LEGO has built its first fully drivable car, assembled from more than 300,000 individual components.
The project, which took nearly a year to complete, was developed in partnership with a sports car manufacturer and is a life-sized replica of the McLaren P1 model.
F1 driver Lando Norris, who races with McLaren, had the chance to test the vehicle, confirming that it is fully functional. The idea behind the project was to push the boundaries of what’s possible with LEGO, according to Lubor Zelinka, LEGO’s design manager. “We wanted to create a full-scale replica of the McLaren P1. Our goal is always to see how far we can go, and this time it had to work,” Zelinka explained.
The car, made from a staggering 342,817 LEGO pieces, was tested on a 5.9 km track, where Norris smoothly drove it without any issues. As reported by Carmag, 23 specialists from both companies contributed to the project, which took 347 days to complete. Additionally, nearly 400 new LEGO components had to be designed specifically for the vehicle.
