---
title: "Rimac Says It Will Never Build an SUV"
date: "2022-08-25"
modified: "2022-08-25"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/rimac-says-it-will-never-build-an-suv"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Rimac"
  - "Supercar"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# Rimac Says It Will Never Build an SUV

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/25/A9_07871.jpg>)
*Rimac*

While [Christian von Koenigsegg struggles with his dilemma of how to build cheaper cars](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/koenigsegg-wants-cheaper-high-volume-cars-mclarens-struggles-make-it-think-twice>), it doesn't sound like rivaling hypercar maker Rimac is interested in doing anything of the sort at all. In an interview at [The Quail during Monterey Car Week](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-best-car-interiors-from-the-quail-2022>), I asked the company's Chief Program Engineer [Matija Renić](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/rimac-engineer-says-0-60-mph-in-under-1-second-is-possible>) whether Rimac would ever do a money-printing SUV, to which he vehemently shook his head. "Never, ever. That's what Mate \[Rimac\] says."

This is despite an increasing number of exotic car brands coming out with high-riding, five-door, all-wheel-drive crossovers in recent years. There's the [Lamborghini Urus](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/lamborghini-design-boss-interview-urus-performante-pebble-beach-2022>), Aston Martin DBX, [Maserati Levante](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2022-maserati-levante-trofeo-review-drive-luxury-specs-price-hp>), and—[despite saying something defiantly similar a number of years ago](<https://www.businessinsider.com/ferrari-not-making-an-suv-2017-2>)—Ferrari eventually caved and will soon be joining the fight with [the upcoming Purosangue](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/44892/heres-your-first-real-look-at-the-ferrari-purosangue-suvs-face>). As for the prospect of a McLaren SUV... well, *The Drive*'s senior news editor Aaron Cole has some [thoughts](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/of-course-mclaren-will-make-an-electric-suv>) about that.

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/25/Rimac_Nevera_low_res_12.jpg>)
*Rimac*

Forget family SUVs, though, because it doesn't sound like the Croatian car firm is even interested in doing a less expensive *supercar* that's more attainable than what it offers now. When asked if Rimac would ever want to build something in the $200,000 to $300,000 range to take on the likes of the Ferrari F8, McLaren 650S, and Lamborghini Huracan, Renić said, "We want to stay on the high-performance side. High performance, exclusive, low volumes."

For reference, Rimac's current electric hypercar, the Nevera, costs about $2 million. It pumps out 1,914 horsepower from four electric motors, has a top speed of 256 mph, and can get from zero to 60 mph in precisely 1.85 seconds. In the same interview, Renić said zero-to-60 times of [less than a second are indeed possible in the future](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/rimac-engineer-says-0-60-mph-in-under-1-second-is-possible>). Based on the company's aspirations, don't expect *that* car to be any less expensive, exclusive, or more practical than the current Nevera.

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## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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