Tag Archives: 2020s

From London to Tokyo

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In the 2010’s the Japanese Government issued a tender for a new ‘universal design’ taxi for the 2020s. Replacing the disability-unfriendly sedans, the new taxi had to be lower emission, higher accessibility, and meet strict exterior dimension rules. It also had to “evoke the same sense of recognition as the iconic London black cab“.

The winning design came from Toyota, who paired their 1.5 litre hybrid system to a design that looked… almost exactly like a London black cab. Imitation… flattery… and all that.

This excellent recreation of the Toyota JPN Taxi comes from previous bloggee and TLCB Master MOCer Ralph Savelsberg, who has replicated the cab now plying the streets of Japanese cities superbly in Miniland scale. Three conventionally hinged doors, one sliding door, an opening hood, and an opening tailgate all feature, and you can click here to catch a ride across Tokyo at Ralph’s photostream.

Liquid Hot Magma

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No not the morning after a spicy curry, but this; South Korea’s first Le Mans hypercar, the Genesis Magma Racing GMR-001.

Built for the burgeoning Hypercar class, the GMR-001 combines an Oreca LMDh chassis with an in-house twin-turbo V8 based on two 4-cylinder engines from Hyundai’s World Rally Car. The team would also have the coolest name at Le Mans if it wasn’t for a certain world-dominting villain.

This spectacular Speed Champions recreation of the Genesis Magma Racing 2026 hypercar comes from previous bloggee SFH_Bricks, who has appeared here numerous times with his ever growing catalogue of Le Mans racers.

With a superbly replicated livery SFH’s GMR-001 is as realistic as Speed Champions creations come, and you can melt every city on the planet with liquid hot magma via the link above.

The Fastest Car is a Rental

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The WEC’s Hypercar class is booming. From years of only a handful of cars there are now almost two-dozen, with more set to join. One of the front-runners is Cadillac, with their V-Series.R run by the British Hertz Team JOTA outfit who switched from Porsche for the 2026 season, meaning that Cadillac are now in both Formula 1 and Le Mans.

This superbly-liveried Speed Champions scale recreation of the 2026 Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac V-Series.R comes from serial bloggee SFH_Bricks, with more to see and a link to building instructions available on Flickr. Make the jump via the link above for all the imagery.

GRRRRREAT!

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It might sound like an abbreviation of Tony the Tiger’s catchphrase, but we’re so excited about the ‘Toyota’ GR GT. A front-mid-engined, twin-turbo-charged V8 built to go GT3 racing, it’s the antidote to whatever 1,500bhp three-ton Chinese electric monstrosity has been launched this week.

It’s also no longer a Toyota, with the GR (Gazoo Racing) brand now its own entity alongside Toyota, Lexus, and Daihatsu. Which also explains why Toyota’s Le Mans Hypercars curiously didn’t wear ‘GR’ liveries when they took victory at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, because soon both Toyota and GR will be at Le Mans.

GR GT sales are planned from next year, but until then we have this spectacular brick-built replica to keep us happy. It’s the work of previous bloggee Mihail Rakovskiy who has captured the real car brilliantly. There are opening doors, hood and trunk, a highly detailed twin-turbo V8 engine, a beautifully recreated interior, and even a lifelike chassis and running gear underneath.

It’s a superb homage to probably the most exciting car of 2027, and you can take a closer look via Mihail’s ‘Toyota GT GR’ album on Flickr. Click the link above to go ‘Grrr!’.

N Vision

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We still don’t have many Hyundais in our Archives. Which is strange, as they’ve been around for decades, they make reasonably interesting products, and they’re one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers.

In fact all but one of the Hyundais in the Archive are this, the awesome N Vision 74. Constructed by Flickr’s jklu17legodude this Miniland scale version captures the wedge-shaped concept to perfection, and you can check out the only Hyundai that seems of any interest to Lego builders via the link above.

Mentally Challenged

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If the Ford Mustang is the car of crashing immediately upon leaving an otherwise respectable car meet, the Dodge Challenger is the car of crashing in the middle of an illegal one.

Usually seen doing poorly executed donuts in the centre of an intersection with a perma-vaping aspiring ‘rapper’ behind the wheel whose IQ is lower than their credit score, you’d have to be a complete moron to think the Challenger is cool.

Cue this spectacular Technic Dodge Challenger by Flickr’s Lachlan Cameron (aka loxlego), and it’s so cool!

Working steering, adjustable suspension, a V8 engine, six-speed gearbox, plus custom decals, wheels, and chrome all feature, and you can join the crowd standing around an intersection at night filming the inevitable crash on their phones whilst shouting ‘Oooooohhh!!’ via the link above!

An Even Bigger Accident

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As has been well documented on this website, Ford Mustangs crash. A lot. Thus Ford have given their seventh generation Mustang an extra 330bhp… Right.

Cue this superb brick-built replica of the Ford Mustang GTD by Flickr’s SP_LINEUP, which recreates the 815bhp special edition ‘stang brilliantly, and is probably rather easier to repair when it’s inevitably binned into a bus shelter.

3D-printed wheels, opening doors, a detailed interior, and fantastically intricate bodywork all feature, and there’s more to see of SP’s superbly presented GTD at his photostream via the link above.

Porsche Pair

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It’s a Porsche sort of day here at TLCB, with two more joining the prior proper Porsche.

These two Speed Champions Porsches come from their endurance stable, bookending it across half a century.

Built by previous bloggee SFH_Bricks, there’s more to see of the 1975 917KH and 2025 963RSP on Flickr, and you can take a closer look via the link above.

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.