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Cars that make your jaw drop.

IDK about anyone else but the new GMC Sierra really scratches my itch. I like the AT4X model. should be looking in a few years for a new vehicle and that is definately on my list although I may go full sizwe SUV like Yukon or Tahoe depending on tow capacity.
 
Oh my, we missed a pic of a big BIG BIG silly truck at Laguna yesterday…
This is cool
 

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What is that thing? I recall seeing it at Velocity Invitational a couple years ago.
 
It’s the Czinger 21C. If you’d like one, I am a dealer.
 
Sharxfan said:
IDK about anyone else but the new GMC Sierra really scratches my itch. I like the AT4X model. should be looking in a few years for a new vehicle and that is definately on my list although I may go full sizwe SUV like Yukon or Tahoe depending on tow capacity.
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Every new truck I see looks cartoonishly too big to me. I would hate driving something with such big blind spots.
 
Tally Whacker said:
A very expensive, fast car made in LA by people who aren't the ones who restomod Porsches into very expensive, fast cars in LA and have a very Czimilar name.
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Honestly, I don’t think they care if they sell a single car. There’s been a handful of deliveries, but certainly not enough at this point to call themselves an automaker. Even though they literally make every part of the car. The whole point of the Czinger is to be a rolling exhibition for Divergent…which is the parent company. And they make 3D printed car parts. Something that other manufacturers have enlisted their services for.

Here’s the rear subframe and a brake caliper/steering knuckle they brought to SEMA a few years ago.

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Nice. Any other Aston’s on the Ave. pics?

I like their stuff. Classy fast.
 
TheRobSJ said:
Honestly, I don’t think they care if they sell a single car. There’s been a handful of deliveries, but certainly not enough at this point to call themselves an automaker. Even though they literally make every part of the car. The whole point of the Czinger is to be a rolling exhibition for Divergent…which is the parent company. And they make 3D printed car parts. Something that other manufacturers have enlisted their services for.

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That's fucking bananas. Did AI design it?
 
Abacinator said:
That's fucking bananas. Did AI design it?
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The original Czinger 12C set the Laguna Seca lap record in 2020. I was there that day doing a track day and remember seeing them getting the car ready in the garage. Didn’t even know what I was looking at the time. Just remember seeing all that metal work that looked more like spider webs than any kind of traditional cast or extruded metal.

Anyways, I don’t think “AI” was what it is today 7-8 years ago when they designed that thing. You best believe some computers were involved though. Analyzing load forces and stress points and putting just enough metal in just the right places to do the job all while packaging the powertrain and other components. If I was an engineer, I’d nerd out over more. As a technician, I see that stuff and wonder just how big of a pain in the ass is it to work on.
 
Finite element analysis has been around for a while. I’ve seen some pretty wild designs that are “just strong enough”…
 
I was thinking there'd by a ton of FEA and CFD for aero going on there
 
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