The First-Ever Drivable Life-Size Lego Bugatti Chiron
Highlights
- It took a whopping 13,438 person-hours to develop Lego Bugatti Chiron
- The resemblance of the Lego and the original models is striking
- The life-size Lego Bugatti Chiron uses 1,000,000 Lego Technic elements
They say that you're never too old to play with toys. It looks like Lego has taken that saying too seriously. Lego toys are no longer restricted to crafty dollhouses or intricate transformers.
Lego has created a perfect drivable replica of the fastest production car globally – the elegant Bugatti Chiron!
In 2018, Lego unveiled its first-ever drivable life-size Lego Bugatti Chiron, sweeping its fan by their feet. There is a striking resemblance between the original and the lego variant of the Bugatti Chiron. Let's see what the Lego Bugatti Chiron has in store for us!
Some Interesting Facts About the Life-Size Lego Bugatti Chiron
Other than the fact that this Bugatti Chiron uses only Lego parts, more fascinating things about this car will blow your mind. Here are some hard to digest numbers and facts that will impress you:
- The engine of this classy Lego car contains 2.106 Technic cross axles, 4,032 Technic gear wheels, 2,304 Power Functions motors.
- Additionally, Lego didn't even use a drop of glue to put this car together.
- The Lego version of the Bugatti Chiron includes more than 1,000,000 Lego Technic parts.
- This car weighs about 1,500 kgs!
- To develop and build this car from scratch required 12,438 person-hours.
- The toy brand used only Technic elements to develop the functional speedometer.
- It can deliver an estimated 92 Nm torque.
- Such an intricate Lego design demanded 339 types of Lego Technic components.
The Testing of Lego Bugatti Chiron
Lego might have successfully built a 1:1 life-size Bugatti Chiron. But, it is a dealbreaker to make it drivable and safe. The unique Lego development required rounds of rigorous testing and checks on the tracks of Ehra Lessen. What's more interesting is the original Bugatti Chiron also completed tests on the exact location.
The best part about the Lego Bugatti Chiron is when the carmaker's official test driver and former Le Man's winner, Andy Wallace stepped in for a test drive. Wallace was stunned to learn that toy parts could end up in fantastic ways.
The Looks of Lego Bugatti Chiron
Despite using a combination of tiny and big elements, it is applaudable how Lego managed to make its creation so similar to the original Bugatti Chiron. The resemblance will leave you amused if you compare it side by side.
We loved the complex and unique skin structure of the Lego life-size Bugatti. It uses interconnected triangular segments turned into Lego Technic ‘fabric.' The brand has put its best foot forward to replicate the iconic structure of the real-life Chiron.
Lego has packed in an intricate level of detail. With Lego Technic elements, the toy brand mimics every single component of the Chiron so well. The steering wheel, dashboard, seats, and every other small or big component of the Lego variant come neck and neck with the Bugatti Chiron.
Well done, Lego! Don't you think Lego is already giving big auto brands a run for their money?