If you want to see the real thing, you can make your way to July’s Goodwood Festival of Speed
As if re-creating one of the world’s most expensive megacars – the Bugatti Chiron – out of Lego wasn’t enough, the Danish toy company is at it again, this time re-creating one of the world’s most technologically-advanced hypercars out of its beloved plastic bricks: the McLaren Senna. It comes just over a year after they did a 1:1 scale 720S, the car on which the Senna is based.
Just as the numbers of the actual Senna are staggering – 789 hp, 590 lb-ft, 1,374 kg, 0-100 km/h in 3.1 seconds – so to are the numbers of the McLego: 467,854 bricks, 5,000-hour model creation time, 42 workers and 500 kg heavier than the actual car.
It’s not all bricks and mortar (well, not all bricks, anyway), either: inside, there is a real carbon fibre racing seat (paired with a Lego-fied one), as well as the steering wheel and pedals from an actual Senna. The wheels and Pirelli tires are also found on the real-life Senna.
While there’s no engine, a button on the roof does activate a recording of the Senna on start-up, while the famous dihedral doors function as they normally would, providing access to the cockpit. Once there, working lights and infotainment system provide just that little bit more immersion. The colour? Why, Victory Grey, of course, the same colour used for the kid-sized (and kid-priced!) 1:43 scale Lego Speed Champions series model available in stores now. If you want to see the real thing, you can make your way to July’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, where it will be on display along with a handful of other destinations throughout the year.
Keyword: Lego Follows up Full-size Chiron, 720S with McLaren Senna