2026 Czinger 21C Review

How many horsepower?

>> 1,250.

Millions of dollars.

>> What's the red line?

>> 11,000 RPM.

>> You go first.

>> Okay. Okay.

Good luck.

>> No, it's rock paper scissors.

You're watching Throttle House.

I'm James.

>> And I'm Thomas.

But I usually

Okay.

And this is the Zinger 21C.

You're probably thinking, "What the heck

is a Zinger 21C?" And honestly, we were

thinking that as well. Turns out it's an

insane $2.3 million hypercar built right

here in California. And it seems

Leginger is determined to turn their

clients brains into fondue.

I want to say a little bit of pee came

out there, but I think that was just

from the washer fluid.

Oh my god.

I really shouldn't be surprised by that

because it has 1,250 horsepower

from a twinturbocharged V8 and three

electric motors. And you know what? I'm

stupid. My little monkey brain forgets

that a hypercar really is a hypercar. I

didn't expect it in the 918 Spider. And

for some reason, despite the looks of

this, I also didn't know this was going

to happen.

and 11,000 RPM.

Oh my god.

That was when we go in a tunnel.

Okay.

Yeah, that's a that's a hypercar. That's

a hypercar. I

There's a difference.

A supercar

makes it feel like you've just entered

the guitar riff in Money for Nothing.

A hypercar changes your entire

biochemistry.

This is absolutely wild.

But listening to it, it's not a

screamer. It's a whiner, a worerer, a

spooler.

If it had a family lineage decided

hundreds of years ago, that would be all

of its last names. It really leans in to

the turbocharged part of it. It's a

small displacement. 2.88 L. That's less

than a Toyota Supra.

The sounds it makes.

My I I really have to think about my

braking zones. This car accelerates so

quickly. It does what the Model S Plaid

did where it redefineses how much time

you think you've spent on the throttle

versus how much time you need to spend

on a brake. It It's a multiplier. You

have to readjust.

This is the type of car where one

incorrect flick of the throttle or the

steering wheel means you'll end up in a

ravine. It's a car that immediately

commands your respect, but that doesn't

mean, weirdly, that it's hard to drive,

and the gearing is short enough that you

can enjoy it.

We recently drove the Lamborghini

Tamario and that also married a twin

turbo V8 with electric motors,

but it wasn't nearly as proud of that as

this is. The turbo noises are

pronounced. The race car noises are

pronounced. The electric quirers are so

apparent.

Whatever this is, you are experiencing

every little bit of it all the time. all

the way up to 11,000 RPM.

>> But amazingly, the most interesting and

impressive part of this car has nothing

to do with how ballistically fast it is.

It's the fact that the parts that make

up this car look like something from a

Westworld title sequence because they

made them with a printer.

>> So that's why some of the parts look so

weird,

>> right? It's 3D printed.

>> Yeah, they're three Well, it's called

additive manufacturing. Basically, you

add instead of taking away like you

don't mill the part out of a solid

block. You actually, you know, build it

slowly and it's printer essentially out

of like a well metal dust. What that

means is you can actually carve out the

inside of the part and make it hollow or

make it like a honeycomb structure or

add like brake lines to it. It's really

fascinating actually. About 21% of the

cars made with these, which is

essentially means all the suspension

components and the chassis and the parts

where everything connects are all

completely optimized for like space,

right? is that computers have just kind

of gone over it and over it and over it

to make sure that it's completely like

perfectly optimized.

>> Panic facting right now.

>> What's No, I know.

>> You go and drive this car. It's

>> Go and drive the car. You won't die.

It's not going to kill you.

>> It's got a lot of horsepower. I don't

>> You have plot armor.

>> What is plot armor?

>> If this video has come out, you'll

survive. So, you are fine.

>> Yeah, but the video hasn't come out yet.

They may never see this.

>> Well, I want them to see it cuz I want

them to see you get in this car.

>> Okay. What do I do? So, I go

>> So, you sit on the sill.

>> Yes.

>> Leg uh left leg in. Left leg in.

>> Right leg in.

>> Right leg. Why didn't you just say both

legs in?

>> Because then you can't do the hokeie

koke and turn around. Okay. Head down.

>> Just like that. Just like that. That is

a package offer.

Okay.

Good luck.

Zinger didn't invent the concept of 3D

printing car parts. They also didn't

invent the concept of using some form of

software, whether it's AI or not, to

design them. But they are the first to

put all of it together into a single

manufacturing process, which means that

they can turn out parts so much faster

than other car manufacturers. And I

suppose that's very telling when you

learn that uh Bugatti and McLaren are

using parts made by these guys.

But those cars have one or two of those

parts. The 21C is dripping with their

own AI optimized skeletal structures,

which means it's a bit different.

Ah, this just

this just isn't like anything else I

have ever driven in my life. I obviously

the speed

is

insane, but so is EVERY OTHER PART OF

IT.

It's actually quite visceral and

physical.

This is not a luxury hypercar.

Straight cut gear noise.

I'm hearing a lot of stones being kicked

up into the wheel wells. And oh my god,

it's so fast.

I'm actually having a problem thinking

quick enough to be able to talk to you

and do this canyon road at the same

time.

Oh my god.

Oh, it's so serious.

It's like a BAC mono that needs to spend

some time in the psych ward.

It's just

you're at the red line before you know

it.

Oh my lord. Now this steering is

insanely precise.

Completely telepathic.

Ridiculously fast steering ratio. Race

car. Race car. Fast steering. It's just

think and point and go.

Whoa. The braking zones come up a lot

quicker than you think they do.

Driving this is like driving a roller

coaster that halfway through the roller

coaster you remember that you're in

control.

Oh, the grip is ridiculous, too. Oh.

Oh, just my face is going. But you know

what? It feels quite playful. It's not

the type of car that you can hang the

ass end out around a corner, but you can

feel it moving around under you in a way

that's communicated quite perfectly to

your hands. So, I'm I have zero zero

confidence issues pushing this thing

around this corner. Just recently, we

drove a Lamborghini Tamario around these

same roads. I had no confidence

whatsoever driving that car. But this,

which is more powerful,

way more performance than a Tamario, I

have no problem driving it.

What an unbelievable car.

Okay, at this point, I'll be honest, my

review just sort of degraded into random

noises, so I decided to pull over and

chat to James.

>> I told you you had plot armor.

>> Okay, so that was one of the most

incredible

things I've ever operated.

>> Mhm.

>> Um, but it shouldn't be a surprise. It's

like one of those things you get in a

hypercar and you go like, "Oh, it's

really good." But did you see you?

>> Did you see you?

>> I didn't see me. I couldn't. All I could

see was the next breaking point over and

over again.

>> It took seeing you on the road to

realize how wild it looks cuz you

actually are climatized to this vibe

quite quickly. This cabin.

>> Yeah. It It doesn't feel It feels like

really cool and then it just feels

that's what this is how you drive a car

now,

>> right?

>> It's absolutely bonkers to drive.

>> It's really You know what it looks like?

>> What? It looks like it's missing a Tom

Cruz on the roof. It looks like that

Lexus.

>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know what you're

talking about. Yeah. Yeah. It looks like

some weird futuristic concept car that

never sees the light of day,

>> but it's real.

>> But it's real. It's here. They're making

them.

>> So, this is the This is the V-Max.

>> This is the This is a longer,

>> slipperier version. There's also a high

downforce one

>> that that at speed at 205 mph produces

4,400 lb of downforce.

>> Isn't that crazy? That's more than the

car weighs and therefore theoretically

>> can drive on the roof. Yeah. Everyone

say it together.

>> Can drive upside down.

>> Um yeah. So this is the long tail,

right? So it's got a actually there's

some luggage space.

>> There is some luggage space.

>> Don't put any chocolate in it.

>> No. It gets warm.

>> It didn't melt.

>> And it has the exhaust pointing up out

of this. Whereas if you go for the

downforce one, it comes out the back.

>> Yes. So we showed off some of the 3D

parts.

>> Yes.

>> Right. But there's way more under there

that you can't see obviously. And

honestly, it's it's genuinely

fascinating and it does feel like

something that's just going to kind of

keep appearing in cars.

>> That's I was a doubter

>> until, as you said, we heard that that

it Bugatti won it. McLaren wants it.

Until I heard that, I was like, "Of

course it looks like bone. That's the

most optimized thing. Of course, that

doesn't just get headlines."

>> You know, it's interesting because it

looks like bone because well, like the

the the kind of like intelligent

learning that the engineers work with,

they go over like many many iterations

in a very short period of time. I mean

effectively the car part evolves just

like we have evolved. So the reason it

looks like bone is that we are optimized

for our purpose and in the same way it's

optimized for its purpose.

>> See even then I don't buy that.

>> I know it sounds

>> why is my bum hole so close to my other

stuff. And then I don't think we're

optimized.

>> Yeah. No, we're not.

>> We're not peak evolution.

>> No. There's many mistakes. Yeah. There's

there we're super dumb and quite

useless. Um, but but but there's many

mistakes have been made and maybe

there's still improvements to be made

for this particular car. I don't know.

But the point is is that it's the parts

can be made so quickly that they can

just tweak make a new one and put it on

the car.

>> Look how long this door is.

>> I know. It's probably the longest door

of all time.

>> So we actually measured it.

>> Yeah.

>> It's one car long.

>> Oh, it's one car.

>> It's one cast. Yeah, that's right.

>> That's the new unit.

>> It's just such a unique thing, isn't it?

>> Costs a whole buttload of money though.

starts at 2.35 million

>> and it goes up from there. If you want

the exposed carbon fiber

>> for the paint, it's another 200 That's a

$200,000 package,

>> right?

>> Just to have it exposed cuz everything

has to be perfect. It can't be No, you

can't hide anything if you expose it.

Does that make sense?

>> No,

>> there is one bit of exposed carbon fiber

I could do without, which is there. That

is very reflective in the sun. But

apparently they realize that.

>> They realize that and if they fix it,

they're going to cover it in Alcantara.

Listen, these guys obviously need some

financial help. So, maybe we should fill

up the tank. I was thinking you and I

hop in. I'll put you in the back there

and uh we'll go fill her up.

>> Why am I in the back?

>> I don't know. Hop in.

>> I guess we could both go in the same

side. Is that how that works?

>> That doesn't look very roomy.

>> Yeah. No, it's okay. You just uh

>> Oh, I straddle.

>> You straddle. See, maybe this I

straddle.

>> All right, let's go.

Are you ready for this?

>> Oh, this feels really weird.

>> Is it?

>> Yeah. It's weird.

>> I forgot it was a fast car.

>> Oh, did you? I was just getting over the

novelty of this position.

>> Holy crap. How's that from back there?

>> I'm no longer in control of my life.

Hey, Dak, do you feel like you can take

on the whole empire yourself? There's

that.

>> Oh, James. Jesus. Really?

Oh, yeah.

>> This headrest.

It looks like a Wheelie from Portal.

>> Your your legs are very present in my

bubble right now.

>> Yes, I'm having to straddle you.

Straddling is the way to do it. There is

no other space.

>> Never say that again to me. It is a

normal footprint, though. Like, it's as

it's 80 in wide. It's as wide as any

other supercar really. And it's as long

as it's just just a bit longer than a

Corolla, even though it looks super

long. Yeah. You know what I've realized

is that I

don't really feel the mass at any point

other than braking.

>> No. Right. You You don't You have no

idea that it's It's almost 4,000 lb.

>> Yeah. It's just over 3,700 lb curb.

>> Yeah. So, like it's not a light car by

any means, but I mean, for the fact that

it is a hybrid with this much power, it

is light.

>> It is light. Yeah. Yeah, but it's still

it's not like ultra light. So, when

you're going these speeds and you hit

the brakes, that's when you feel that

there's a little bit more little bit

more uh to slow down.

>> Yeah, it's a bit heavy, but not for one

second does that hold back the driving

experience. It drives like $2.3 million,

but when you spend that much, you expect

everything to be $2.3 million. Which

brings us on to the interior.

Is it $2.35 million interior? I

>> that's where I that's where I don't know

because for me it doesn't actually feel

like it's anywhere past an MC20 if that

makes any sense.

>> Right. I think the most important thing

for something like this that does feel

so spacy is that that stuff is intuitive

and and not capacitive touch, not stuff

that would kill you. This car on its own

can kill you.

>> Yeah.

>> So the fact that it is physical buttons

and rather simple and intuitive is a

great thing. Yeah, I like what more

could they have done?

>> No, I I I you're right. I don't know

because you want it to be stripped back,

right? But I mean, it's just it's carbon

fiber and Alcantara and some aluminum, I

think. Well, that's not true, actually.

There are some of the 3D printed parts

in here, like the thing that's holding

the gauge cluster. And the pedals, have

you seen the pedals? I've seen the

pedals.

>> They look absolutely insane. There's

actually a little Easter egg underneath

the throttle pedal. It says go. Right.

>> Right. So, the guy that made those is

obviously uh had a sense of humor. Oh,

cuz it does do that.

>> This is so unsettling. I can't see

anything. That That's got to be weird.

I'm so glad I'm not back there.

What a wild experience this thing is. I

feel incredibly secure, but also

incredibly

stuck. Oh, we're very stuck. We're in

the center of the car. Otherwise, it is

like a fighter jet in that if you go

down, I'm going down with you. I got no

choice.

>> Well, I mean, what if we have to eject?

That's when you have to you hit your

head on the canopy, you break your neck,

I cry, and then it takes me till the end

of the movie to let you go.

>> Despite Goose's feelings on the slightly

claustrophobic rear seat, I think

overall he and I both had similar

thoughts on the 21C.

>> I think there's nothing like it.

>> I think there's nothing like this on the

planet right now.

>> And then and so you almost get to set

the price.

>> Yeah. Exactly. And when it comes to the

raw performance of it, I'm pretty sure

that this is now I'm positive this is

the fastest car I've ever driven. The

most visceral nonra car I've ever

driven.

>> And it puts the power down.

>> And it puts the Yeah. And it's it's you

can use it. It's an it's somehow

simultaneously

approachable and insane

>> and unbelievably special to see. I need

like if I even now if I saw this just

I'd be I' would I'd grab whoever was

nearby and go look.

>> Yeah, exactly.

>> And that is hypercar.

>> That yes, this ticks every single box

for the hypercar checklist.

>> At last, miles of tarmac and for some

reason a bunch of smoke from the truck

in front later.

>> Look at this fire truck. It's on fire.

That's just the most unacceptable amount

of diesel smoke.

>> We reached the gas station downtown.

>> Okay, take it slow. Take it slow. Going

slow. In a car that is everything but,

we traverse the entrance as gently as

possible.

And upon our arrival, everyone wanted to

say hi.

>> Hi. Are you guys racing it?

>> I guess so.

>> Racing life.

>> I'm a big car person. And these things

are just it's what brings me joy. And we

really do mean everyone.

>> Of course. Byebye.

>> Bye-bye. Have a great day, guys. Nice to

meet you. Nice to meet you.

>> Scoot safe. What a day. What a car. This

might have to go around our track at

some point soon.

Thanks for watching.