The corporate greatest recognized for churning out affordable smartphones and different shopper electronics – that will or will not be reporting again to the CCP – simply made the quickest electrical sedan on the planet to lap the famed Nürburgring Nordschleife racetrack.
Xiaomi pulled out all of the stops with the prototype SU7 Extremely in October of 2024 and smashed out a 6-minute 46.874-second lap on the 12.944-mile (20.832-km) rollercoaster of a racetrack.
That is actual quick.
However it was additionally a stripped-out, carbon-fiber-bodied beast on a full set of racing wheels with slicks that was tuned particularly for Nordschleife. And by “tuned,” we’re speaking AWD with twin HyperEngine V8s and one HyperEngine V6s, cranking out 1,525 horsepower (1,138 kW) and 1,305 lb-ft (1,770 Nm) of torque.
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Sure, the electrical motors are actually referred to as V8s/V6s that spool as much as a frantic 27,200 rpm.
Nordschleife is the place automobile makers go to show their price to the world. Seventy-three corners with elevation modifications sufficiently big to offer you tummy tickles at over 100 mph (160 km/h), loopy carousels that’ll rattle your fillings at practically 2 gs, and tunnel-vision-inducing max-speed straights. Should you can handle a sub 7-and-a-half-minute lap, you have formally made it into the large leagues.
Whereas prototype information would possibly steal the headlines, it is the record-setting manufacturing automobile occasions that promote these vehicles on Monday from the showroom ground.
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So Xiaomi arrived again in April with a completely street-legal manufacturing model of the SU7 Extremely and proceeded to place the smackdown, phoning dwelling with a fast-busy of seven:04.957. The four-door electrical grocery-getter topped out at 217 mph (349 km/h) down the lengthy 1.2-mile (2-km) Döttinger Höhe straight.
Truthfully, there aren’t an entire lot of modifications from the prototype to the manufacturing mannequin. Nonetheless plenty of carbon fiber on an aluminum chassis pumping out a walloping 1,525 hp … however on street-legal rubber – Pirelli P Zero 5 tires, mainly a brilliant mushy compound slick with sufficient tread on it to move DOT rules. Completely different suspension as nicely, however the manufacturing mannequin nonetheless comes with an actual good set of Bilstein coilovers.
Oh, and a snug inside.
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All of which involves the tune of 1,070 additional kilos (485 kg) over the lighter prototype (~4,130 lb / 1,875 kg), making the showroom-ready SU7 Extremely a porky 5,200 lb (2,360 kg) – about 460 extra packs of bacon than the now-runner-up Rimac Nevera (4,740 lb / 2,150 kg) that beforehand held the file with a 7:05.298.
Lower than three-tenths of a second distinction, nevertheless it nonetheless counts! Watch the lap under.
Xiaomi SU7 Extremely | 7:04.957 official laptime | Nordschleife
And I ponder if Apple scrapped its “Undertaking Titan” automobile after they caught wind of Xiaomi’s horsepower numbers …
All from a automobile that may recharge from 10-80% in 11 minutes with its 490-kW fast-charging capacity and solely prices about one-fifth of the Nevera – about US$74,000. However good luck discovering one outdoors of China.
So now the Nürburgring Nordschleife Prime 5 EV manufacturing listing is as follows till somebody telephones in some sooner occasions:
- Xiaomi SU7 Extremely (a shopper electronics firm, actually?!?) – 7:04.957 (Apr 1, 2025)
- Rimac Nevera (not the one Hammond crashed) – 7:05.298 (Aug 18, 2023)
- Porsche Taycan Turbo GT (it does not actually have a turbo) – 7:07.55 (Jan 2023)
- Tesla Mannequin S Plaid (Observe Pack) – 7:25.2 (2023)
- Porsche Taycan Turbo S (neither does this one) – 7:33.3 (2022)
The prototype SU7 did a snarling 6:46.87, nevertheless it wasn’t street-legal, so it does not depend for this listing, however nonetheless price a watch if you happen to like quick vehicles.
Xiaomi SU7 Extremely prototype | Official licensed video from the Nürburgring
And if you happen to’re questioning, the street-legal Mercedes AMG ONE remains the top dog (although it is a plug-in hybrid and never absolutely electrical) with a 6:29.090 lap – the quickest manufacturing automobile ever. I am secretly ready for the record-stealing McMurtry Spéirling to offer it a go. It’s going to be a barn burner for positive.
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