{"id":607136,"date":"2026-08-28T10:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/607136\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T10:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:32:12","slug":"life-size-lego-koenigsegg-sets-speed-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/607136\/","title":{"rendered":"Life-size Lego Koenigsegg sets speed record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">A life-size Lego Technic recreation of the Koenigsegg Sadair&#8217;s Spear has reached 111 km\/h, or 69 mph, setting a record for the fastest drivable full-size Lego car.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The vehicle was constructed using 327,906 Lego elements and weighs about 1,800 kg. It uses a bespoke metal chassis, an FIA-spec roll cage, Koenigsegg carbon wheels, and an electric motor driving the rear wheels.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Eighteen model builders worked on the project, which also incorporates Koenigsegg&#8217;s &#8216;Ghost Mode&#8217; system for opening its doors and other body panels. The car more than doubled the previous Lego Technic full-size vehicle speed record.<\/p>\n<p>\n          Life-size Lego Koenigsegg racing<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A life-size Lego Technic recreation of the Koenigsegg Sadair&#8217;s Spear has reached 111 km\/h, or 69 mph, setting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[257262,257259,61,60,257261,257257,257256,257258,257260,80],"class_list":["post-607136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-111kmh-lego-car","tag-fastest-lego-car","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-koenigsegg-hypercar","tag-koenigsegg-sadairs-spear","tag-lego-koenigsegg","tag-lego-technic","tag-life-size-lego-car","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}