Speed Champions

Ferrari Ultimate Garage

Three Ferraris from three eras, parked under one little brick arch.

Brick Rated Score

4.2/5

Set 75889 · 2018

Pieces856

Minifigs7

Year2018

Set number75889

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The verdict

This is the set where Speed Champions grew up and started thinking big.

You get three Ferraris spanning sixty years, the 1962 250 GTO, the 1979 312 T4 grand prix car, and the modern 488 GTE, plus a whole workshop and a snap-on stretch of racetrack. The cars are the reason to own it, and the 312 T4 in particular is a lovely little thing. Just go in knowing the two enormous sticker sheets are real, and the 488 is close to a set LEGO had already sold you.

Best for: Ferrari fans and Speed Champions collectors who want a display shelf, not just a single car

The full review

What it is

The 312 T4 is what got me. It is a scrappy little 1979 Formula 1 car, that flat wide body and the exposed cockpit, and it looks completely right sitting next to the curvy 1962 250 GTO and the low modern 488 GTE. That is the whole pitch of this set, three Ferraris from three different worlds under one roof, and when you have all three lined up on a shelf it genuinely reads as a Ferrari history in miniature. Around them you build a workshop and museum corner with a vintage-style fuel pump, a tool rack, an adjustable car ramp and a section of racetrack with an arch you can snap on and roll the cars under. It is more of a scene than any earlier Speed Champions set had tried to be, and for a Ferrari lover that ambition is the appeal.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the two things people bring up. First, the stickers. There are two large sheets here, numbered well into the sixties, loads of them mirrored left and right, and getting them all straight on curved car bodies is a genuine test of patience. If a sticker goes on crooked it drags down the whole car, and there is no printed alternative to fall back on. Second, the 488 GTE is very close to the 488 GT3 LEGO had already released in set 75886, near enough the same build with minor interior changes, so if you own that one this car will feel familiar. And for a set that launched at 99.99 dollars, the garage structure itself is fairly modest once the three cars are done and parked.

Who it's for

So who is this for. If you love Ferrari, or you collect Speed Champions and want a centerpiece rather than one lonely car, this is an easy yes, and it earns its keep as a display. It also works nicely for a car-mad kid who wants a play scene with a track and a pit crew. Who should skip it: anyone chasing clever engineering will find these are still small, simple car builds, and anyone who already owns the 75886 488 GT3 is paying partly for a car they have. The set retired in December 2019 and now trades well above its original price, so a boxed one is a want-it purchase now, not a bargain.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this is really building four things: three cars and a corner of garage. The cars go together fast and use those signature Speed Champions techniques, chunky wedge slopes and clever angled panels to fake the curves of a real body, so each one is a satisfying hour or so rather than a marathon. The 250 GTO gets the trickiest shaping and mostly nails it, though the roofline sits a touch tall. Then comes the sticker marathon, and honestly that is where most of the build time and most of the tension lives. Take it slow, do one car at a time, and keep a fingernail handy for lifting a sticker that lands wrong.

For a parts person the value is in the printed torsos and the color mixes more than in rare molds. The seven minifigures are all exclusive to this set, and the branding work is a highlight: the mechanics wear proper Ferrari polos with the logo front and back in red, white and black, and the modern GTE driver's suit matches the real-life crew. The car panels come in that rich Ferrari red across a big spread of slopes and wedges, which makes this a useful red parts haul for anyone building custom vehicles. Just be aware that so much of the detail lives on stickers here, not on printed elements, so the loose-parts resale value leans on the bricks and figs rather than a stack of printed showpieces.

Fun facts

01All seven minifigures are exclusive to this set and appear in no other LEGO set, including era-correct drivers for the 250 GTO, 312 T4 and 488 GTE.
02The set arrived with two large sticker sheets numbered into the sixties, widely reckoned to be among the most stickers on any Speed Champions model up to that point.
03The 488 GTE here is effectively the same build as the earlier 75886 Ferrari 488 GT3, separated only by small interior and detail changes.
04Released in March 2018 at 99.99 dollars and retired in December 2019, the set now trades well above its original price on the secondary market.