Technic

Porsche GT4 e-Performance

A remote-control Porsche with a clever new heart, if you can make peace with the price.

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 42176 · 2024

Pieces834

Minifigsn/a

Year2024

Set number42176

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The verdict

This one had me the moment I clicked in the new Technic Move Hub and realized the whole car was going to drive off the table.

It looks sharp in that black and blue livery with the red flashes, and steering it around the kitchen from the CONTROL+ app is genuinely gleeful. The catch is the price, because 834 pieces for the money is a hard sell if you came for engineering density rather than the motorized fun. I love it for what it is, a proper RC toy that happens to be LEGO, and I want you to buy it knowing that.

Best for: Technic fans who want a drivable, app-controlled car more than a giant parts count

The full review

What it is

The Porsche GT4 e-Performance is LEGO Technic's take on Porsche's all-electric race car, and it is built around something genuinely new: the Technic Move Hub. That hub is the reason this set exists. It carries a rechargeable, removable battery and three motors inside one tidy unit, and once it is wired up the finished model drives, steers and lights up under your command from the CONTROL+ app. The first time I sent it skidding across the floor I laughed out loud. At 834 pieces the model comes together in roughly two to three hours, and even someone who has never touched Technic can end up with a working remote-control car at the end, which is a lovely thing to be able to say.

The catch

Now I have to be straight with you about the money, because this is where reviewers split right down the middle. At 169.99 dollars (149.99 pounds) it is a lot to ask for 834 pieces. People kept pointing out that it costs about three times what the Koenigsegg Jesko does for a nearly identical part count, and once you have read that comparison you cannot unsee it. You are paying for the electronics, not the plastic, and whether that feels fair depends entirely on what you want from the box. The build is also on the gentle side, so if you live for dense mechanical puzzles this will feel a touch light in the hand. One more small annoyance: the battery charges over USB-C, but LEGO does not include the cable.

Who it's for

So who should get it? If the appeal is a drivable, app-controlled Porsche you can whip around the house and hand to a curious ten year old, this is a joy and worth every penny of the fun it gives back. If you are chasing raw engineering, working gearboxes and a marathon build for your money, I would gently steer you toward a bigger Technic supercar instead. It is worth noting it is projected to retire through mid to late 2026, so if the RC angle is calling to you, do not sit on it too long.

The parts story

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

Building this is a smooth, encouraging ride rather than a brain-bender. The instructions ramp up kindly, the panels clip on to give you that recognizable Porsche silhouette faster than you expect, and the whole thing stays approachable from first bag to last. The heart of the assembly is threading everything around the new Move Hub, and watching the motors and lighting slot into place is the part that kept me leaning in.

The headline element is that Move Hub itself, a fresh piece of hardware with a removable rechargeable battery, three internal motors and multiple pinhole points on each end that host LED lights. Feeding those lights are new fibre optic bar elements that are standard LEGO bar thickness along their whole length yet stay flexible, plugging into sockets right over the light source. For an 834-piece set the value really lives in that electronics package rather than the raw brick count, which is exactly the tension buyers keep flagging. The black, blue and red parts palette is a treat if you like building up a custom collection of race-car colours.

Fun facts

01The real Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 e-Performance is an all-electric race car that makes over 1000 bhp and sprints from 0 to 100 km/h in roughly 2.5 seconds.
02At launch in August 2024 this was billed as the fastest car in the entire LEGO Technic CONTROL+ range.
03The set debuts a brand new Technic Move Hub with a rechargeable, removable battery and three motors housed in a single unit.
04Its value has actually dipped since release, sliding around 26 percent below RRP on the secondary market within its first couple of years.