https://www.topgear.com/car-news/el...car-news/electric/a-1526bhp-chinese-ev-has-smashed-four-door-nurburgring-record
"A four-door car with 1,526bhp worth of electric horsepowers has managed to lap the Nürburgring in 6m 46.874s, making it not just the fastest four-door car to have done so, but the fastest electric car full stop.
Except, it sort of also hasn’t, because the four-door car in question was but a prototype. And a fully stripped-out one at that. Which means the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT’s time of 7m 07.55s set earlier this year – and the Rimac Nevera’s 7m 05.298s just about holds. For now."
"It’s a whopper of a gauntlet to have thrown down, mind: a gauntlet in the shape of the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra, a car with “two V8s” and “one V6s”. "
"Instead, it means electricity, and lots of it. There’s a triplet of e-motors, to produce what Xiaomi is calling its ‘HyperEngine V8s’, able to spin right up to 27,200rpm, powered by a very powerful battery and able to generate that colossal horsepower figure."
"The body’s been honed for max aero of course, able to generate 285kg of downforce which Xiaomi tells us is “comparable to that of a supercar”. Lots of it is made up of carbon fibre, and all of it is able to get a real move on when necessary: 0-62mph (with a one-foot rollout) takes a claimed 1.98s, 0-124mph takes just 5.86s, and it’ll top out at 217mph.
There are big fat brakes. Dual chamber air springs. “High performance continuous damping control” or the option of Bilstein coilovers. In short, it’s a thoroughly serious bit of kit."
The production version of the car is supposed to come out in 2025 at a price of £90K (~$114K USD).
Entertaining video of Nürburgring run:
"A four-door car with 1,526bhp worth of electric horsepowers has managed to lap the Nürburgring in 6m 46.874s, making it not just the fastest four-door car to have done so, but the fastest electric car full stop.
Except, it sort of also hasn’t, because the four-door car in question was but a prototype. And a fully stripped-out one at that. Which means the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT’s time of 7m 07.55s set earlier this year – and the Rimac Nevera’s 7m 05.298s just about holds. For now."
"It’s a whopper of a gauntlet to have thrown down, mind: a gauntlet in the shape of the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra, a car with “two V8s” and “one V6s”. "
"Instead, it means electricity, and lots of it. There’s a triplet of e-motors, to produce what Xiaomi is calling its ‘HyperEngine V8s’, able to spin right up to 27,200rpm, powered by a very powerful battery and able to generate that colossal horsepower figure."
"The body’s been honed for max aero of course, able to generate 285kg of downforce which Xiaomi tells us is “comparable to that of a supercar”. Lots of it is made up of carbon fibre, and all of it is able to get a real move on when necessary: 0-62mph (with a one-foot rollout) takes a claimed 1.98s, 0-124mph takes just 5.86s, and it’ll top out at 217mph.
There are big fat brakes. Dual chamber air springs. “High performance continuous damping control” or the option of Bilstein coilovers. In short, it’s a thoroughly serious bit of kit."
The production version of the car is supposed to come out in 2025 at a price of £90K (~$114K USD).
Entertaining video of Nürburgring run:
