Back in 2022, before it had actually delivered its first mid-engine, plug-in hybrid 21C hypercars, Czinger teased another, very different vehicle concept: the Hyper GT. A much more civilized vehicle than the track-focused 21C, the startup has confirmed that it plans to produce the grand tourer.
Power is still expected to come from the same plug-in hybrid powertrain as the 21C. That means that its hood will hide a 2.88-liter flat-plane crank V8 with twin turbochargers, and that two electric motors will help motivate it. In all, the powertrain is good for a hefty 1,233 hp (920 kW/1,250 PS).
However, Czinger said that the Hyper GT won’t necessarily be based on the same architecture as the 21C, in an interview with Top Gear. Instead, the automaker plans to produce a new one that is better suited to a grand tourer.
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“As opposed to what you see with lots of other brands where they kind of take what they had and tweak it. They change the platform a little bit and change the body but try and use most of the chassis,” said Lukas Czinger, son of the company’s founder, Kevin. “We have the flexibility of printing completely new parts. That means we’re not going to platform share. Each vehicle will be completely unique.”
The company can do that because of its expertise in the field of 3D printing. Kevin Czinger teased that the company now has manufacturing contracts with companies like Aston Martin and Mercedes, as well as General Atomics.
The last contract is the only one the Czingers can talk about publicly, but they say they are making the fuselage for an F16 fighter jet-sized drone out of just four pieces. Before it came to them, it required 184 components and took 12 days to assemble. Thanks to their simplified, 3D printed design, they say they cut that time down to 12 hours.
That, in combination with the 21C, made the company quite busy, and was its main focus in 2023. However, it will soon be able to shift its focus to its plan to build six “very unique vehicles by the end of the decade.”
“Long term, Czinger is always going to stay low volume and high performance as a brand,” said Lukas. “But we’re developing new technologies, new engine layouts, new gearboxes, new EV motors, new casings and new cooling systems. Eventually that will all come to the mass market.”
While much remains to be revealed about the production version of the Hyper GT, and its followups, it’s clear that whatever the company announces will be impressive.
