Engine & Gearbox
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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 in Denmark, LEGO Technic Designer, Michael T Jeppesen, explains the challenges he faced recreating the Chiron’s engine for the LEGO Technic model.
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