LEGO, in partnership with Koenigsegg, has developed a full-scale version of the Sadair’s Spear hypercar, built with more than 327,000 pieces and designed to showcase the engineering capabilities of the Technic line.
The project required more than 9,000 hours of development and involved a fully functional structure capable of moving under its own power, equipped with electric motors and components inspired by the real vehicle.
Despite being made primarily from LEGO pieces, the model retained complex features such as functional steering and mechanical systems inspired by the original hypercar.
This allowed the vehicle to achieve a result beyond expectations: during tests conducted at the Goodwood Hill Climb in the United Kingdom, the car reached approximately 111 km/h (69 mph).
The speed achieved made it the fastest drivable LEGO vehicle ever built, surpassing the brand’s previous records. The earlier record belonged to a McLaren model, but the Koenigsegg project nearly doubled that performance.
Christian von Koenigsegg, the company’s founder and CEO, described the collaboration as a celebration of a shared passion for engineering, while Markus Lundh, Koenigsegg’s official test driver, said the experience felt surprisingly close to driving the real car.
Beyond the engineering achievement, the vehicle was also used as a promotional centerpiece for the launch of the new LEGO Technic Koenigsegg Sadair’s Spear set, reinforcing the company’s strategy of bringing its models closer to increasingly complex and detailed real-world automotive projects.
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