The LEGO® Technic Podcast

The LEGO® Technic Podcast


Latest Episodes

The Origin of a Crazy Idea
September 20, 2018

What were the LEGO Technic Design Team thinking of when they came up with the crazy idea to build a 1:1 model of the Bugatti Chiron and make it drive using only LEGO Power Function motors? And how did it actually become a reality? Listen as Technic Design

Making the Idea Actually Happen
September 20, 2018

Where do you start when you’re given the task of reproducing one of the world’s most striking automobiles using only LEGO Technic elements? And then told it has to drive as well! In this episode, you’ll meet the LEGO design team in the Czech Republic char

The Ultimate Test: Will it Really Drive?
September 20, 2018

In this final episode, we follow the team as they arrive at the race-track outside Wolfsburg in Germany. It’s here they’ll find out whether months of building and testing will end in success or failure. Will a car, built from LEGO Technic elements and pow

The Spirit of Molsheim
May 31, 2018

Molsheim is the spiritual home of Bugatti and the place where the company’s vehicles are assembled. It’s also where potential owners visit to test-drive and configure their Chiron. In this episode, Hendrik Malinowski, Director of Sales & Operations a

The Bugatti Design DNA
May 31, 2018

What elements make up the Bugatti Design DNA? And what were the special challenges living up to this heritage in the new Chiron? In this episode, Achim Anscheidt, Director of Design at Bugatti, describes what makes a Bugatti a Bugatti. Meanwhile Andy Woo

Two Brands Coming Together
May 31, 2018

Bugatti and LEGO may be two very different companies, but both share an ambition to only create the very best. This is evident in their respective mottos: for Bugatti, “If comparable… it is no longer Bugatti” and for LEGO, “Only the Best is Good Enough”.

Engine & Gearbox
May 31, 2018

In this episode, Derk Jan Spakman, takes you behind the scenes at Bugatti’s Engine Development facility at Wolfsburg, Germany, to reveal the story behind the creation of the Bugatti Chiron’s ground-breaking W16, 16-cylinder, 1500 HP engine. In LEGO’s HQ

The Marriage Process
May 31, 2018

The high-point of the Chiron assembly process is the moment when the monocoque shell structure is connected with vehicle’s the rear end. In this episode, Christophe Piochon, Director of Production and Logistics in Molsheim, France, explains the significa

Front Body, Lights & Horseshoe Grill
May 31, 2018

With the Bugatti Chiron, it’s the smallest details that combine together to create the iconic overall look of the vehicle. Trying to recreate those details is the most challenging part of the LEGO model design phase. While the easiest solution would be t

Seats & Interior
May 31, 2018

Listen as Etienne Salome, Head of Interior Design at Bugatti explains the special challenge of marrying luxurious comfort with state-of-the-art performance in a car like the Bugatti Chiron. For LEGO Technic designer Aurelien Julien Rouffiange, trying to