These things are luxury/billionaire bragging devices first and foremost.
They get demoed, but they're not safe nor legal to use much of the performance on the street. And once you take it to the track you'll be hit with a massive bill to make it safe and then a bunch of restrictions because at the track they tend to do the math and actually be more rational about what is safe and what is not safe.
F1 would not allow this car to race on its closed courses, and F1 is about the most demanding there is in terms of track safety. There are basically no tracks that are actually designed to be safe for the speeds this car can hit. Especially in the US where most tracks have a far lower safety factor designed in.
> They get demoed, but they're not safe nor legal to use much of the performance on the street.
On the German autobahn there are parts without any speed limits so you can use all of the power there.
Also Nürburgring during public sessions is legally considered a public street (if you crash you will have to get police to make a report etc) so you can drive any road legal car there which the Nevera is.
> And once you take it to the track you'll be hit with a massive bill to make it safe and then a bunch of restrictions because at the track they tend to do the math and actually be more rational about what is safe and what is not safe.
Nah you can go to any track you want and the owner won't care (outside of you paying the damages if you crash).
The problems will arrive once you try to enter some racing series but Rimac could just create their own Nevara racing series just like a some supercars have.
But still the Nevera is not a race car. If it was it would have been built to fit into some racing series spec but it clearly isn't.
good? the obsessive fawning over speed (especially acceleration) as some intrinsically valuable property of a car could stand some introspection by society as a whole.
loud flashy, cramped exotics being humiliated by quiet practical commuter cars 1/10th their price calls the whole hyperbolic attentiin-seeking costume show of the former into question.
Do you have intimate knowledge of how strong the carbon fiber structure of the car is?
Like, I agree we shouldn't have cars that can go over even 100mph on public roads, as that risks other people's lives, but all of them can already. If someone wants to risk their own life with an insufficiently caged car at a race track, that is their business, no need to make it illegal.
Plus drag racing has recently changed the thresholds where cages are needed to be more in line with modern cars, which are stronger and can go 8 seconds without any drama, and have good brakes to stop from there.
You don't need a cage if you don't go racing. Also the single piece carbon body may be strong enough to not need a cage.
Though convincing FIA of that fact is going to be really hard so probably easier to just weld one in there if you want to race it for some reason (and find a racing series that would accept it)
edit: And a cage without a proper racing harness and a helmet (+ HANS device) can be really dangerous.
To others or yourself?
In the early 1990s SUVs had more risk than cars for a while due to rollover risk, but today SUVs are safer for it's own occupants than cars on average.
As for other people on the road, yes the added mass is dangerous. But the Rimac is SUV heavy too.
What makes you think that? This thing generates enough kinetic energy in the hands of an idiot to far exceed most SUVs, and it weighs 4700lbs anyway, there are SUVs that are lighter.
ben7799|2 years ago
These things are luxury/billionaire bragging devices first and foremost.
They get demoed, but they're not safe nor legal to use much of the performance on the street. And once you take it to the track you'll be hit with a massive bill to make it safe and then a bunch of restrictions because at the track they tend to do the math and actually be more rational about what is safe and what is not safe.
F1 would not allow this car to race on its closed courses, and F1 is about the most demanding there is in terms of track safety. There are basically no tracks that are actually designed to be safe for the speeds this car can hit. Especially in the US where most tracks have a far lower safety factor designed in.
doikor|2 years ago
On the German autobahn there are parts without any speed limits so you can use all of the power there.
Also Nürburgring during public sessions is legally considered a public street (if you crash you will have to get police to make a report etc) so you can drive any road legal car there which the Nevera is.
> And once you take it to the track you'll be hit with a massive bill to make it safe and then a bunch of restrictions because at the track they tend to do the math and actually be more rational about what is safe and what is not safe.
Nah you can go to any track you want and the owner won't care (outside of you paying the damages if you crash).
The problems will arrive once you try to enter some racing series but Rimac could just create their own Nevara racing series just like a some supercars have.
But still the Nevera is not a race car. If it was it would have been built to fit into some racing series spec but it clearly isn't.
kjellsbells|2 years ago
What a world we live in.
mech765|2 years ago
unknown|2 years ago
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pornel|2 years ago
ChainOfFools|2 years ago
loud flashy, cramped exotics being humiliated by quiet practical commuter cars 1/10th their price calls the whole hyperbolic attentiin-seeking costume show of the former into question.
jackmott42|2 years ago
Like, I agree we shouldn't have cars that can go over even 100mph on public roads, as that risks other people's lives, but all of them can already. If someone wants to risk their own life with an insufficiently caged car at a race track, that is their business, no need to make it illegal.
Plus drag racing has recently changed the thresholds where cages are needed to be more in line with modern cars, which are stronger and can go 8 seconds without any drama, and have good brakes to stop from there.
mcculley|2 years ago
Do you mean in the U.S.? Everywhere? My understanding is that cars in Germany often exceed 100 MPH.
doikor|2 years ago
Though convincing FIA of that fact is going to be really hard so probably easier to just weld one in there if you want to race it for some reason (and find a racing series that would accept it)
edit: And a cage without a proper racing harness and a helmet (+ HANS device) can be really dangerous.
ajuc|2 years ago
jackmott42|2 years ago
As for other people on the road, yes the added mass is dangerous. But the Rimac is SUV heavy too.
ben7799|2 years ago
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mach5|2 years ago