The Czinger 21C Blackbird Edition is taking flight at The Quail this week and we’re finally getting a look at it in all its glory. The 1,350 hp supercar largely relies on additive manufacturing and pays tribute to one of the greatest airplanes ever flown. Here’s a quick deep dive into Czinger’s latest low-production rocket for the road. The Blackbird derives its name from the famous SR-71 “Blackbird” made by Lockheed. Designed as a spy plane, the SR-71 is notable for its ability to travel at above Mach 3 (3,704 km/h). The Czinger 21C Blackbird pays homage to that groundbreaking airplane with a number of thoughtful touches.
Firstly, the paint is, as one might have
guessed, Jet Black. The wheels feature a top-down silhouette of the SR-71 as
the spokes. The exhausts are formed to look just a bit more like real
afterburners and there’s even a bit of “Afterburner Orange” hidden away in the
1+1 cockpit. As aeromotive-themed supercars go, this one hits all the high
marks.
Of course, besides those finer details, this
is still an absolutely batty machine in its own right. Under the carbon fiber
bodywork lies a 2.9-liter twin-turbocharged V8 mated to a pair of electric
motors. Typically, they make about 1,233 hp together which makes it
all the more special that in the Blackbird, they produce 1,350. It’s worth
noting that Czinger says it’s only building 80 examples of the 21C and that
includes however many Blackbirds it has in the pipeline. It also includes the V
Max version it unveiled earlier this year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
That car has a claimed ability to go from 0-402-0 km/h in just 27 seconds. If true, it’s faster than any
other production car on the planet. In fact, it would be over a second faster
than the current record-holder, the Koenigsegg Regera with a time of 28.81
seconds.
