When LEGO Really Moves: From Life-Size Supercars to F1 Cars

  • 10 January 2025
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In 2018, at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, LEGO amazed the world by unveiling the life-size LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron, a full-scale replica made from over a million pieces. But this was no mere sculpture: the LEGO Chiron features a working electric motor and can drive on its own. Weighing 1.5 tons, it can reach 20 km/h, a feat requiring thousands of hours of design, turning a display model into a real engineering demonstration using LEGO bricks.
LEGO Really Moves - 1 16 specialists and 13,000 hours of work went into building the life-size LEGO Bugatti Chiron – a true masterpiece!

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