Tag Archives: 2020s

Aston Honda

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If Formula 1 pre-season testing is to believed, newly formed Aston Martin Honda are in big trouble. And if we’re honest we found Aston’s move to Honda bit odd seeing as Mercedes-Benz AMG part own Aston Martin road cars, provide their engines and electrics, and have a good F1 powertrain available to buy. Still, at least it won’t change Lance Stroll’s performance, as he was at the back anyway.

Cue today’s double, from both Aston Martin and Honda (via Acura), this time with competing endurance sports cars.

Constructed by TLCB regular SFH_Bricks, the Speed Champions Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH #23 IMSA and Acura ARX-06 MSR #93 capture their real-world counterparts brilliantly, thanks in no small part to the simply outstanding liveries and custom-printed tyres.

There’s more to see of each via the links above, and let’s hope Aston Martin Honda solve their problems soon. Not for Lance Stroll obviously, but Alonso’s there too…

Two-Wheeled Adventure

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This site regularly mocks American consumers for buying enormous, uncomfortable, inefficient pick-up trucks that carry nothing more than an overweight driver and a handgun to Walmart.

In TLCB’s home nation we are far more sophisticated, because the best-selling motorbike in the UK is… the BMW GS Adventure. Um… ok, perhaps we’re not so different.

Built to tackle the trails of South America, deserts of Nabia, and the Australian outback, the BMW GS Adventure is spectacularly over-specified for the outskirts of London. But it looks so cool!

This excellent Technic example comes from moc-nemooz, and captures BMW Motorrad’s off-road touring motorbike brilliantly, with a host of working functions and an accurate livery too.

There’s much more of the model to see at nemooz’s ‘BMW GS 1250’ album and you can cross the desert the London ring-road via the link above.

Doubull

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We’re ballers at TLCB today, because we have two Lamborghini Aventador Ultimaes. And most actual Lamborghini owners probably have another one. And a helicopter.

Our Lamborghini pairing comes from The G Brix of Flickr, whose brick-built versions of the Aventador Ultimae in coupe and roadster form are constructed from around five-hundred parts apiece, and include transparent opening engine covers and seating for two mini-figures.

There’s lots more to see at G’s photostream, and you can join us pretending we belong with elite financiers, tech bros, and YouTube influencers via the link above.

Dihedral Synchro-Helix

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You see, it’s not all Your Mom jokes and toilet humour here at The Lego Car Blog, because today we’re doing science. Just look at that title!

The source of our newfound intelligence is this incredible Koenigsegg Agera RS by Eurobricks’ mihao, which includes – amongst much else – fully functional dihedral synchro-helix doors.

Of course our enormous brains know exactly what ‘dihedral synchro-helix’ means, but we’re not going to write it here so as not to alienate our readers.

Besides those brainiac doors, mihao’s phenomenal Technic Supercar includes opening front and rear clamshells, a removable roof, front and rear LED lights, remote control drive, steering, and motorised adjustable independent suspension, plus a V8 engine hooked up to an eight-speed (plus neutral and reverse) paddle-shift sequential gearbox.

It’s a Technic engineering masterclass, and one you can have a go at yourself as mihao has released building instructions for his astonishing model for free (a hundred TLCB Points to mihao).

There’s loads more to see, including a link to those free instructions, at the Eurobricks forum, plus you can watch this amazing Agera in action via the video below. Click the link above to earn your engineering doctorate.

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Build-a-Bimmer

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Two years ago we blogged Thirdwigg’s excellent ‘E30’ generation BMW 3-Series, which is very possibly the best car BMW have ever made. In contrast BMW’s latest M-Cars are very much not the best they have ever made. But there is one that at least retains rear-wheel-drive and the option of a manual gearbox (and it is an option, costing more than the automatic for, um… reasons).

The BMW M2 is possibly the last rear-wheel-drive BMW M-Car, and whilst it sure isn’t an E30 3-Series, it is perhaps as close as it’s possible to get in 2025. Like his previous Technic BMWs, Thirdwigg’s top-notch recreation of the M2 includes a working inline-6 engine, ‘HOG” steering, opening doors, hood and trunk, and free building instructions. Because Thirdwigg is a hundred-times more awesome than BMW’s gearbox department.

There’s more to see at Thirdwigg’s ‘BMW M2 G87’ album, plus you can read more about the builder in our Master MOCers section via this bonus link.

Topless Swede

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If you’re here for the first time, lured by the title, expecting to see something else, sorry… but you might as well stick around to take a look at this exquisite Koenigsegg CC850 by 3D supercarBricks of Flickr!

Constructed from just under one thousand pieces, including a few custom parts (the windscreen and wheels being amongst them), 3D’s model is a near perfect replica of the real 1,200bhp Swedish hypercar, with opening front and rear clamshells, scissor doors, and inner workings as detailed as the stunning exterior.

There’s more of the build to see at 3D’s ‘Koenigsegg CC850’ album via the link above, and – if you were duped into visiting us by a misleading title – here’s what you were hoping to see…

Folgore Flop

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If you’re in the market for a Maserati you’re likely to be the sort of customer who’s willing to overlook wildly variable panel gaps, wobbly interior stitching, haphazard ergonomics, and intermittent electric faults because of one thing; the engine.

Usually a shared with Ferrari, the soul of a Maserati is what’s under the hood, so you’d have to be a unique customer to decide you’d like a car with Maserati build quality, but without a Maserati engine to off-set it. Cue the GranTurismo Folgore, which swaps Maserati’s ‘Nettuno’ twin-turbocharged V6 for three permanent magnet radial motors and a 92kWh battery.

With an additional 200bhp over its petrol twin, 0-60mph in under three seconds, and capable of over 200mph, the GranTurismo Folgore has been a sales… disaster. So much so that Maserati have cancelled the ‘Folgore’ version of their MC20 supercar. Because if you want a Maserati you want one with an engine.

Which means the only Maserati GranTurismo Folgore we’re ever likely to see is this one, built by Flickr’s 3D supercarBricks, and replicating both the gorgeous looks and non-existent sound of the real car perfectly. The doors, trunk, and hood open, there are more superb images available to view, and you can take a look at 3D’s photostream via the link above.

Electric Dreams

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The future is electric. And crossover shaped. Sigh.

Here’s one such vehicle, Audi’s Q6 e-tron electric crossover, and it’s about as interesting as a Brothers Brick Annual General Meeting.

Well, in car form anyway. But in Lego form it’s a very interesting indeed, courtesy of this utterly brilliant Model Team replica by Flickr’s LEGO 7.

7’s Audi Q6 e-tron captures the electric crossover in spellbinding detail, with opening doors, LED lights, replicated badging, and one of the most lifelike interiors we’ve ever seen.

There’s much more to see at 7’s ‘Audi Q6 e-tron’ album, where twenty fantastic images are available to view. Dream electric via the link above.

Boxing Clever

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The Lego Car Blog Elves have the vehicular tastes of Russian millionaires, favouring vehicles that are fast, loud, and obnoxious. Preferably with rocket launchers attached.

We however are… ok, somehow simultaneously weird and boring, so we like creations like this, a humble Iveco Daily 35S16 box van. In white.

Still, even if you’re of a more Elven persuasion, you can see this Iveco Daily 35S16 is beautifully constructed, with some ingenious techniques used to replicate the seemly simple but actually subtly tricky design. Keko007 is the builder behind it and there’s more to see of his humdrum white box on Flickr via the link above.

Vive la Révolution

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The thing about revolutions is, they always end up right back where they started.

Cue the Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution, a $2.1million ultra-limited hypercar developed by England’s Delta Motorsport and produced by Texas-based Hennessey Special Vehicles.

This astonishing Technic replica of the Venom F5 comes from TLCB Master MOCer Lachlan Cameron (aka loxlego), who has recreated of one of the world’s fastest ever production cars in stunning detail.

Created using many of the parts from the official LEGO Technic 42172 McLaren P1 set, and available as a traditional manual Technic ‘supercar’ or with a suite of electronics to enable remote control drive, Lachlan’s build includes working suspension, steering, a V8 engine, sprung scissor doors, and ride-height lift.

Wheels from the 42172 McLaren P1 set and the exhaust tips have been beautifully chromed for added realism, plus the model features working LED head and tail lights, and one of the most accurate Technic interiors we’ve seen yet.

It’s an incredible homage to a wild real-world car, and with building instructions available you can create your very own Venom F5 at home. Full details, videos, and further imagery can be found at the Eurobricks discussion forum and via Lachlan’s ‘Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution’ album on Flickr, plus you can find out more about the builder via his interview here at TLCB.

As for the real Venom F5 Revolution, it’s aiming to record a top speed of over 300mph / 500kmh if Hennessey can find somewhere long enough for its 1,800bhp twin-turbo ‘Fury’ V8 to achieve it. And in a world of all-electric hypercars, that makes the Venom F5 something of a revolution. And proves that revolutions are indeed cyclical after all.

Better from the Back

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BMW’s current design language is… um, challenging. Stupid aggressiveness, stupid grilles, stupid lighting, stupid grilles with stupid lighting… ‘The Human Centipede’ is less visually offensive than some of BMW’s latest offerings.

Which is why we’ve chosen to show the rear of Drop Shop‘s fantastic BMW M3 Competition rather than the front. Because so good is his brick-built replica of BMW’s latest iteration of their super saloon that its face is every bit as difficult to stomach as the real thing.

There’s much more to see at Drop’s photostream, if your constitution is more robust than ours…

Volvo²

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No this time we’re not making classic Volvo jokes. Because today’s post is a Volvo atop another Volvo, for some kind of Volvo².

This phenomenal Volvo Aero truck is the work of MCD, and it might be – visually at least – the most life-like Technic truck our Elves have found to date. Constructed in 1:21 scale, the Technic panels MCD has used fit the model so perfectly it looks like they were purpose made for it, as do the genuine stickers from the LEGO Technic 42175 Volvo FMX set which work a treat here.

A five-axle Nooteboom trailer in tow carries another beautifully recreated Volvo hauler, with MCD’s classic Volvo F89 every bit as good as the modern Aero transporting it.

There’s more to see of both creations at the Eurobricks discussion forum, and you can click the link above to get to the square root of Volvo trucks.

Making America Great Again!

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He’s back! Yes, at the time of writing it looks like Donald Trump is returning to the White House, and here at The Lego Car Blog we’re delighted. Because we’re going to get four more years of material to make jokes like this. And this. And this. And this.

Admittedly this does mean forfeiting the first woman President in US history (for the first criminal President in US history), environmental regression, and the exacerbation of sensationalist popularism, but easy material is easy material. Plus USA! USA! USA!

Cue today’s creation, America’s brand-new M10 Booker infantry support vehicle, the first units of which were delivered earlier this year.

Designed for The US Army’s ‘Mobile Protected Firepower’ programme, the M10 is “capable of providing mobile, protected, direct fire offensive capability”, with the contract won by General Dynamics Land Systems based in Michigan. USA! USA! USA! …Except the design is actually based on something rather old. And with German roots.

Yes this most modern and American of light tanks is derived from an Austrian-Spanish design from the early ’90s, that was produced by a company formed through the collaboration of Germany and Austria in the 1930s. US-Oh… No matter, a quick Americanised name-change sorted that.

This superb Lego recreation of the M10 Booker MPF is the work of newcomer Thinh Thi, who has both built and presented it beautifully, including a rotating turret, rolling tracks, and even brick-built shovels.

There’s more of the model to see at Thinh’s photostream and you check out something defensive, older than it looks, and actually a bit German via the link above. Or in any number of Trump victory speech videos that will be circulating imminently.

Touring with Billions

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Historic French car maker Bugatti – now under Rimac ownership – revealed their latest hypercar earlier this year. Named after a watch component (although coincidentally sounding like a Bugatti owner on holiday), the Tourbillon will cost over $4 million, reach 277mph, and be limited to just 250 units.

The Tourbillon also forgoes the Volkswagen-developed quad-turbo-charged W16 of Bugattis past for a new Cosworth-sourced naturally-aspirated V16 and tri-motor plug-in hybrid system, which is said to deliver around 1,800bhp, 800bhp more than the brand-defining Veyron.

Cue The G Brix‘s superb Speed Champions interpretation of the soon-to-be released 1,800bhp hypercar, which includes space for two mini-figures, a detailed engine and interior, a cunning rubber-band rear light-bar, and an opening front trunk appropriately stuffed with a suitcase full of cash.

There’s more of the The G’s brilliant Bugatti Tourbillon to see at his photostream, and you can pack your gold bars and a bag stuffed with notes to join the other billionaires on tour via the link in the text above.

The Worst Car in the World

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What’s the worst car in the world?

No, it’s the Tesla Cybertruck, a truck that can’t tow, that can’t off-road, that can’t be washed in sunlight, a truck on sale with literally unfinished software, that requires a $5,000 option not to rust, a truck with windshield wipers that drop off, window surrounds that drop off, critical braking issues, critical steering issues, and with wheels that slice into the tyres wrapped around them.

A testament to marketing over substance, the Cybertruck’s only saving grace is that this automotive equivalent of the Fyre Festival is unable to be sold in Europe – because it is so dangerous to pedestrians, cyclists and other road users – so we’ll never have to see one.

Except in Lego form of course, thanks today to Thomas Gion‘s very neatly constructed 6-wide example, which demonstrates another one of the Tesla Cybertruck’s myriad of alarming issues. Click the link above to check it out, or here if you’re not sure why there’s a sliced carrot sticking out of the fender.