In a feat of engineering and design, the LEGO Technic team has built the first life-size, drivable vehicle made of LEGO Technic elements and powered exclusively using motors from the LEGO Power Function platform. 

The life-size LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron model is made using over 1,000,000 LEGO Technic elements and is powered exclusively by 2,304 LEGO Power Function motors and 4,032 Technic gear wheels. The 1.5 tonnes (over 3,300 pound) car can generate 5.3 horse power and an estimated torque of 92 Nm.  No glue was used in the assembly. In June, the LEGO Group debuted a LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron building set. You can find additional information on the set HERE.

The vehicle was test driven by Andy Wallace – former racing driver with multiple wins of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Daytona – and reached a little over 20km/h (12.4 mph). 

Wallace said, “When I first saw the LEGO Chiron, I was immediately impressed by the accuracy of the model and the minute attention to detail. In fact, from about 20 metres away it’s not obvious that you are looking at a LEGO car. I can only imagine how much time and effort went into making this model.”

“Driving the LEGO Chiron was a great experience, which I thoroughly enjoyed. All those years ago I could never have imagined that one day I would actually drive a LEGO car!”

The model is a first of its kind in many ways:

• first fully-functional self-propelled life-size LEGO TECHNIC car
• first non-glued LEGO TECHNIC model of such complexity
• first large model powered using LEGO TECHNIC power function motors
• first large-scale moving model using LEGO TECHNIC bricks & elements
• first time to create new types of transparent LEGO TECHNIC bricks
• first time to create load bearing parts build purely out of LEGO TECHNIC bricks & elements.
  …using 58 types of TECHNIC custom-made elements

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