11,000 RPM Redline Surprise
45sThe shocked reaction to a production car revving to 11,000 RPM creates instant amazement and shareability.
▶ Play ClipThis video features Jay Leno driving and discussing the Czinger 21C, an American-made, 3D-printed hybrid hypercar. The conversation covers its manufacturing process, regulatory compliance, and driving experience.
The entire vehicle is 3D-printed using powder bed fusion and digital integration, enabling an optimally lightweight and strong structure.
The car is street-legal in all 50 U.S. states, a rare feat for a small-volume supercar.
Over 40 crash tests were performed to meet stringent safety and emission standards globally.
Two variants: V-Max (top speed over 250 mph) and High Downforce (limited to ~220 mph but track-focused).
A single-clutch 7-speed AMT, but combined with EV torque-filling, it feels like a dual-clutch without the weight penalty.
500 hp from front electric motors (EV-only mode) + 750 hp from the V8 for total 1,250 hp.
The engine is a tiny 2.88L V8 that produces 750-850 hp, with a redline of 11,000 RPM.
The car has a heated catalyst system that preheats the catalytic converter using the electric drive before starting the V8, to pass cold-start emissions.
The driver sits in the center, giving an unobstructed view and a fighter-jet-like experience.
Jay Leno found the car incredibly easy and enjoyable to drive, with no 'kit car' feel, praising its compliance and direct steering.
"The title is slightly exaggerated but mostly accurate—the car is indeed a groundbreaking American hypercar, though the 'shaking the world' aspect is subjective."
What manufacturing technology is used to produce the Czinger 21C's chassis?
Powder bed fusion – laser melting of powdered aluminum, steel, and titanium.
5:30
What is the top speed of the Czinger 21C V-Max?
Top speed over 250 mph.
4:21
What type of transmission does the Czinger 21C use?
A single-clutch 7-speed automated manual transmission (AMT) with twin-barrel design.
8:37
How much downforce does the high-downforce Czinger 21C produce at 200 mph?
5,500 pounds of downforce at 200 mph.
15:04
Why does the Czinger 21C use a heated catalyst system?
To meet California's strict emissions standards (CARB).
17:18
What is the horsepower output of the Czinger 21C's V8 engine?
750 hp (base) / 850 hp (Blackbird edition).
13:03
How many drive modes does the Czinger 21C have, and what are they?
Four drive modes: Street (EV-only, FWD), Sport (AWD, V8 + EV), Track, and Track Plus.
9:38
What material are the Czinger 21C's wheels made from?
Aluminum spoke with carbon fiber barrel.
19:49
How is the powertrain integrated into the car's structure?
The powertrain between the electric motors and the V8 is printed and integrated into the structure using a digital system.
1:06
What is the redline RPM of the Czinger 21C?
11,000 RPM.
0:30
3D-printed car
Shows a fundamentally new manufacturing method for hypercars.
1:02Certification is the hardest part
Highlights that regulatory hurdles are more challenging than design for an OEM.
2:58Single clutch feels like dual clutch
Demonstrates how EV torque-filling can overcome a single-clutch's inherent shift lag.
8:372.88L V8 with 750+ hp
Proves that extreme power can come from a tiny, efficient engine.
12:25Startup emissions are the hardest corner case
Explains a key technical challenge in meeting modern emissions standards.
17:08Heated catalyst system
Shows a clever engineering solution to pass cold-start emissions using the hybrid system.
17:18Over 100,000 miles of high-performance testing
Demonstrates the company's commitment to reliability and real-world validation.
30:21Sensible business plan for a not very sensible project
Captures the paradox of creating a viable business around an extreme luxury product.
31:25Over 50,000 miles on test vehicle
Concrete data reinforcing the car's durability and engineering rigor.
42:21[00:04] You know, it's just so easy to drive.
[00:07] You know, a lot of times when you build
[00:09] when you drive, not necessarily
[00:11] prototypes, but sometimes one or two all
[00:14] supercars, it's kind of a kit car feel
[00:17] to it. I don't get any of that here.
[00:19] None of that.
[00:21] >> Well, Jay's got the hang of it now. You
[00:23] know, I don't know why I assumed the red
[00:26] line was like uh you know 6500 or 700.
[00:30] It's 11,000.
[00:32] All right, that that's a sale right
[00:34] there. Love you. Thank you.
[00:37] One minute of Jay Lel's Garage. The cars
[00:40] we're featuring today, two amazing
[00:43] Americanbuilt supercars. They're amazing
[00:45] for a a really unique reason, and I will
[00:47] tell you that in in just a second what
[00:50] that is. It's called the Zinger. This is
[00:51] a company I've been following for a long
[00:53] time. We were kind of there at the
[00:55] ground floor when they started. This is
[00:57] big-time manufacturing. It's really
[01:00] sophisticated. It's literally a 3D
[01:02] printed car.
[01:03] >> Correct. The entire vehicle is designed
[01:06] here. And that entire powertrain between
[01:08] the electric motors and the V8 are
[01:12] printed and integrated into the
[01:13] structure using a digital system.
[01:16] >> And every promise they made has been
[01:19] kept. And it's truly an amazing
[01:21] automobile. These are for sale. You can
[01:24] buy them in California or any state in
[01:26] the United States. That's to me is what
[01:28] makes it amazing. But we'll find out
[01:30] more. Let's meet the founder and CEO,
[01:32] Lucas Zinger. Lucas, come on in, my
[01:34] friend.
[01:35] >> Good to see you, J.
[01:35] >> Oh boy, this is just an amazing
[01:38] accomplishment. And and the thing that
[01:40] makes it amazing to me is every supercar
[01:42] that comes here, well, we're waiting for
[01:45] certification. It'll be legal in
[01:46] California in six week and they never it
[01:49] never comes. It's a tough standard to
[01:51] meet. I mean the most exotic most exotic
[01:55] Europeans who can't meet at all, they
[01:57] don't even try.
[01:58] >> And you built this car and you built
[02:00] your own engine, which to me is is the
[02:02] heart of, you know, when I see a a major
[02:05] automobile manufacturer and they're
[02:07] using somebody else's motor, why don't I
[02:09] just buy one of those cars? To me, the
[02:11] motor is the heart. It's the soul of the
[02:13] automobile. and you design built your
[02:15] whole engine and it meets carb all
[02:18] testing all emissions that's truly an
[02:21] amazing feat. So I can you know it's fun
[02:24] to design it and make it go fast and put
[02:26] a manual gear and all those kind of
[02:28] things but the fact that you can
[02:29] actually do the business part of it get
[02:31] it to meet every
[02:33] >> goofball some good some bad rule
[02:37] it's it's just amazing. So I pat you on
[02:39] the back for that. It's yeah it's really
[02:41] impressive. when you buy this, you have
[02:43] no problems with the DMV.
[02:45] >> Well, wait a minute. There's only 15
[02:46] numbers in the uh in the in the
[02:48] >> Yeah. Yeah. Well, we set out to build an
[02:51] American OEM, right?
[02:52] >> And the secret is if you're building an
[02:54] OEM, you have to go through the full
[02:56] regulatory side. And that is actually
[02:58] the hardest part, right? It's actually
[03:00] much easier to design and build a fast
[03:02] car than is to certify it for road use,
[03:05] both in terms of emissions and safety.
[03:08] So we did over 40 crash tests with this
[03:10] car, went through California carbon
[03:12] emissions, and we're globally
[03:13] homologated. So you can sell this in
[03:15] Europe, you can sell this in the Middle
[03:16] East, you can sell this in Asia as well.
[03:19] And that development means that you
[03:21] actually have the engineering capability
[03:23] to create a car that is now inside an
[03:28] American area.
[03:29] >> I would guess contentwise, this is
[03:31] probably the most American car built in
[03:34] this country. Isn't it fair to say?
[03:35] Pretty close,
[03:36] >> I would say. So I would say so
[03:38] >> because you do everything right right
[03:39] down the street here in Torrance,
[03:41] California.
[03:41] >> We're based in Torrance. We engineer the
[03:43] car. We manufacture the car. So it's
[03:46] both engineered and built here in
[03:48] California.
[03:49] >> Now we have two cars. Both of these are
[03:51] are legal. This is the downforce model,
[03:54] which I guess we would call the track
[03:56] model if you were. And this is the road
[03:58] version. Basically same engine, same
[04:00] performance, pretty close.
[04:02] >> Yes. Same architecture underneath in
[04:04] terms of strong hybrid three electric
[04:06] motors, big V8 in the back in terms of
[04:09] output but small in terms of size. So
[04:11] very power dense V8 and they share that
[04:14] platform but uniquely different in the
[04:16] body in the aerodynamic performance. So
[04:19] V-Max will do over 250 mph,
[04:22] >> right?
[04:22] >> 21C high downforce, we're limited to
[04:25] about 220 with the big wing, the front
[04:27] splitter, but we'll set every track
[04:29] record in California while being road
[04:31] leak. Yeah, but you can go around
[04:32] corners a little bit better.
[04:33] >> Yeah, exactly.
[04:33] >> Yeah. And if you're doing 220 in
[04:35] California, you're going to jail. So, I
[04:37] I got to go with this model here.
[04:40] >> Here's the amazing part. Why don't we
[04:41] start with the frame?
[04:43] >> Yes.
[04:44] >> You know, it it's so funny. It looks to
[04:45] me as if somebody just poured liquid
[04:48] metal. And
[04:50] >> this is all 3D printed. Correct.
[04:53] >> Yeah. Well, this is what a loaded word
[04:56] but perfect part looks like. So this is
[04:58] a design where you're looking
[05:00] holistically at the requirements for the
[05:02] car and engineering to that specific
[05:06] load case to that specific set of
[05:08] requirements and then having a
[05:09] manufacturing process where you can
[05:11] actually put material just where you
[05:13] need it right
[05:14] >> and you don't need to put any other
[05:16] material because the manufacturing
[05:17] process allows for that geometry to be
[05:20] created. So we take requirements in we
[05:23] engineer to the prao optimal structure
[05:26] so the most efficient structure it can
[05:28] possibly be and then we additively
[05:30] manufacture using powder bed fusion.
[05:33] This is laser melting of powdered
[05:35] aluminums and steels and titaniums. It's
[05:37] the most advanced way to make a metal
[05:39] part in the world. Then we robotically
[05:41] assemble it to a very close tolerance.
[05:43] >> Now is this a powder coat or is this the
[05:45] natural metal finish?
[05:46] >> That's the natural metal finish.
[05:48] >> Okay. So it doesn't need painting or
[05:49] rust proofing or any
[05:50] >> No. So we have a very low silicon
[05:52] content in our material. So we actually
[05:55] do incredibly well with corrosion. This
[05:57] is a material that can see almost marine
[05:59] environments.
[06:00] >> This is a patented material.
[06:01] >> Yes, this is an aluminum based alloy. So
[06:03] about 90% aluminum, 10% other elements,
[06:06] but no rare earth materials in there.
[06:08] >> And it has both the elongation, right?
[06:11] Our crash bumper itself is printed,
[06:13] right,
[06:13] >> to take energy and absorb it, but then
[06:16] also it has the necessary stiffness and
[06:18] durability to take the high cornering
[06:20] forces, the pothole cases, etc. So, it
[06:24] has both the material properties
[06:26] required.
[06:26] >> Well, here's the thing I find
[06:27] fascinating here.
[06:30] You can disassemble it. You know, a lot
[06:32] of times I'll see people that make a
[06:34] chassis
[06:35] >> and it gets bent in an accident or
[06:37] damage and that's it. Sorry, you need a
[06:39] new chassis. Mhm.
[06:41] >> You know, the car is total. Basically,
[06:43] this this obviously unbolts
[06:45] >> so you can get the Well, let's forget
[06:47] the motor in and out.
[06:49] >> Yeah. So, you think about a product, not
[06:50] just a technology, right? We're making
[06:53] something that we want our customers to
[06:55] enjoy that we need our dealers to be
[06:57] able to service and therefore access is
[07:00] designed in, but designed in upfront.
[07:02] So, the software and the engineering
[07:03] team is looking where do I create those
[07:05] split lines for service, but where can I
[07:07] also split the part in a low load area.
[07:10] So I'm not adding mass to that plane. So
[07:12] engine service, the rear frame on the
[07:14] bottom drops out as well. And then we
[07:16] have a very nice connection to the
[07:18] carbon fiber monco as well.
[07:20] >> This hole just unbolts it. Yeah, this is
[07:22] great. And I can see where you put extra
[07:25] >> Mhm.
[07:25] >> extra metal here, for lack of a better
[07:28] word. Yes.
[07:28] >> Uh just to add a bit more structural
[07:31] rigidity. Yeah, that's really
[07:33] >> these points right here, they actually
[07:35] hook straight into the rear wing on the
[07:37] 21C high downforce. And these will take
[07:40] about 5,500 pounds of downforce at 200
[07:43] miles per hour.
[07:44] >> Boy, that's pretty amazing. Yeah. The
[07:46] suspension, of course. Very nice.
[07:48] >> Yes. Inboard push rod suspension, double
[07:50] A arm there. All additively
[07:53] manufactured.
[07:53] >> Now you do your own rotors.
[07:55] >> So we are not doing our own rotors, but
[07:58] our own calipers. So when you look at
[08:00] the wheel carrier plus the caliper on
[08:03] this chassis, this is something we call
[08:05] the brake note.
[08:06] >> And it's far lighter. It's higher
[08:08] performing and it's going to be on the
[08:10] future Zinger vehicles. So, it's not on
[08:12] either of these yet, right?
[08:13] >> But coming in the future, you will
[08:16] actually see Zinger have its own brake
[08:17] system on these cars.
[08:19] >> So, when I order one, it'll have those.
[08:22] >> Yes, sir.
[08:22] >> Okay.
[08:24] Well, I you know, I'm I'm I'm just so
[08:26] impressed with this. It really is. And
[08:28] it's fun that it's Americanmade and I
[08:31] don't have to learn a foreign language
[08:32] to talk to the engineer and it's great.
[08:34] And we're talking dual clutch gearbox,
[08:37] >> single clutch,
[08:38] >> single clutch,
[08:39] >> but with the EV system, you're
[08:41] essentially torque filling on the shift
[08:44] and you've got a twin barrel on that
[08:46] sevenspeed AMT. So when you're driving,
[08:49] and we'll drive later, you'll see it
[08:50] doesn't feel like a single clutch. It
[08:52] feels closer to a DCT, but with the
[08:54] weight saving of a single.
[08:57] >> Now, the EV does not spin the wheels,
[09:00] right?
[09:00] >> It spins the front wheels.
[09:02] >> Oh, it spins the front wheel. Okay.
[09:03] Okay. So, we do 500 horsepower out of
[09:07] the front axle, and it's an independent
[09:10] electric drive for each front wheel. And
[09:13] then we do another 750 horsepower out of
[09:16] the V8. So,
[09:17] >> how does how do you drive the
[09:19] >> Yeah. So, in here is where our EV motor
[09:23] will sit. And you'll essentially see,
[09:25] you know, this is just the chassis, but
[09:27] you'll see a push rod come out of
[09:29] >> into the EV motor. I see. Okay.
[09:31] >> Yeah. So, we're not seeing all the bits,
[09:33] >> right? That's confusing. Okay. Is it
[09:36] all-wheel drive all the time?
[09:38] >> So, yes, you have four drive modes. You
[09:41] can actually go in EV only and you can
[09:43] be frontwheel drive. When you come into
[09:45] sport mode or track mode, then you have
[09:47] power on all four corners. V8 driving
[09:50] the back wheels and the EV motors
[09:53] driving the front wheels
[09:54] >> and a seven-speed gearbox.
[09:55] >> And a seven-speed uh automated and
[09:58] manual transmission gearbox. and
[10:00] actually a really significant gearbox in
[10:02] that it was a casing designed by us,
[10:04] additively manufactured by us and then
[10:07] the gears and the actuation was done in
[10:09] partnership with X-Track and it's the
[10:11] first electro hydraulic actuated gearbox
[10:14] in the market and it's the first that
[10:16] has this twin barrel design where your
[10:18] shift times are very very fast.
[10:20] >> Very impress Yeah. It's just a beautiful
[10:22] looking It doesn't look like any chassis
[10:24] of anything I've ever seen before. And
[10:26] that's that's the divergent part, right?
[10:28] That's the
[10:29] >> Yes. So, Divergent supplies this chassis
[10:32] to Zinger, but Zinger really helped
[10:34] pioneer that technology,
[10:35] >> right? Right. Cuz I remember seeing this
[10:38] and it was built in a factory not much
[10:40] bigger than this room.
[10:42] >> Yes. Yes.
[10:43] >> And I was like, well, how how is that
[10:44] possible?
[10:45] >> So, we've built out what we call area 21
[10:48] now, which is where we build the 21C,
[10:51] and you'll have to come see it. It's
[10:52] about 70,000 square feet now, so it's
[10:55] grown a bit. That's where we do the full
[10:57] general assembly of the vehicle and
[10:59] we've delivered over 20 cars out of that
[11:01] facility now.
[11:02] >> Oh, that's great. And again, I hear no
[11:05] problems. I hear no, I got a zinger and
[11:07] the wheel fell off and they won't, you
[11:10] know, I mean, cuz you know, just by the
[11:13] nature of having this TV show, being a
[11:15] car guy, I hear everybody's complaint,
[11:17] you know, and and a lot of problems.
[11:20] Some you believe, some you go, how's
[11:21] that even possible? But I've never heard
[11:23] that. I' I I've met owners at car shows.
[11:26] How do you like it? Great. Any problems?
[11:27] No.
[11:29] >> Okay.
[11:30] >> We intend to keep it that way. And that
[11:32] comes from a focus of both motorsport
[11:34] but OEM engineering and then a lot of
[11:36] aerospace engineering. And if you're in
[11:38] the space industry or the defense
[11:39] industry, you know, failure is not an
[11:41] option, right? And that bled into our
[11:43] culture as well.
[11:44] >> And it must be frustrating to you to
[11:46] hear from skeptics all the time because
[11:49] because you can't blame people being
[11:51] skeptic. I mean, I grew up in the era
[11:52] when, oh, Jaguar come out with a V12,
[11:55] Jaguar 220, but now it's got a V6. I got
[11:58] no the Vector. Oh, it's got to be the
[12:00] most powerful. What vector? But, you
[12:02] know, I mean,
[12:03] >> a lot of hopes and dreams die when it's
[12:05] time to do the work.
[12:06] >> Yeah. I mean, that's the truth. It's a
[12:08] business has a lot of dreamers and a lot
[12:10] of engineers. And when you have more
[12:11] dreamers than engineers, that's where
[12:13] that's that's where the
[12:14] >> product suffer very quickly from there.
[12:16] >> Okay, let's get back to uh the motor.
[12:18] Now you build your own engine cuz motor
[12:21] means electric, doesn't it? So, so let's
[12:23] say engine. How many cubic inch? How
[12:25] many liter?
[12:25] >> We're 2.88 L. So we're under three
[12:28] liter.
[12:28] >> Yeah. That's nothing, is it?
[12:29] >> Yeah. It's incredibly small. And the
[12:31] reason for that is the unique layout. We
[12:34] went for this inline seating, driver,
[12:36] passenger, inline. And we want to be in
[12:39] front of the rear axle because we still
[12:41] want to be a mid-enine car, right?
[12:43] >> And that means where the engine can sit
[12:45] in this package is incredibly narrow.
[12:47] So, you're looking at about three lers
[12:49] of space, and we designed the 2.88 L to
[12:52] deliver, but you need a lot of power,
[12:53] right? This was a car that was all about
[12:55] road driving, but we also wanted to be
[12:57] able to set these track records. So, we
[12:59] knew we'd have to get at least 700
[13:01] horsepower out of that V8. We've gotten
[13:03] 750 in our base car and 850 on our
[13:06] Blackbird edition.
[13:07] >> So, it's 2.8 L,
[13:09] >> four valve, 4 cam.
[13:11] >> Four valve, 4 cam. Correct.
[13:12] >> Okay. Designed inhouse.
[13:14] >> Designed inhouse from scratch. and all
[13:16] the way through California carbon
[13:17] embissions.
[13:18] >> I don't even know how that's possible.
[13:20] It's just amazing to me how frustrating
[13:22] it must be to build something and then
[13:24] it doesn't pass and then you got to go
[13:25] do it again. Just the massinations you
[13:28] go through. Just crazy.
[13:29] >> Iteration and resilience. Yeah. And
[13:31] really people, right? The team is what
[13:33] what brings this to life at the end of
[13:35] the day.
[13:35] >> To me, that's the heart, like I said, of
[13:37] an automobile. You know, TVR, I I kind
[13:41] of had a thing going with them for a
[13:43] while because they built their own
[13:45] motor. the speed six and turned it
[13:46] sidewards and and good for you. You
[13:48] built your own motor. You're not just
[13:50] putting a boutique car, Brembo brakes,
[13:53] somebody's motor, somebody else's. You
[13:55] know, it's it's great that you build it
[13:56] from scratch. Let's get back to the car.
[13:58] This high downforce model intrigues me
[14:00] here because
[14:02] >> obviously this is for somebody who's
[14:03] going to be going to the track on a
[14:05] regular basis.
[14:06] >> Yes.
[14:06] >> Yeah. If you're if you're running 250 on
[14:09] the street,
[14:11] >> you're not going to be out there very
[14:12] long. This green carbon fiber is just
[14:14] unbelievable.
[14:15] >> We call that rattlesnake green.
[14:17] >> Rattlesnake green.
[14:18] >> Yep. It's got a California heritage to
[14:20] it. But we actually broke the Goodwood
[14:22] hill climb record in this spec for the
[14:24] first time. Really?
[14:25] >> So this green color became quite famous
[14:28] after that hill run. And now we've got a
[14:30] lot of customers that are looking for
[14:31] the same exact on their car.
[14:33] >> Yeah. I've done that Goodwood hill
[14:35] climb.
[14:36] >> And you go fast but not that fast. So
[14:38] downforce doesn't really play a role,
[14:40] does it? say with the amount that we
[14:41] have on this car, anything over about 60
[14:44] mph, you are going to start seeing the
[14:46] impact. So that first turn even, we're
[14:48] seeing some impact um from the downforce
[14:50] kit here. Even when we drive later, I
[14:52] think you'll feel the difference of
[14:54] having the rear wing and the front
[14:55] splitter on this car versus the V-Max.
[14:57] >> And how much downforce is that?
[14:58] >> So we're doing over 3:1 lift to drag.
[15:02] And on the rear wing, we get about 5,500
[15:06] lb of downforce at 200 mph. So, it's an
[15:09] incredible amount that's loaded on the
[15:11] rear of the vehicle, but the whole a
[15:14] surface of the car and the ground
[15:15] effects are designed for this arrow
[15:17] package. Now, this rear wing fastened to
[15:20] the chassis.
[15:20] >> Yes. So, there's pins that hard mount
[15:23] into the back of that addively
[15:24] manufactured structure and it's a direct
[15:26] hard connection.
[15:27] >> Yeah. Cuz I I sometimes see cars and if
[15:30] this is mounted to the rear body
[15:31] structure, I go, "Well, well, f is that
[15:33] going to first?" You know, they're never
[15:35] going to get fast enough to. And it's
[15:37] it's going to break.
[15:38] >> Yeah.
[15:38] >> Yeah. So, this is like the GTD Mustang.
[15:41] It's It's
[15:43] >> firm. Yeah.
[15:44] >> It's very firm. And talking about fixed
[15:46] arrow and functional arrow, I'm going to
[15:48] invite you, Jay, to test that front
[15:50] splitter.
[15:51] >> Stand on the splitter.
[15:52] >> Stand on it, sir.
[15:53] >> See, if this is one of those karate kid
[15:55] movies, I'd be the bully and you' be the
[15:57] karate kid. And hey,
[15:59] >> and I would go, "Hey, wait a minute.
[16:01] What?"
[16:01] >> And I'm going to join you on there. Boy,
[16:04] that's pretty amazing.
[16:05] >> So, that is full function, right? Form
[16:08] follows function.
[16:09] >> And that's how you can take thousands of
[16:11] pounds of downforce.
[16:12] >> Wow. That's Yeah. Yeah. That's That's
[16:15] pretty amazing. That's Wow. All right.
[16:18] >> I can't get over this green. It really
[16:19] rattlesnake green, huh?
[16:21] >> Yeah. So, the full body is carbon. Every
[16:23] single panel. So, even the painted cars,
[16:25] they're full carbon underneath. And we
[16:27] use the carbon for the aeros surface,
[16:29] right? The structural load is going into
[16:31] the chassis, right? through the wing,
[16:32] through the splitter, and this is really
[16:34] just giving you your profile. All your
[16:36] crash is really coming through that
[16:38] additively manufactured structure as
[16:40] well.
[16:40] >> I have another question about California
[16:42] carb. If you have this thing, how many
[16:44] miles do you have to run the engine? How
[16:46] many miles you have to do? Do you have
[16:47] to run like 50,000 mile? I mean, what do
[16:50] you have to do?
[16:51] >> For California carb emissions, you
[16:53] mostly need to show in all drive modes
[16:56] that you're within the emission
[16:58] standard. So, actually the hardest part
[17:00] is not the distance part. Yes, there's a
[17:01] durability for thousands of miles,
[17:03] right? But there's also the initial
[17:05] startup of the vehicle. The startup is
[17:07] actually
[17:08] >> one of the most tricky corner cases of
[17:10] emissions. So, when you first turn the
[17:12] car in on after it's been sitting, what
[17:14] is the immediate emissions profile? And
[17:17] there we've gone to actually a heated
[17:19] catalyst system. So, our EV drive will
[17:22] start up first. We'll heat the cat and
[17:24] then we'll start our V8.
[17:26] >> And all of that together then gets us
[17:28] through the emissions profile. And how
[17:30] long does that heat take it? Just a few
[17:31] seconds.
[17:32] >> Just a few seconds.
[17:33] >> Oh, that's Boy, that's pretty cuz I'm
[17:35] thinking you're sitting there for 5
[17:36] minutes, you know.
[17:36] >> No. No. And of course, you can drive
[17:39] immediately cuz you've got 500
[17:41] horsepower on the front wheels.
[17:42] >> Right. Right. That's the stuff I always
[17:44] find fascinating. It's all the just
[17:47] those little details that kill every
[17:49] supercar.
[17:50] >> And then they have another one. They
[17:51] call it the shed test. It's like a
[17:53] torture for your car. They take the car
[17:54] after it's run for a long time, they put
[17:56] it in an emissions shed and they leave
[17:58] it there at high temperatures for three
[18:00] days or so while they're reading the
[18:02] emission profile off the car and they're
[18:04] reading even, you know, your rubber
[18:06] seals, anything that could be
[18:08] evaporating into the air. And it's an
[18:10] incredibly low bar that they've set,
[18:14] right? So any sort of emissions that
[18:16] come off of the car will have you fail
[18:18] that shed test.
[18:19] >> Yeah. I remember reading that a 1977
[18:21] Ford LTD parked on the street with the
[18:23] engine shut off puts out more emissions
[18:26] than whatever the new vehicle just
[18:28] things like that. People don't even
[18:30] realize
[18:31] >> how hard it
[18:32] >> Yeah. Yeah.
[18:33] >> It's gotten incredibly efficient and the
[18:34] regulations are incredibly strong.
[18:36] >> Yeah. You know, that's what I loved
[18:38] about the Japanese back during the 70s
[18:41] when you know all the American company.
[18:43] Oh, we got lobbyists. We can't afford to
[18:45] meet these emission. And the Japanese
[18:47] just said tell us what the standard is.
[18:48] went to Japan, came back with that what
[18:50] was that CVCC engine they had
[18:53] >> and and passed all the tests. Just tell
[18:55] us what what does it need to do?
[18:56] >> Tremendous engineers.
[18:58] >> Yeah. Just wonderful. Well, the same
[18:59] thing here and the fact that it's
[19:01] >> it's done first as opposed to Yes, we
[19:04] will be doing that in the future as soon
[19:06] as you you've done all that and you
[19:08] bring the finished product here ready to
[19:10] go. No questions asked. You can buy it
[19:12] right now. You can drive away. You know,
[19:14] it's it's fantastic.
[19:15] >> It's all about accountability, right?
[19:17] Especially as you said, there's a lot of
[19:19] dreamers out there. There's very few
[19:20] that have made it to this point and we
[19:22] really wanted to make sure the
[19:23] production car was a full fulfillment of
[19:26] that promise because we already have the
[19:28] odds against us. We need the car to
[19:30] demonstrate exactly what it can be.
[19:33] >> Yeah. And I don't mean to imply that
[19:34] people are crooks or they're trying to
[19:36] pull us in. It's just that
[19:38] >> they just didn't take the engineering to
[19:40] that
[19:41] >> ninth tenth degree whatever it might be
[19:44] and it has to be done. Tell me about
[19:45] these wheels. Are these aluminum, carbon
[19:48] fiber,
[19:48] >> magnesium?
[19:49] >> These are aluminum spoke and carbon
[19:52] fiber barrel. So, they're actually a
[19:53] two-piece wheel. And this is a 20-in
[19:56] wheel in the front on about 9 and 1/2 in
[19:59] of rubber. And then we run a 21 in in
[20:02] the rear on about 12 1/2 in of rubber.
[20:05] >> Okay. Same on the
[20:07] >> same spec on the V-Max.
[20:08] >> Okay. Now, that has what like it looks
[20:10] like arrow wheel disc or something.
[20:13] >> Yes. So that is the high speed in terms
[20:14] of top speed car. So you'll do over 250
[20:17] in the V-Max. Okay?
[20:18] >> You'll do about 220 in the high
[20:20] downforce car, but of course your
[20:22] cornering capability is much improved.
[20:25] >> Now something I've been told like those
[20:27] wheels probably cool the brakes better
[20:30] than the open wheel, don't they?
[20:31] >> It all depends on also where the air
[20:33] flow is going from inside of the wheel,
[20:36] right? How are you channeling that in
[20:38] and out? And yes, we look at all that
[20:40] CFD work and make sure that each of
[20:42] these wheel packages gets as much
[20:44] cooling air without chopping up the air
[20:46] for the rear tire.
[20:47] >> Well, it's very very impressive. Well,
[20:50] let's uh let's open them up and take a
[20:52] look at the interior. OB it's front to
[20:54] back seating. I just can't wait for guys
[20:56] to take their wires out. How you doing
[20:58] back there, honey? You all right? You
[21:00] know, it makes me laugh. But, you know,
[21:01] sitting in the center,
[21:03] >> yeah,
[21:03] >> just from years of driving my F1, your
[21:05] Apillars are back here. So you have an
[21:07] unobstructed view of the road and it
[21:10] really is a perfect because you're right
[21:11] in the center. You know, you know, so
[21:14] many cars now driving the Viper or
[21:15] something like I got one wheel on the
[21:17] yellow line. Where am I? You know,
[21:18] >> it's a driver focused experience and the
[21:20] passenger is there as co-pilot like in a
[21:22] fighter jet. So you actually have a
[21:24] really fun route experience. Yeah,
[21:26] >> you do as a driver.
[21:28] >> Yeah. Well, it's great.
[21:30] >> Well, both of these are road cars.
[21:32] Obviously, it's street legal in every
[21:34] respect. I would probably go with the
[21:37] non downforce only because I I know I'm
[21:41] standing on the splitter, but believe
[21:43] me, I would figure out a way to break
[21:45] it. You know, you're just you're trying
[21:46] to part what what So, I I would probably
[21:49] go with this. What? Let's start this
[21:51] this one first if we could.
[21:53] >> You know what I would do when
[21:55] >> I would order mine with those wheels. I
[21:58] would get I would get this with the
[22:00] regular sort of low splitter for lack of
[22:03] a better word. Uh, and it it just looks
[22:06] more efficient to me. I mean, the wing
[22:08] is great, but it just attracts police
[22:11] and other interesting people.
[22:13] >> There's an elegance to this car. Have a
[22:15] little bit of luggage compartment in the
[22:16] back there as well. So, there's a little
[22:18] bit more practical.
[22:19] >> So, you can take a trip, honey. It's
[22:20] practical.
[22:27] >> Well, let's open up. The door is right
[22:28] here right?
[22:29] >> Yes. You can come in either side. So,
[22:31] I'll join you in that.
[22:33] >> Okay.
[22:36] Oh, wow. There we are.
[22:39] And much like the F1, sit down, swing
[22:41] your legs around.
[22:42] >> Sit down, use the sill as a bench.
[22:44] >> Okay.
[22:45] >> Then swing your legs in.
[22:46] >> This is great for old guys.
[22:50] >> Oh, actually, yeah, it's quite actually
[22:51] not bad at all.
[22:52] >> Yeah, with the two-step, you don't have
[22:54] to get in any sort of funky position.
[22:57] Yeah. And now you're well situated.
[23:00] >> There you are. And you've got seat
[23:03] controls on the lower left there.
[23:05] >> Right here.
[23:06] >> Yeah, right there. Up there if you'd
[23:08] like to move it around.
[23:10] >> No, that's all right. Actually, it feels
[23:11] pretty good.
[23:12] >> Wheels got manual adjustment.
[23:14] >> And you have an unobstructed view of the
[23:15] dash. That's good.
[23:17] >> I'll close you in here once. Yeah. Just
[23:19] pull down on that hard and she'll come
[23:22] down.
[23:23] If you press the brake and hit engine
[23:25] start on the top right there,
[23:28] hard press on the brake.
[23:32] Engine's fired on.
[23:40] >> This is very good.
[23:42] >> Now you're in your fighter jet,
[23:44] >> right?
[23:44] >> You're ready for takeoff here. 1250
[23:47] horsepower and ready to rip.
[23:48] >> Oh, I see. And this comes in.
[23:50] >> So, you got adjustment there.
[23:51] >> And how do you lock it down
[23:52] >> below the wheel? There's just a manual
[23:56] lock in kind of right under the wheel
[23:58] column. A little bit more forward, I
[24:00] believe. Is it way down? Oh, way down
[24:02] here. And you got air conditioning. And
[24:05] there we go.
[24:05] >> And you got air conditioning. Car comes
[24:07] with Apple CarPlay as well. So, you got
[24:10] your phone integration.
[24:12] >> And you've got the good air
[24:13] conditioning.
[24:14] >> No options on it.
[24:15] >> When we drive, you'll see you've got
[24:17] your various drive modes. You're right.
[24:18] You're in street right now. I press that
[24:21] mode button.
[24:22] >> You'll come into sport mode. Now, you've
[24:24] got four-wheel drive. The V8 is on. And
[24:27] then we've got our track mode, which is
[24:29] kind of like a sport plus.
[24:31] >> And what is the nor the the normal
[24:34] non-sport mode is what? Frontwheel all
[24:36] >> street. Street is just EV for us. So
[24:39] street will have you 500 horsepower EV
[24:42] power only.
[24:42] >> Gotcha.
[24:43] >> It'll use the V8 as a generator, so
[24:46] you'll constantly keep up your charge
[24:47] and it's a very relaxed driving
[24:49] experience. Sport is then much more
[24:51] engaging. And the V8's powering the rear
[24:53] wheels. And that track mode, you start
[24:55] putting in your shift times. And then
[24:57] track plus, you're actually dropping the
[25:00] whole car by over an inch. And you're
[25:02] really just suited for the track. Very
[25:04] good.
[25:09] Does that feel
[25:11] a little bit more situated? So you're
[25:14] sitted central,
[25:15] >> which is a position we all love. You've
[25:17] got good integration of creature
[25:20] comforts AC actually coming out from an
[25:22] addedly manufactured vent.
[25:24] >> You've got a Morell partnership on the
[25:26] speaker system so you can listen to
[25:28] music while in here. You hear a lot of
[25:30] the car but not so much that you need to
[25:32] wear,
[25:33] >> you know, earbuds or something to cancel
[25:35] out the noise. So it is a drivercentric
[25:39] experience. It's a car that makes you
[25:42] pay attention. We ultimately tried to
[25:44] build a car that has a ton of character.
[25:46] You feel that in the interior as well,
[25:48] but then you have Apple CarPlay, AC
[25:52] functions and controls. And you can see
[25:54] full adjustability of the wheel and the
[25:55] seat as well, so you can get comfortably
[25:57] packaged.
[25:58] >> Yeah. Very good.
[25:59] >> And right here, you see that same
[26:01] aluminum alloy that we use on the
[26:03] chassis comes through into our kind of
[26:06] central node. It's actually the first
[26:08] fully additively manufactured and
[26:10] integrated wheel as well. and then a
[26:13] large use of high modulus carbon fiber
[26:15] all throughout. This safety cell is
[26:17] actually a single piece. So, a lot of
[26:19] times you'll see a separate roof from a
[26:22] bottom of the chassis or monok. This is
[26:24] a single monok roof um and tub all
[26:28] integrated into one. So, it's actually
[26:29] an incredibly advanced composite center
[26:32] section of the vehicle.
[26:33] >> Is this thermostatic this? So, this has
[26:36] um various tints that we apply or
[26:38] coatings um against the sun, but really
[26:41] it's also a great view. When you're
[26:42] driving on the road, you can look up at
[26:44] the sky. You feel like you're in a
[26:46] greenhouse. Uh and it's a very positive
[26:48] experience. We really went after this
[26:50] cockpit of a fighter jet type styling
[26:53] with the top glass as well.
[26:55] >> And I adjust my rear mirror as
[26:57] >> So, your mirror adjustment.
[26:59] >> Yeah. Is on the sides there. You press
[27:01] it down once and that makes it active.
[27:03] press on top of it and now you should be
[27:05] able to adjust in and out.
[27:08] >> So, yeah.
[27:08] >> Oh, yeah.
[27:09] >> Oh, now we just fold it up.
[27:11] >> Okay. Yeah.
[27:12] >> So, you have the folding function and
[27:13] then you've got the individual
[27:14] adjustment function as well.
[27:17] >> Now, to get it back out, what do I do?
[27:20] >> So, press it once very fast. And now you
[27:23] should be able to
[27:24] >> get it down as well.
[27:26] >> So, yeah, full adjustability,
[27:28] >> stable mirror system.
[27:30] >> Very nice.
[27:30] >> Let's take her out for a drive.
[27:32] >> All right. Heat. Heat.
[27:49] Heat.
[28:09] Heat.
[28:14] Heat.
[28:27] Heat.
[28:49] Heat. Heat.
[29:13] Yeah, you figure out how much car there
[29:14] is when you're sitting in the middle
[29:17] here. So, when I go around corners, I'm
[29:19] just watching to make sure I don't touch
[29:21] those fenders on the curb. But, you get
[29:24] used to it pretty quick.
[29:45] I love the fact that you can put the
[29:47] window all the way down.
[29:54] You get a lot of thumbs up in this car,
[29:57] gentlemen.
[30:06] Boy, this motor just loves to rev. You
[30:08] can feel it. Soon as we get out of this
[30:10] traffic, we can open it up a little bit.
[30:17] You know, I first got involved in this
[30:19] project 10 years ago. They were just
[30:21] kind of building the factory and showing
[30:23] us the 3D printed pieces and we're going
[30:25] to 3D print the whole car. And I'm
[30:27] thinking, uh, really? Can you do that?
[30:30] Okay. You know, and I I'm stunned
[30:34] that the finished product is as good as
[30:37] this is. Cuz I thought sitting back to
[30:39] front, that's kind of weird. That's kind
[30:41] of like my rocket. But I enjoy my drive.
[30:43] And I love this driving position. You're
[30:45] dead center in the middle of the road.
[30:47] So, you have exactly the same amount of
[30:50] space on each side. You look to your
[30:52] left, you look to your right. And that
[30:54] is really kind of cool. And this engine,
[30:57] boy,
[30:59] the first time out, design your own
[31:01] engine and build it and have it work and
[31:04] have it pass all these tests. It It's
[31:07] pretty amazing
[31:10] cuz there's so many elements. You got to
[31:12] have the engineering. You've got to have
[31:15] the business sense and you've got to
[31:17] have the money. And very few people, a
[31:20] few people have one of those. Very few
[31:22] people have all three. So that's where
[31:25] uh Lucas and these guys are really quite
[31:28] clever. They've managed to put quote a
[31:31] sensible business plan for a not very
[31:34] sensible project. And I don't mean that
[31:36] in a salty way. I mean it's really not a
[31:39] sensible car. It only has one purpose,
[31:41] just to go out and have fun. And I and
[31:44] there's not much that's more fun than
[31:46] this. It's it's very very good. It's I I
[31:51] mean I'm laughing and smiling here. And
[31:53] we haven't even open it up yet. We're
[31:55] just sort of doawling around LA traffic.
[31:58] We'll get up in the hills and see what
[32:00] she does. Making our ways into the
[32:03] mountains here.
[32:05] Paul and Jay Leno.
[32:08] Pretty epic.
[32:12] As I'm driving this, in my mind, I'm
[32:15] thinking it weighs
[32:18] 2,800 lb, 2900 lb. It's 3500, which is
[32:23] still light for cars of this nature,
[32:25] especially with all the safety equipment
[32:27] and everything. It carries its weight so
[32:29] low. You know, your battery and
[32:31] everything is way down low, below the
[32:33] seat level here. So, you're sitting down
[32:36] in the car. So, it's uh Yeah. I mean,
[32:41] grip, everything is fantastic. There's
[32:44] just enough rawness in this to make it
[32:46] really, really cool.
[32:56] This is the kind of vehicle I would
[32:58] imagine Gord Gordon Murray would give
[33:00] his blessings to. It has his same kind
[33:02] of ethos.
[33:13] The ride is very compliant. It's very,
[33:15] very good. I'm in sporting mode right
[33:18] now. I don't know if I don't think the
[33:20] suspension changes,
[33:23] but it's really just about perfect. Just
[33:26] firm enough, but I'm not getting beat
[33:28] up. I've hit a couple of potholes
[33:30] already, and it's not like a kidney
[33:32] punch, you know. And this chassis is so
[33:34] rigid. When I was backing out on my
[33:36] driveway, the front wheel was off the
[33:38] ground in turning because it it didn't
[33:41] flex at all.
[33:45] I don't know if there's power assist on
[33:47] this steering. I think there probably
[33:49] must be cuz you've got the the
[33:51] frontwheel drive and the hybrid unit,
[33:53] but it feels very direct. It's very very
[33:56] good. I mean, it's not so light you
[33:58] think, oh, this is power steering, but
[34:00] it's it's good. It's really good.
[34:05] It's cozy.
[34:18] But I'm not mistaken. I believe this car
[34:20] has a track record around Laguna Secika.
[34:31] I hate to say it's like a go-kart, but
[34:33] it's like a go-kart, you know, cuz the
[34:37] car only feels as wide as the seat I'm
[34:39] sitting in. It's not until you look out
[34:41] the window. I got these two big fenders
[34:43] over here. I can't imagine trying to
[34:46] park this thing, but I'm not going to
[34:47] worry about that now.
[34:51] It is very relaxing and it's very
[34:54] smooth. You know, I thought it might be
[34:56] just blaring in my ear and slamming down
[34:59] and and you know, just a lot of
[35:01] vibrations, but no, not bad at all.
[35:05] Exactly what I would want. No more than
[35:07] that. It's very
[35:13] steering just the right amount of
[35:15] pressure. You don't have to muscle it,
[35:17] but you use just a little bit, you know,
[35:19] so you don't get overconfident here. You
[35:23] got to pay attention driving a car like
[35:25] this, but you're always going to be
[35:27] going way faster than you thought you
[35:29] were.
[35:31] Not that I'm doing that now, of course.
[35:34] The steering is great. I still don't
[35:35] know if it's power assisted or not. I
[35:37] don't know whether it is, but whatever
[35:39] it is, it's perfect.
[35:45] Right now, I have it in the automatic
[35:47] mode. You can switch down to to manual
[35:50] if you want, but I can do that pretty
[35:53] much just by dropping it gear. There we
[35:55] go.
[35:57] Yeah.
[36:03] Oh, I mean
[36:07] the cool thing is I can go down to the
[36:09] factory. It's like it's like 38 miles
[36:13] from my house.
[36:15] Oh yeah.
[36:17] It's well damped. That's for sure.
[36:24] I see what he means by not missing that
[36:28] double clutch transmission.
[36:31] Yes sir.
[36:39] Well, I can get used to this very
[36:40] quickly.
[36:42] Nice righthander.
[36:44] There we go, Jay. Hell yeah.
[36:47] Definitely a little bit of sand on the
[36:49] road.
[36:51] Arrow just sucked that right up.
[36:55] Nice.
[36:58] There we go.
[37:00] Boy, if there's a better car for
[37:02] blasting through the canyons on a Sunday
[37:04] morning, I don't know what it is. This
[37:06] is unbelievable. It's just
[37:10] just magnificent.
[37:13] I mean, the fun part is I looked at that
[37:15] chassis. You saw it, too. And you can
[37:18] see how it's built. It gives you the
[37:20] confidence. A little bit of a sandstorm
[37:23] here.
[37:24] You know, a lot of times when you deal
[37:26] with small manufacturers, you look at
[37:28] things and go, "That looks kind of
[37:30] dicey, would it?" Oh, yeah. They save a
[37:32] few money doing it. No, not here. I
[37:35] think whatever this car costs, it's
[37:38] worth every penny.
[37:50] That is just unbelievable.
[37:53] J's getting familiar up there. I can
[37:55] tell. It takes a lot of work to drive
[37:57] this. It's not really at all. I mean,
[38:00] you you got to pay attention obviously,
[38:01] of course, but I mean, it's it's very
[38:05] very good. Very responsive. Much like a
[38:08] lot of carbon fiber cars, you can pick
[38:10] up every rock and chip. That's why you
[38:12] want to get one of these things with the
[38:14] uh you know the plastic coatings.
[38:18] Save your pain. Oh, nice. Rightander
[38:22] down. Shift in a second.
[38:25] 7,000 RPM.
[38:28] Grab that tight apex. Nice j.
[38:33] I'm not even sure I would play the radio
[38:35] in this thing. It's so much fun to
[38:37] drive. It makes you concentrate.
[38:40] A lot of cars kind of make you lazy
[38:42] because they do everything for you. But
[38:44] I like the fact that this is uh
[38:49] Yes sir.
[38:52] There we go. Jay, push it. I'm sorry. I
[38:55] just have a car in front of me with a
[38:57] camera. It's so much slower than this
[38:59] thing.
[39:02] Oil temperature good. Water temperature
[39:04] good. It's a hot day today. Air
[39:08] condition holds you. A lot of times
[39:10] these kind of cars, especially a glass
[39:12] roof, you think, "Oh, it's going to get
[39:14] too hot." No, it's not. I I barely have
[39:16] the air conditioning on all the way, and
[39:18] it's more than cool.
[39:31] >> Well, Jay, what did you think? Right.
[39:34] Legally, I have to get one of these. I'm
[39:35] sorry. You know, it's very, very good.
[39:38] 10 years ago, when I drove the prototype
[39:40] in the center, I went, "Yeah, but it'll
[39:43] never make the road." So, this is kind
[39:45] of silly, but you know, it's like a
[39:47] motorcycle. This a car you go out and
[39:49] Sunday morning. It's incredible. Is the
[39:52] steering power assistant?
[39:53] >> Yes.
[39:53] >> Oh, it is. Okay. Because I like it
[39:56] because maybe it is. Maybe I'm thinking,
[39:58] well, it's got the hybrid drive. It's
[39:59] got it's got to be power, but it doesn't
[40:01] feel it. So, you get the feedback. It's
[40:03] very
[40:03] >> feedback is excellent. It's a bit on the
[40:05] heavier side.
[40:06] >> You know what? I like the heavier side
[40:08] because it it makes you realize you're
[40:10] dealing with 3,000 lb. You know,
[40:13] sometimes you get in cars and they're so
[40:14] light you off, you know. You know, when
[40:17] I look at the chassis, you realize how
[40:19] well thought out the product is. You
[40:21] know, I look a lot of cars people build
[40:23] and they go, I recognize that. I
[40:26] recognize that. But this is all it car
[40:30] you look at. Look, look at that chassis.
[40:32] You don't have to be an engineer to
[40:34] understand how strong it is. I mean,
[40:36] 3500 lb. People might think that cuz I
[40:39] was getting 2850, something like that,
[40:41] but there's no cow shake. There's no I
[40:44] mean, it is bumpy. I don't feel it
[40:46] ripple through the car. When we were
[40:47] backing out of my garage, I was talking
[40:49] about it. That wheel was off the ground
[40:51] because I got uneven pavement and it
[40:54] doesn't flex. You know, I've got a a
[40:57] four-door link. When you go over
[40:58] railroad tracks, the rear wheel doors go
[41:00] like this for heating plastic. You know,
[41:02] they have to sort of put steel beams in
[41:04] to uh to beef up the frame. When you
[41:08] look at the frame of this thing, the way
[41:09] it's put together, it it's it's very
[41:12] Boy, it's really good. And for somebody
[41:14] to develop a motor like this first time
[41:16] out, it really is impressive. It really
[41:18] is impressive. It's it it's very very
[41:21] good. I'm stunned that you just got it
[41:23] to pass the hardest test of all. You
[41:26] know, that's the one almost nobody 1%
[41:29] maybe get through. You know, all these
[41:31] supercars from Europe, you got to bring
[41:33] them in on Montana plates and all this
[41:35] nonsense of people do just to get the
[41:37] car here. Americanbuilt, Americanmade.
[41:39] It's 38 miles from my home. I prop down
[41:42] the factory and yell at the guy. Yeah.
[41:44] Come see us, Jay. No, it's Well, I I I
[41:47] won't come to see you. I keep thinking,
[41:49] well, that's my last supercar. All I got
[41:52] to do this the whole case. This is very
[41:55] Now this is the downforce model.
[41:57] >> This is the high downforce. You were in
[41:59] the V-Max. It was a joy to see you
[42:01] carving up the canyons in it as well.
[42:03] >> Well, you had to go slow cuz we had a
[42:05] camera on
[42:06] >> and you realize how much more is here.
[42:08] And I just love that motor the way it
[42:10] revs. It It just Boy, it's really great.
[42:13] It it it's just very very good to have
[42:16] an engine be this good first time out.
[42:19] How many miles on the test vehicle? Over
[42:22] 50,000 on our test vehicle and across
[42:24] the fleet over 100,000. That's high
[42:27] performance driving. For example, we
[42:29] simulate backto back track laps on an
[42:32] engine dynam.
[42:38] And I see what you mean about not
[42:40] missing.
[42:42] Boom. Yeah. It's quick and you get the
[42:45] TV filament.
[42:47] >> Yeah. Yeah. That's great. And we've done
[42:49] both high and low temp. We did high
[42:51] altitude low temp in the winter and
[42:53] mammoth and we go out to the high desert
[42:55] valley. We get the full
[42:58] California high desert
[43:01] and the air conditioning does keep up.
[43:03] You've got this glass roof here which
[43:06] engineering
[43:08] but just press the button pick up
[43:10] another speed on the fan and it's not so
[43:13] noisy that you know most cars like this
[43:16] you got to turn off the air condition
[43:18] when you're driving to talk because it
[43:20] overpowers the power. I mean very well
[43:24] put together with that very impressive.
[43:27] It's a drivable car at the the end of
[43:29] the day. It's another worldly experience
[43:31] about having having enough comfort in it
[43:33] as well. Sensible. I I Yeah. Yeah.
[43:37] >> I just love guys and they just I mean
[43:39] you you can put your luggage back here.
[43:42] No, it's really impressive.
[43:44] >> Can I try this one now,
[43:46] >> Jay? Absolutely.
[43:47] >> Let's get you in the high downforce.
[43:49] >> All right.
[43:50] >> Well, we're now the high downforce car.
[43:53] I'm not sure I'll be able to tell any
[43:55] difference, but we'll see.
[44:16] You know, it's just so easy to drive.
[44:19] You know, a lot of times when you build
[44:21] when you drive, not just the prototypes,
[44:24] but sometimes one or two all supercars,
[44:28] there's kind of a kit car feel to it. I
[44:30] don't get any of that here. None of
[44:32] that. Well, Jay's got the hang of it
[44:34] now. You know, I don't know why I
[44:36] assumed the red line was like uh, you
[44:40] know, 6,500 or 700. It's 11,000.
[44:44] All right. That I That's a sail right
[44:46] there. You can hear I'm getting up in
[44:48] that RPM range.
[44:52] Sounds like 67,000.
[44:54] It's got a while left. Let's get to 11.
[45:08] You know, there's no big rock in the
[45:10] road. I join the wheel. Boom. Just avoid
[45:12] it. No drama, no problems. Just 30.
[45:16] Yeah. Fast reaction time for Jay. Just
[45:20] dodging that rock. Looking good.
[45:23] Nice corner edge right here. Tight apex.
[45:26] Yeah.
[45:28] Good. Jay, you know, I'm a pretty old
[45:30] guy. He said to me, "Okay, what's the
[45:33] last super car you could buy?" I got to
[45:36] go with you.
[45:44] There you go. There we go. That's the
[45:46] rev you want to hear.
[45:50] All right. Come on, baby. Make some
[45:52] noise.
[45:56] Yeah. Very good.
[46:06] And that's only 8,000 RPM.
[46:10] We got another 3,000 to go.
[46:29] just hug that inside line.
[46:32] Don't move it around. Just great.
[46:40] I'm trying to say off the camera cuz God
[46:41] cars bumpers and with these uh with
[46:44] these brakes. It's very very good with
[46:47] the car now. He's looking good
[46:55] in a second. Says RPM looking good, J.
[47:04] I can look through this engine all day
[47:06] long. This thing can be a pulley. Jay
[47:08] looks like he wants to eat that camera
[47:10] car as much right now. Anyway, listen. I
[47:13] hope you enjoy this Americanmade,
[47:15] American built supercar as much as I do.
[47:18] I couldn't be prouder of Lucas and the
[47:20] gang. It's really exciting. This kind of
[47:23] thing is doesn't just happen in Europe.
[47:25] It happens 38 miles from my house. I
[47:29] predict Torren will be the new Bodina.
[47:32] Hey, we'll see you guys next week. I'm
[47:34] going to keep driving here. I got to
[47:35] lose this camera car.
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