A new-marque, LA-designed and LA-built hybrid hypercar with a central driver and an 80-car total run.
The Czinger 21C is the first road-legal car from Czinger Vehicles, presented on 11 March 2020 in London after the Geneva Motor Show that year was cancelled. Designed, developed and built in Los Angeles, the car requires more than three thousand person-hours per unit, is hand-assembled and hand-finished, and is planned as an eighty-unit total production run. Manufacturing began in 2021; deliveries were planned for the fourth quarter of 2023, with the first customer deliveries beginning in summer 2024.
The driveline pairs a bespoke 2.88-litre flat-plane-crank twin-turbocharged V8 — bore and stroke 84 × 65 mm, mounted in the rear central position, with a redline of 11,000 rpm — to electric motors on the front axle, a lithium-titanate battery and an 800V electrical system. Combined output is 1,250 hp / 932 kW / 1,267 PS at 10,500 rpm. Transmission is a seven-speed sequential transaxle with a hydraulically actuated multi-plate clutch. Cited 0–60 mph time is 1.9 seconds. The 21C uses a central driver's seat with an in-line tandem passenger seat behind, a layout chosen to minimise cockpit width.
Documented records to date include Laguna Seca in 1:25.44 (August 2021, Joel Miller, high-downforce track version on road-legal Michelin Pilot Sport Cup2R tyres), Laguna Seca in 1:24.75 (August 2024, Joel Miller), Laguna Seca in 1:22.30 (15 December 2025, production car track record), a Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb time of 48.82 seconds (2024, Chris Ward) and a Circuit of the Americas lap of 2:10.70 (2024). Kevin Czinger's earlier Divergent Blade was a 3D-printed supercar prototype that preceded the 21C. The V Max is a low-drag body specification offered within the same eighty-car production run at the same price and with the same 1,250 hp powertrain — it is not a power upgrade and is not a separate 1,350 hp car.
The 21C is the first road-legal car from a new manufacturer built around an entirely new manufacturing method. Its long-term significance rests less on its lap times and more on whether its design and production approach prove historically important. Published specifications have shifted repeatedly and the marque has no secondary-market history — the car sits as an unproven new-marque hypercar with a defined eighty-car run.
| Variant | Years | Production | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czinger 21C (standard high-downforce body) | 2021–present | — | Eighty-unit total production run for the 21C model line, all bodies included. Designed, developed and built in Los Angeles; more than three thousand person-hours per car; hand-assembled and hand-finished. Presented 11 March 2020 in London (Geneva 2020 cancelled). Manufacturing began 2021; deliveries planned Q4 2023; first customer deliveries began summer 2024. Bespoke 2.88-litre flat-plane-crank twin-turbocharged V8 (176 cu in), bore × stroke 84 × 65 mm, mounted in the rear central position, redline 11,000 rpm; front-axle electric motors; lithium-titanate battery; 800V system. Combined output 1,250 hp / 932 kW / 1,267 PS at 10,500 rpm. Seven-speed sequential transaxle with hydraulically actuated multi-plate clutch. Cited 0–60 mph 1.9 seconds. Central driver's seat with in-line tandem passenger seat behind. Documented records — Laguna Seca 1:25.44 (August 2021, Joel Miller, high-downforce track version on Michelin Pilot Sport Cup2R); Laguna Seca 1:24.75 (August 2024, Joel Miller); Laguna Seca 1:22.30 (15 December 2025, production car track record); Goodwood FoS hillclimb 48.82s (2024, Chris Ward); Circuit of the Americas 2:10.70 (2024). VERIFY (this car's published figures are unusually unstable and appear differently across every source): top speed — 219 mph, 253 mph, 268 mph and 281 mph all appear, varying by year and by body, no single figure can be stated; weight — a 1,240 kg target vs 3,731 lb (1,692 kg) quoted for the V Max, ~450 kg spread across sources; electric motors — two (Wikipedia) vs three (CarBuzz); price — $1.7M at launch, later $2M, ~$2.35M by 2026, with Czinger stating most cars leave at around $5M with options; variant naming — 'road + Lightweight Track' (Wikipedia) vs 'three flavours' (CarBuzz) vs V Max as '2nd body style' (Czinger) — unresolved. |
| Czinger 21C V Max | Announced within the 21C production run | — | V MAX IS A LOW-DRAG BODY SPECIFICATION offered WITHIN the same eighty-car production run, at the SAME $2M price band, with the SAME 1,250 hp powertrain as the standard 21C. IT IS NOT A POWER UPGRADE AND IT IS NOT A SEPARATE 1,350 HP CAR. Do not conflate the V Max with the Blackbird +100 hp upgrade to 1,350 hp reported by Czinger and SlashGear, and do not conflate it with the four-car Blackbird edition reported by Wikipedia — the Blackbird structure (upgrade vs edition) is unresolved across sources and is separately flagged Verify. |
| Blackbird — structure unresolved | Announced | — | SOURCE CONFLICT: Wikipedia describes Blackbird as a FOUR-CAR LIMITED EDITION; Czinger and SlashGear describe it as an AVAILABLE +100 HP UPGRADE to 1,350 hp. The two descriptions are not compatible. Structure unresolved; both are flagged Verify. Do not state either interpretation as settled in display copy. |
The 21C is a low-volume car from a new manufacturer with a defined production run. Verify factory allocation paperwork, delivery specification and any track-package documentation directly against Czinger's own records before pricing.
The bespoke flat-plane-crank twin-turbo V8, front-axle electric motors, lithium-titanate battery and 800V electrical system are entirely Czinger-specific. All service and diagnostic work belongs with the factory or a Czinger-authorised technician.
The 21C uses a central driver's seat with an in-line tandem passenger seat behind. Confirm the cockpit specification, seat fitment and any owner-specific ergonomic setup against the factory build documentation.
The V Max is a low-drag body specification offered within the same 80-car production run and shares its powertrain and price band with the standard 21C. Confirm which body the car carries and cross-check any performance claims against Czinger's own published records.
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Deliveries began in summer 2024. No verified public auction results have been recorded to date.
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The 21C is the first road-legal car from a new manufacturer built around an entirely new manufacturing method, and its long-term standing rests on whether that method proves historically significant rather than on the car's performance. Published specifications have shifted repeatedly and the marque has no secondary-market history. Treat as unproven.
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