- The Czinger 21C Spyder is just as insane as the hardtop, but without a roof.
- Czinger has premiered a new integrated braking and suspension system with the car.
- Prices for the Californian-built hypercar will start at $2.75 million before options.
Eighty examples of the Czinger 21C apparently constitutes a crowd, at least in the circles where these exotics get bought. Czinger has a fix for anyone concerned. The company used Monterey Car Week to pull the cover off the 21C Spyder, an open-top version limited to 30 cars worldwide against the 80 hardtops already accounted for, which makes it the rarer of the two by a comfortable margin.
As you’d imagine, the 21C Spyder is largely the same machine as the coupe that preceded it, though a few things have changed. The most significant new component is Czinger’s BrakeNode, an additively manufactured aluminum alloy part that combines the brake caliper, suspension upright, and all the necessary hydraulic fluid passages into a single structure.
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This innovative new set-up reduces unsprung mass by 1.5 lbs (0.7 kg) per corner, while also being 30 percent stiffer. As for the brakes themselves, they include huge 16.1 inch (410 mm) calipers at the front and 15.3 inch (390 mm) calipers at the rear. While the 21C Spyder is the first Czinger to debut the new BrakeNode technology, the components will be available as an option of the regular hardtop model in both High Downforce and Vmax configurations.
Twin-Turbo Power
Power comes from the brand’s in-house 2.88-liter twin-turbocharged flat-plane V8 working alongside three permanent magnet synchronous electric motors. Combined output sits at an impressive 1,250 hp, of which 750 hp comes from the V8 engine itself. Torque has been rated at 691 lb-ft (938 Nm) and thanks to the all-wheel drive system, the 21C Spyder needs just 1.9 seconds to hit 60 mph (96 km/h) and will run down the quarter-mile in 8.7 seconds. It’ll keep on accelerating until 205 mph (330 km/h).
The removable roof panel is made from carbon fiber, as you’d expect, and weighs just 22 lbs (10 kg). Unlike some other open-top exotics, there’s no cargo area to hold the 21C’s roof, so once it’s removed, owners will have to leave it at home.
According to Czinger, the 21C Spyder produces the most amount of downforce of any road car – a phenomenal 3,267 lbs (1,482 kg), which rises to 3,307 lbs (1,500 kg) when the roof is attached. These downforce figures almost match the car’s 3,571 lbs (1,620 kg) dry weight.
The 21C Spyder also debuts an important interior change for the company. It now uses a so-called NeuralNode, which replaces a multi-part structure from a conventional dashboard with a single system that includes the instrument panel, air vents, and important vehicle controls near the driver’s hands. While the hypercar is mostly focused on insane performance, it does include wireless Apple CarPlay and an eight-speaker, 650-watt audio system that includes carbon fiber speaker cones. If that doesn’t show Czinger’s commitment to lightweighting, we don’t know what does.
As mentioned, just 30 examples of the 21C Spyder will be produced, each priced at $2.75 million.
