CZINGER'S AI-DESIGNED C21 HYPERCAR CLAIMS 3RD PERFORMANCE RECORD OVER THE SUMMER.
The Czinger 21C isn't just another hypercar; it's a machine poised to revolutionize vehicle manufacturing itself. This groundbreaking car is built with one of the most forward-thinking processes ever seen - 3D printing. While new techniques pop up all the time in the auto industry, what Czinger has done is next level. The heart of the 21C is a mid-mounted, 2.3-litre twin-turbo V8 that screams to an insanely high 11,000 RPM and it pumps out a massive 1,010 kW with 1,439 Nm of torque. According to Czinger, this engine boasts the title of "the world’s most power-dense engine." But the insanity doesn’t stop there because two electric motors add around 118 kW of that power to the front wheels, giving the car all-wheel drive. A 7-speed sequential gearbox handles the gear changes, ensuring that this hybrid beast delivers blistering performance. But as impressive as those numbers are, it’s not just the power figures that set this car apart. The real innovation lies in the way it’s built. Czinger has adopted cutting-edge techniques that transform the manufacturing process. Using advanced algorithms, computers design ultra-lightweight components in minutes, optimizing them to be incredibly strong where needed and reducing material where it's not. The result is parts that look almost organic in their design, created from materials like aluminium, titanium, and carbon fibre, contributing to the car's incredible power-to-weight ratio of 1:1. The seating layout also breaks from convention as the Czinger 21C uses a 1+1 seating configuration, directly inspired by motorcycles. CEO Kevin Czinger explains that not only does this positioning slice through the air more efficiently, but it also delivers a thrilling, immersive driving experience like no other.
Even the assembly process has been reimagined. Instead of a sprawling assembly line, Czinger’s manufacturing uses specially developed machines to build the car in a compact space, making it possible to produce up to 10,000 chassis per year in a mere 15 x 15 m area. This approach could reshape how cars are built across the entire industry. Founders Kevin and Lukas Czinger (father and son) are clearly genius-level car people, a lot of the work they do isn’t about the cars themselves, but more about the way cars are made and tested, the resulting stupendously fast C21 is an added bonus that proves what they’re doing is right. The C21 has been seen out and about a few times and has racked up a bunch of records. More recently the car snatched the Production Car Hillclimb Record at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed when driver Chris Ward posted an amazing 48.82 second run, besting the previous by half a second. A week after wowing the automotive world with that run up the famed English hill, the hypercar was shipped over to the good old US of A for some more showing off. One of the tracks the car visited was the infamous Laguna Seca circuit in California where quite a few automakers have recently visited to lay down record lap times in various race classes. On Monday, August 26, the Czinger 21C set a new production car lap record time of 1:24.75, the car’s third major track record during the summer. This time around, the C21 was piloted by pro race driver Joel Miller, a California native. The third record from the Czinger hypercar was taking the official production car lap record at Circuit of the Americas in July with a 2:10.7 lap time.
Take a look at the YouTube video from when Cali-based driver, Joel Miller, set a new production car lap record at the infamous Laguna Seca racetrack making it three records over the north's summer months: Czinger 21C | Breaking Laguna Seca's Lap Record | Czinger Vehicles
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