Organic-looking brake assemblies debut on new Czinger 21C Spyder

At Monterey Car Week, Czinger unveiled brake assemblies for its new twenty-one C Spyder hybrid that highlight the company's direct-metal laser-sintering technology. The brakes, Ars Technica reports, feature topology-optimized designs that look more organic than mechanical, yet provide the same performance as traditional brakes while weighing significantly less. Czinger has already established clients in aerospace and automotive sectors using similar advanced manufacturing techniques. The twenty-one C Spyder itself is a tandem-seat hybrid, but it's this engineering approach—using topology optimization to create shapes that are stronger yet lighter—that suggests where automotive manufacturing is headed.

Listen to this story

Hear this and more stories in a personalized audio briefing.

Open The Chonkerton