True genius is often elegant in its simplicity. That’s what the Czinger 21C brings to the table in the hypercar class. This American supercar does a lot of things differently, like the 1+1 seating arrangement with the passenger behind the driver like a fighter jet. That slims down the cockpit for improved airflow over the car.
The big talking point with the Czinger however, is how some of it is designed and made. Much of the car, including highly stressed componentry like suspension, braking and more, is 3D printed rather than milled or cast. This eliminates the need for expensive tooling and facilitates a refinement of the design process.Take a suspension upright for instance, which conventionally is quite a bulky component. On the Czinger, the hard points and stress areas are put through a computer algorithm, which then generates a component that saves every possible gram of material where it isn’t needed while fortifying areas where it is. These pieces are curvaceous, almost organic-looking, like a prop on an alien spaceship in a sci-fi drama. The truth is that all of these parts are stronger, lighter and cheaper by orders of magnitude than anything that’s come before. The definition of the future.
Czinger’s design and manufacturing tech is patented and ought to change the automotive industry should manufacturers swallow their pride and drop them a line. Really, the 21C is as much a technical demonstrator as it is a commercial exercise. Obviously, it’s got over 1,200PS (883kW) from its hybridised twin-turbo V8 engine, it’s monstered the McLaren Senna for lap times, it looks incredible, generates mega downforce, and is super rare (just 80 are being made) – it’s a proper hypercar.
Hennessey Special Vehicles, the Texas-based hypercar manufacturer, has set a new road car lap record at the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) with a blistering 2:10.90 lap of the 3.41-mile-long racetrack.
Breaking the previous COTA road car lap record* by 0.43 seconds makes the track-focused Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution the fastest ever road-going hypercar around the Texan circuit. The flying lap surpassed the 2:11.33 time, recorded by a Czinger C21, plus outpaced the previous McLaren P1 record (2:17.12) by almost seven seconds. During the record-breaking run on March 11, ‘America’s Hypercar’ also hit exceptional speeds on the 1,016 meter-long back straight, achieving 193.10 mph.
*The previous COTA production car lap record was set by a Czinger 21C of 2:11.33 on September 23, 2023. The previous lap record was 2:17.12, set by a McLaren P1.
You might not recognize the brand Czinger as readily as you do McLaren. Don’t let that stop you from considering this one of the highest-priced luxury cars out there. Coming in at a cool $1.7 million, the 21C comes from a boutique automotive maker based in California.
This 3D-printed hybrid hypercar was debuted in February 2020. It was inspired by the legendary Lockheed SR-71, one of the most famous military aircrafts ever.
It was designed using artificial intelligence (AI). 3D printing was used to create the chassis as well as other components. It is made of lightweight alloy and carbon fiber. Its cabin is made of titanium components. Its exhaust look like…
The Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution has set a new lap record at the Circuit of the Americas [ Hennessey Venom F5 ]
The Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution has set a new lap record at the Circuit
of the Americas [Highlights]
Rather astonishingly the Venom’s time was a whole seven seconds quicker
than a McLaren P1.
The Czinger 21C is no longer the fastest car around COTA.
The track-focused Venom F5 Revolution hypercar has set a new production car
lap record at Circuit of The Americas in Texas.
Road car lap records…