Rimac Nevera review

If you’re signing up for a £1.7m electric hypercar, you’ll get its maker’s undivided attention. You’re probably also prepared to go along for the ride: F1 world champion turned self-styled ‘eco entrepreneur’ Nico Rosberg has ordered one. Choose between GT, Signature or Timeless specifications, or more likely go bespoke.

Clients headed to Croatia in the days following TopGear.com to try the pre-series cars we got to experience, and Rimac has established a global dealer network in 19 sites worldwide. The company plans to make 50 cars per year, for the next three years.

Given the focus on its colossal performance, it’s easy to forget that this is a zero-emission (at the tail-pipe) car. After, erm, enjoying ourselves on the test route, we figured we’d better switch to range mode and rein things in a bit to make our destination. But even at a reduced pace, the Nevera is still highly entertaining, a consummate GT. And we made it with 60 miles still showing on the range read-out.

Storage space is limited to 100 litres behind the cockpit, above the central battery pack. Soft bags only rather than suitcases.