Croatian automaker Rimac showed us its prototype hypercar C_Two (four engines, 1,914 hp / 1,427 kW total) at the 2018 Geneva International Motor show. Today, it reported that the final production version of the car is running tests, and released a video where a €1.7 million vehicle gets destroyed in a crash test.
According to its creators, the ultimate sports coupe sprints to 100 km/h (62 mph) in under two seconds and doesn’t hit its speed ceiling until 412 km/h (256 mph). Shipments should begin next year, and the development team is currently trying to assess whether the C_Two is fully ready for production. Crash testing is an integral part of this assessment process. Wrecking a hypercar that costs above one and a half million euros is incredibly taxing on a niche manufacturer like Rimac, but there is no other way to clear the tests and obtain the mandatory passive safety certificates.
Naturally, Rimac actively uses computed-based crash modeling as well, trying to predict the ways in which the body and chassis of the vehicle might become deformed during an accident. An unofficial source claims that one of the computer-simulated carbon monocoques turned out strong enough to withstand five different crash tests in a row. Unfortunately, this does not rule out the necessity of real-world tests.
Rimac says the C_Two is going through its final trials now, and 10 production copies have already rolled off the assembly line. The entire batch, which has been sold out completely through pre-orders, will consist of 150 cars.