American firm Czinger is one of the newest members to join the hypercar club. The California-based automaker shot to prominence when it debuted its innovative 21C. You can read more about its first creation at this link. The Czinger 21C V Max was unveiled last weekend.

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“This is an exciting journey for us as we shatter the boundaries of design and performance. The V Max is a new chapter in the 21C story, delivering high top speeds, unrivalled road and track performance and timeless elegance. This is a historic moment in time and one that will fundamentally change automotive manufacturing for generations to come. The future isn’t 10, 20 or 30 years away. The future is now,” said company founder Kevin Czinger.

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Smooth Operator

The Czinger 21C V Max is the second derivative of the company’s innovative 21C. The latter is more about setting quick lap times and the V Max version, as you may have guessed, is about chasing straight-line speed.

The newer model is based around the same architecture. Czinger’s design team has removed high downforce fixed aero devices in favour of a slippery body design that enables improved acceleration and top speed. The front splitter is less aggressive, the side sills are smoother and the tail has been elongated in bid to make the car slide more easily through the air.

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As a reminder the standard car can blast from 0-100 km/h in 1,9 seconds and can exceed 430 km/h. Czinger says the 21C V Max can sprint from 0 to 400 to 0 km/h in 27,1 seconds. A Koenigsegg Regera holds the current record with a time of 31,49 seconds. You can watch that run here.

Innovative

Czinger’s 21C is an interesting proposition. The car is made largely from lightweight materials, such as carbon-fibre and titanium, with many parts produced using 3D printing techniques. 21C also has a line-astern seating arrangement whereby the passenger sits directly behind the driver. Czinger took inspiration from the SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft for the 21C’s appearance.

The Delage D12 has a similar driving arrangement, as you can read by clicking here.

The in-house designed, hybrid powertrain is a compact 2,88 litre V8. The twin-turbocharged engine revs to 11 000 r/min and delivers a combined output of 932 kW. The power dense unit produces 1 438 N.m of torque. The ICE drives the rear wheels while two electric motors power the fronts. Czinger quotes a dry mass of 1 250 kg. 

Photos: Czinger Vehicles