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 (1006 kW) 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 / 2,301 mph). 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.
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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 (919 kW) 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 0-250-0 mph (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.
