Czinger Vehicles is expanding its global reach, announcing London-based HR Owen as its first international retail partner and exclusive Czinger dealer in the UK. The alignment opens up the European market to the Los Angeles-based automotive brand as sales begin for its first production car, the pathbreaking 21C.
Czinger joins HR Owen’s outstanding portfolio of both established players and disruptive newcomers in the automotive space. Working with ultra-bespoke coachbuilders like Radford, pure-EV hyper car manufacturers like Rimac Automobili, and old-guard manufacturers such as Bugatti, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce and Bentley, HR Owen is excited by Czinger, who they recognise as a next-generation technological pioneer.
The HR Owen Group not only operates in sales and service of premium luxury cars, but it also offers a number of related divisions across all brands including its insurance services.
The HR Owen flagship dealership, Jack Barclay, has been operating in Mayfair since 1927 and although traditionally a London-based business, the company now has locations in five counties in addition to its six London showrooms – Cheltenham, Pangbourne, Ripley, Hatfield and Stockport.
“We’ve always chosen to work with the very best automotive brands in the world, and we don’t add another partner to our roster without serious consideration,”
said HR Owen CEO Ken Choo.
“The Czinger 21C is a very special car, designed without limitations of cost. It sits at the very top of the automotive hierarchy, offering an experience that even some of the most established and sought-after supercar brands in the world would struggle to offer. It is the crowning glory to a car collection. The ultimate track day car. The genesis of a new brand.”
Established in 2019 by Founder and CEO Kevin Czinger, Czinger Vehicles is an industry-disrupting performance vehicles brand pioneering a new era in the automotive space by fundamentally changing the way cars will be designed and manufactured for generations to come.
Built around a core ethos of utilising revolutionary, proprietary technology to create vehicles equipped with both dominating performance and iconic design, Czinger’s first production car, the 21C, represents a radical transformation of the manufacturing sector and the future of human-AI design within an environmentally sustainable system.
The 21C will make its UK debut in June, during the Goodwood Festival of Speed. First deliveries of the car are set for 2023 and production is limited to just 80. The 21C was created in part using additive manufacturing technologies. Each component manufactured using this technology is computationally engineered using AI, optimised for weight and performance, and is beautifully finished by hand. Czinger’s proprietary manufacturing technologies, in-house developed powertrain, and iconic design will guide its future family of vehicles.
The 21C’s hybrid powertrain uses the world’s most power dense production IC engine as its foundation. It is a 2.88 litre, flat-plane crank V8 with twin turbos located mid-vehicle. The V8 is coupled with an 800V electric drive and regen system. An e-motor drives each front wheel and the batteries are charged during operation both through regenerative braking and a Motor Generator Unit (MGU) using a gear drive that is attached to the IC engine. The total strong hybrid system delivers a peak output of 1250hp (1233bhp).
The 21C is highly customisable both from a specification and individual personalisation perspective. Presented in two fully homologated specifications, a lightweight high downforce configuration and a low drag configuration, both cars are powered by Czinger’s in-house powertrain and display its iconic design language and in-line seating architecture.
Czinger Co-Founder Lukas Czinger, said:
“As the foremost luxury automotive dealer in the UK, HR Owen is an instantly recognised and respected international brand. As we grow our global presence and our vehicle portfolio, collaborating with the right, best-in-class, partners is critical. Together with HR Owen, we will introduce a new era of automotive performance and technology to the UK market.”
The C21 represents only the first in a diverse series of exclusive performance vehicles coming from the informed imagination of the Czinger team, each of which will be available through HR Owen in the years ahead.
For more information about Czinger Vehicles, go to www.Czinger.com
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Find out more about HR Owen at www.hrowen.co.uk