Lego Bugatti is the Los Angeles Auto Show’s Most Unique Vehicle
Bugatti Chiron made from over a million Lego bricks actually drives and carries people.
There are a great many high performance machines on display at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show, but none are quite like this Bugatti Chiron. While on first glance this may look like the real thing, it is actually a full-scale Lego model. It is built to the exact dimensions of the real car, but it is built entirely of Lego bricks. Well, Lego bricks, a steel support system for the Bugatti wheels and more than 2,300 electric motors.
Best of all, while this unique hypercar was built to promote the Bugatti Chiron Lego Technic kit, it actually holds a driver and passenger. It also moves under its own power, with those small electric motors.
Lego Bugatti Power
This 1:1 scale model of the Bugatti Chiron was built by a team of Lego experts. It took the build team more than 13,000 hours to assemble more than one million bricks. Roughly 90% of the structure is made of Lego bricks, excluding only the wheels, tires and two metal subframes. The metal subframes are used to hold the weight of the 3,600-pound toy car.
The Lego builders created a sort of pliable skin made of plastic bricks to create the curvy form of the Bugatti Chiron. If you look closely at the pictures, you can see that it is almost like a spiderweb of Lego bricks, woven together to build a full-sized hypercar.
In addition to a functional steering system, the Lego Bugatti Chiron uses Lego Technic electric motors to move the vehicle. There are 2,304 tiny electric motors linked up to provide 5.3 horsepower and 68 lb-ft of torque. That output allows the Lego Chiron to carry a driver and passenger at speeds of up to 12 miles per hour.
Incredible Detail
Function aside, as you look over our pictures of the Lego Bugatti Chiron, take special note of the detail that went into recreating the form of the actual car. For instance, the steering wheel and braking system are made all of Lego bricks, snapped together to create real-looking parts. Although, we have to wonder how you stop this car at 12 miles per hour, as the brakes are made of plastic bricks. At best, you would have plastic-to-plastic friction trying to slow down a 3,600-pound toy car going 12 miles per hour.
Perhaps the electric motors provide some braking force as well. We don’t know for sure. What we do know is that the Lego Bugatti Chiron is one of the coolest displays at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show. This is something that will draw attendees of all ages, as Lego has proven to be a multi-generational attraction.
Ultimately, the real goal of this life-sized Lego car is to promote the Lego Technic Series Bugatti Chiron, which is available online for $350.
Photos for Team Speed by Derin Richardson
