Seat's Electric Race Car Has 680 HP From Rimac

From Road & Track

The VW Group's Spanish brand, Seat, scored multiple front-wheel drive Nürburgring records before toning its effort down, possibly to make room for parent company VW's GTI Clubsport S. Yet Seat isn't done chasing speed, having launched its performance sub-brand Cupra at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. And Cupra's first show car was nothing short of exciting: The e-Racer, a full on TCR Touring Car with an electric drivetrain.

As it turns out, the race-ready version is powered by Rimac Automobili, a partner of Porsche, Aston Martin, Renault, Koenigsegg, and many more. As a result, this racing hot hatch comes with 402 continuous horsepower with up to 680 available in short bursts (hello VW I.D. R!), with the power transferred through a single gear and a rather clever torque vectoring system. Off the line, the Cupra e-Racer will get to 62mph in 3.2 seconds, hitting 124 mph after just 8.2 seconds.

Recently, Cupra and Rimac have taken the e-Racer to a race track in Zagreb for its first shakedown. And "the power of 9000 mobile phones" has never looked better:

Watch the video on YouTube here.

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