Technic

Peugeot 9X8 Le Mans Hybrid Hypercar

A gorgeous 1:10 racer that gets the shape right and the price a little wrong.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 42156 · 2023

Pieces1,775

Minifigsn/a

Year2023

Set number42156

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The verdict

This is one of the prettiest mid-size Technic cars LEGO has done, and the fact that they nailed those impossible Peugeot angles out of standard panel pieces is genuinely impressive.

It won me over as a shelf piece long before I finished it. The catch is a $199.99 price that runs hot for 1,775 parts, plus a sticker sheet that goes all the way to 41. If you love endurance racing or just want a display car that looks incredible from every angle, this is an easy yes.

Best for: Motorsport fans who want a display model over a mechanical puzzle

The full review

What it is

Some Technic cars are all about the gearbox and the clever mechanisms hiding inside. This one is about the skin. The real Peugeot 9X8 is a genuinely radical racing car, and LEGO's designers had to solve a real puzzle to recreate its sharp, wedge-shaped body out of existing panel pieces. They pulled it off. From across the room this reads as a proper 1:10 endurance racer, all aggressive angles and low, mean stance, and it's the kind of model you keep glancing back at while you tidy up around it. There are 1,775 pieces here, it measures about 50cm long, and it captures the look of a car that most people have never seen in person but that racing fans adore.

The catch

I'll be straight with you about the money, because it's the thing you'll hear about most. At $199.99 this sits right in the awkward middle of the Technic lineup. It's not a giant flagship, but it's priced like it wants to be, and 1,775 parts at two hundred dollars is a chunkier per-piece cost than a lot of Technic sets ask for. Then there's the sticker situation. Licensed Technic cars almost always come loaded with decals, and this one is no exception, with two sheets numbered all the way to 41. If you're the type who sighs at a big sticker sheet, know that going in, because a good chunk of the finished look depends on getting them straight. And if you came hoping for a fancy sequential gearbox or some novel mechanism, the functions here are fairly standard: all-wheel independent suspension, working steering, opening doors, and a V6 piston engine that runs off the rear wheels.

Who it's for

So here's how I'd sort it out. If you love endurance racing, or you just want a car on your shelf that looks properly special and different from the usual supercar silhouette, grab it and don't overthink the price. The shaping alone is worth the cost of admission for the right person, and the glow-in-the-dark headlights are a lovely bit of showing off. If your heart lives in complex mechanics and you measure a Technic set by how many gears you can spin, this one might leave you a little cool, and you'd get more clever engineering per dollar elsewhere. For me it lands as a very good set with one real caveat, the price, and a shape that keeps earning its spot on the shelf.

The parts story

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

The build splits its time between chassis and body, and the body is where the fun lives. Early on you're laying down the drivetrain, the V6 fake engine, the differential, and the independent suspension on all four corners, which is solid, familiar Technic work. Then it shifts gears, and you spend the back half wrapping that frame in curved slopes and panels to chase those tricky Peugeot angles. That section is the highlight, watching a boxy frame turn into a genuinely sharp, aggressive shape. There's a clever touch where the vents behind the cockpit stay open so you can see the engine detailing underneath, and steering you can operate either from the wheel or a hidden gear up on the roof.

For parts hunters, this set is more about smart use of existing panels than a pile of brand-new molds, though there is a fresh L-shaped flip-flop beam element to note, and a good run of recolors, many in dark bluish grey. The real value story is the wheels and tyres, which are large and specific to this style of racer, plus that generous panel selection in the car's grey and light tones that MOC builders will happily raid. The glow-in-the-dark headlight pieces are the crowd-pleaser, a simple part choice that pays off the moment you switch the lights off. It's not a set you buy purely to strip for parts, but the panel and wheel haul is genuinely useful.

Fun facts

01The real Peugeot 9X8 launched with no rear wing at all, using underbody ground-effect downforce instead, a radically different look that endurance racing rules happened to allow.
02That wingless gamble proved so troublesome on bumpy circuits that Peugeot added a rear wing to the real car in 2024, meaning the LEGO set captures the original, more daring version.
03The set arrived in 2023 to mark the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Peugeot's return to top-flight endurance racing.
04The real car is all-wheel drive in a split way: a twin-turbo V6 drives the rear wheels while a 270hp electric system powers the front, and the LEGO model mirrors that with its engine feeding the back axle.