How to Build LEGO Cars: Go on a Journey to Become a Better Builder

by Nate Dias, Hannah Dolan

Overview

Discover how to build your dream LEGO cars – with tips and techniques from expert LEGO builders.

Create 30 incredible LEGO vehicles. Race speedy sports cars, build a camper van for a road trip, create a space buggy for an intergalactic mission, make an ice-cream van for unlimited treats, and much more.

From chassis and bumpers to windscreens and spoilers, learn everything you need to create your own LEGO cars.

You can build anything!

©2021 The LEGO Group

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744039689
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	12/07/2021
Series:	How to Build LEGO
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Nate Dias is Science Teacher by day and a LEGO Master by night. Since winning the first ever series of LEGO Masters, Nate has gone on to design and build models for DK books and the LEGO Group’s social media channels. He lives in Nottinghamshire with his wife and son, who don’t complain (too much) about his LEGO collection taking over the house.

Hannah Dolan is a writer and editor. She has written and created all kinds of bestselling LEGO books, including the LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, the LEGO NINJAGO Visual Dictionary, and the LEGO Minifigure Handbook. She is based in Cambridgeshire, where she spends many a weekend building LEGO models with her partner and young son.

Table of Contents

How to begin 4

Off-roader 6

Rocket car 8

Chassis 10

Dragster 12

Animal cars 14

Bumpers and mirrors 16

Bumper car 18

Family car 20

Minifigure geometry 22

Auto rickshaw 24

Vintage car 26

Fun features 28

City car 30

Moon buggy 32

Engines 34

Quad bike 36

Golf cart 38

Wheels and connections 40

Racing car 42

Hot-dog car 44

Changed-up cars 46

Black cab 48

Pick-up truck 50

Switched-up pick-ups 52

Brick car 54

Sports car 56

Microscale vehicles 58

Underwater car 60

Driverless car 62

Displaying your cars 64

Cloud car 66

Hot rod 68

Making roads 70

Pirate car 72

Yellow taxi 74

Road traffic control 76

Gingerbread car 78

RV 80

Around the town 82

Ice-cream truck 84

Royal car 86

Around the racetrack 88

Monster truck 90

In the garage 92

Limousine 94

Acknowledgments 96