{"id":918470,"date":"2026-07-08T22:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/sports-car-with-body-made-out-of-328000-lego-pieces-sets-new-speed-record\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T22:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:20:06","slug":"sports-car-with-body-made-out-of-328000-lego-pieces-sets-new-speed-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/sports-car-with-body-made-out-of-328000-lego-pieces-sets-new-speed-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Car with Body Made Out of 328,000 LEGO Pieces Sets New Speed Record"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To celebrate its new\u00a0Technic Koenigsegg Sadair\u2019s Spear set, LEGO built a real-life version of it out of nearly 328,000 LEGO Technic elements and had Koenigsegg test driver Markus Lundh take it out for a spin at the Goodwood hillclimb circuit. Obviously designed as a publicity stunt, the unique event also set a new record for the world\u2019s fastest LEGO car, more than doubling the previous record (50 km\/h).<\/p>\n

The life-size Sadair\u2019s Spear is nothing short of a technical wonder. It took a team of LEGO builders no less than 9,400 hours to put together and turned out so incredibly realistic that, in motion, it reads as a real Koenigsegg rather than a plastic brick sculpture.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis was the most complex build in the least amount of time of all the Lego Technic cars,\u201d LEGO\u2019s design lead Lubor Zelinka told Top Gear<\/a>. \u201cThe brief called for a Lego Technic vehicle that could go very fast, so we set a target of 100kph (62mph). We started talking about it last summer, but we didn\u2019t really begin work until October. The whole project was seven and a half months. The other ask was to incorporate Koenigsegg\u2019s famous Ghost Mode, so this is the first time we have had so many opening body panels on a full-size build. It\u2019s not just a model anymore, it\u2019s a vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n

The entire car weighs about 1,800 kilograms (4,000 pounds), 400 kilograms (881 pounds) of which are plastic LEGO elements. Underneath the intricate LEGO body are a bespoke metal chassis, an FIA-spec roll cage, Koenigsegg carbon wheels, and a proper suspension system. Unlike the real Sadair\u2019s Spear, the LEGO vehicle is powered by a small electric motor that proved powerful enough to push the car to 111 km\/h.<\/p>\n

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