permanent-magnet, oil-cooled electrical motors—one for every wheel. The whole output is 1,914 horsepower and 1,740 pound-feet of torque, which may propel the EV to 60 miles per hour in 1.75 seconds. The Nevera’s prime velocity is 258 mph driving ahead and 171.34 mph in reverse.
