--- title: "It Hurts to Watch Rimac Crash Test Its $1M C_Two Hypercar Prototypes" description: "Still, even after these tests, the carbon fiber monocoques are reusable." date: "2020-10-30" modified: "2020-10-30" authors: - name: "Máté Petrány" job_title: "Contributor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/mate-petrany" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/37343/it-hurts-to-watch-rimac-crash-test-its-1m-c_two-hypercar-prototypes" categories: - "Car Tech" - "Electric Vehicles" - "News" - "Watch This" tags: - "carbon fiber" - "Crash tests" - "EVs" - "Hypercars" - "Rimac" - "Rimac C_Two" --- # It Hurts to Watch Rimac Crash Test Its $1M C\_Two Hypercar Prototypes ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* The global validation of extremely fast performance vehicles—it's a process that involves different testing requirements on each side of the pond, and thus the destruction of either several highly expensive prototypes, or at least individual components possibly bolted to the same carbon fiber monocoque over and over again. When it comes to EVs, as [proven by Richard Hammond's crash](), Rimac took safety very seriously from the beginning. Yet for its second model to enter series production, the [C\_Two needs to take even more](). Christian von Koenigsegg's team famously turned [the hybrid Regera]() into a certified product using one monocoque only. James Glickenhaus is hoping to [do the same with the SCG 004S](), while Gordon Murray has announced that in order for [the T.50 to keep its schedule](), they will have to build 13 XP prototypes. Where does that leave Rimac with its pure-electric hypercar? Back when the C\_Two was little more than a show car, CEO Mate Rimac told me that it'll be [around 30 test cars]() at a million a pop. Now, I got more accurate figures from Rimac, which stand at 13 prototypes, nine of which will be used for crash tests. Rimac will also build five preproduction cars, with all these excluding [Automobili Pinifarina's rolling chassis](). ![message-editor%2F1603994639640-test-crashingtwohypercarsintwodays0-24screenshot.png]() **Youtube | Rimac Automobili** ![message-editor%2F1603994597377-test-crashingtwohypercarsintwodays3-45screenshot.png]() *Youtube | Rimac Automobili* ![message-editor%2F1603994544317-test-crashingtwohypercarsintwodays4-33screenshot.png]() *Youtube | Rimac Automobili* While we've [already had a brief look]() at how the Croatian tech company shredded carbon fiber within the walls of Continental's torture chambers back in August 2019, now, we get to see how the 1,914-horsepower C\_Two performed during 40 percent offset frontal collisions at various speeds. Evaluating the results after each destructive run were Rimac's Petar Marjanović, mechanical engineer of trims, and Martin Mikulčić, the company's senior CAE engineer. What's fascinating about the demise of these multi-million dollar dream cars is that while prior simulations can be very accurate regarding the behavior of metallic parts, the data on composites is still far from being fully comprehensive. That leads to excitement, as when the C\_Two hits the deformable barrier offset first at 25, then at 35 miles per hour, the engineers will always end up learning something new while also feeling relieved that the prototypes survived without a single crack in Rimac's self-designed carbon-fiber tub. In other words, it confirms they're rebuildable. https://youtube.com/embed/SbcYOQgBhU8 *Got a tip? Send us a note: tips@thedrive.com* ## Author As a fan of old cars, new cars, trains, planes, buses, and you-name-it, Máté can sometimes be seen driving an Autobianchi around Budapest, much to the amusement of the children, mostly. When not time-traveling, he continues to report from the future to his American colleagues, often talking about Lotus, Ozzy Osbourne, or both. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [Twitter]()