There’s a precise choreography to slipping into the narrow, low-slung cockpit of the 1,250 hp Czinger 21C V Max. Once the butterfly doors close, your elbows are able to brush each side of the glass-canopied cocoon. Fighter-jet comparisons are an overworked trope of automotive writing, but for this tandem-seat hybrid—my copilot positioned directly behind me—the analogy lands with undeniable heft.
The creative spark for the 21C was, after all, “the SR-71, which was the…

