The Bugatti Chiron costs about 2.4 million euros. Do you think that’s worth the price? Then you can make your own out of Lego. At least, that’s what the makers of the building blocks did. They used a million Technic parts and 2304 Technic motors for the propulsion.
If you make a Chiron yourself, you do sacrifice some speed. According to Lego, their homemade variant has 5.3 horsepower in theory. The self-build car can drive 30 km/h; the top speed of the original with 1500hp is 420km/h. The Lego Technic version weighs 1500kg, which is less than the real car, which weighs just under two tons. For the drive, the Lego designers created an electric motor consisting of 2304 Lego Power Function motors, 4032 gears and 2016 transverse shafts.
The DIY Chiron is not entirely made of Lego, by the way. According to an video on twitter The car consists of 90 percent Lego. A metal frame has been used for sturdiness and the wheels and tires are not made of Lego either. Lego provides more information about the construction in a fact sheet.
According to Lego, more than a million building blocks and 339 different parts have been used from the Technic series. Furthermore, the builders emphasize that no glue was used for the construction. The rear spoiler comes up just like the real Chiron, the Lego version does that with pneumatic parts. The Lego version was made at the Lego factory in the Czech Republic. It took 13438 man hours to design and assemble the car.