Biologisch
As an insider, you should be familiar with Divergent Technologies, founded in 2014. The American company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers when it comes to 3D printing; indeed, every single hypercar brand sources from them. Divergent also ‘prints’ aluminium and carbon fibre; they develop the ‘printers’ themselves and set them up all over the world. Divergent Technologies was founded by Kevin Czinger; his son Lukas was involved from the very start – and in 2019, together they also founded their own car brand with the surprising name: Czinger. In 2020, they had planned to unveil their first car at the Geneva Motor Show, but as we know, that was cancelled at short notice; delays were inevitable from that point on.
But they are now a reality; the first vehicles are due to be delivered in 2024. And the 21C is truly a beast: a 2.88-litre twin-turbo V8 producing 760 PS, plus two electric motors delivering at least another 500 PS, resulting in a combined output of at least 1250 PS. Rear-wheel drive, sequential 7-speed gearbox – 1,620 kilos. This is primarily down to the 21C’s ‘biological’ construction method; it’s called Bio-Logic and aims to follow ‘designs’ found in nature, such as the structure of fungi (lightweight, stable) and trees. There is a central driver’s seat; the passenger is literally just an afterthought. But it certainly does go fast: 0–100 in 1.9 seconds, a top speed of over 400 km/h, and a few lap records for production cars in the USA.
Eighty units, exclusively for the US and affiliated oil-producing nations; all are said to have been sold. RM Sotheby’s is now auctioning the first one, number 5 of 80, chassis number 4C9AAFNA0SL561007; it is expected to fetch between 2.3 and 2.5 million dollars at Monterey in 2026. Incidentally, the colour is called Artemis Yellow. We have more hypercars here.