Czinger’s Latest 21C Hypercar Is The All-White Special ‘El Mirage’

Czinger has just finished work building the latest example of its 21C hypercar and it might just be the best-looking example built to date.

The American marque dubs this 21C the El Mirage specification. It is the first example we’ve seen painted also entirely in white, a shade that helps to accentuate many of the car’s dramatic lines, creases, and curves. The white finish extends across the spokes of the carbon fiber wheels.

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A handful of red accents have also been applied to the exterior. For example, the underside of the front canards are painted red and there are also thin red pinstripes running over the bodywork. Red is also found on the hypercar’s massive rear wing.

The co-founder of the company, 29-year-old Lukas Czinger, was responsible for the design of this 21C. No photos of this example’s interior have been published but it would be fitting if it also combines white with red accents.

As dramatic as the design of the 21C is, it’s perhaps the powertrain that is most impressive. Powering the car is an in-house 2.88-liter twin-turbocharged V8 with a flat-plane crank revving to 11,000 rpm and pumping out 950 hp. It is said to be the most power-dense production engine in the world and receives additional grunt from two electric motors, producing a combined 1,233 hp or 1,333 hp through an available power upgrade. This engine is mated to a seven-speed sequential transmission.

Making the car all the more impressive is the fact that it weighs under 1,240 kg (2,733 lbs) dry, allowing it to hit a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio. Czinger has also designed dramatic aerodynamic elements for the car that stick it to the pavement and proved pivotal in it setting a production car lap record around Laguna Seca in July 2021.