LEGO® Speed Champions · Bugatti · 2017

Bugatti Chiron

Q: Is LEGO® set 75878 still available?

No. 75878 launched 1 March 2017 and retired 31 July 2018.

Q: How big is the LEGO® Bugatti Chiron?

Approximately 12 cm long and 6 cm wide.

Q: How many pieces does LEGO® set 75878 have?

181 pieces and one driver minifigure.

Q: Are there other LEGO® Bugatti sets?

Yes — 77240 Centodieci, 77253 Vision GT, and Technic 42083 Chiron.

Q: What is the real Bugatti Chiron like to drive?

Reviewers describe it as calm at low speed and singular past 200 km/h.

The first LEGO® Bugatti Chiron — a 181-piece miniature of the 1500hp W16 hypercar that replaced the Veyron.

Set #75878 2017 181 pieces 6-stud Retired

Bugatti's Chiron arrived in 2016 as the formal successor to the Veyron, with a 1,500-horsepower quad-turbo W16 and a price tag starting near €2.4 million. LEGO® released set 75878 in March 2017 — a 181-piece, 6-stud Speed Champions miniature with a single driver minifigure. It was retired by mid-2018 after a roughly 17-month run on shelves, making it one of the shorter-lived single-car Speed Champions releases of its era.

LEGO® Speed Champions set 75878 Bugatti Chiron, product image — LEGO® Speed Champions 75878. Source: Rebrickable.

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The 75878 set models a single car: the production Bugatti Chiron, launched at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show.

THE ROAD CAR

Bugatti Chiron

1,500hp quad-turbo W16 hypercar

The Bugatti Chiron was unveiled at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show as the production successor to the Veyron — a car that had already proven Bugatti could build a 400 km/h-capable production vehicle. The Chiron carried over the Veyron's 8.0-litre quad-turbocharged W16 architecture but pushed peak output to 1,500 PS (1,479 hp) and torque to 1,600 N·m. Bugatti capped top speed at 420 km/h (261 mph) for road-going production cars and quoted 0-100 km/h in under 2.5 seconds. Production was limited to 500 units; full specifications are documented on Bugatti.com and the run sold out before the Chiron was discontinued in 2022.

The Chiron is named after Louis Chiron, a Monégasque racing driver who drove for Bugatti in the 1920s and 1930s and won the 1931 French Grand Prix. The naming convention echoed Bugatti's earlier use of driver names — the Veyron itself was named after racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won Le Mans for Bugatti in 1939. Exterior design was led by Achim Anscheidt with the signature horseshoe grille and the C-line that cuts along the side of the body — design details visible in the printed elements of LEGO® set 75878.

The Chiron was extensively covered in the LEGO® product launch by LEGO.com, with set 75878 arriving on shelves alongside the real car still being delivered to its first customers. The LEGO® set captures the Chiron's two-tone body split and the prominent C-line via printed elements rather than stickers, a detail Brickset's review highlighted as unusual for this era of Speed Champions.

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Pair 75878 with 77240 Bugatti Centodieci and 77253 Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo for a complete LEGO® Speed Champions Bugatti shelf.
Group 75878 with 75890 Ferrari F40 Competizione and 75895 1974 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.0 for a 6-stud-era European hypercar/turbo lineup.
Display 75878 alongside the LEGO® Technic 42083 Bugatti Chiron for a 6-stud vs. UCS-scale comparison.

People

Two people shape the Chiron's story: the production-era Bugatti president who greenlit it, and the design director who drew it.

Wolfgang Dürheimer

PRESIDENT, BUGATTI AUTOMOBILES (2007-2008, 2012-2018)

Dürheimer led Bugatti through the Chiron's development and 2016 launch. He had previously run Porsche's R&D division during the 911 GT3 and Carrera GT eras and returned to Bugatti specifically to deliver the Veyron successor. Under his tenure the Chiron's engineering brief was set: the W16, the 1,500 PS target, and the limited 500-unit run. He stepped back from Bugatti in 2018, the same year the LEGO® 75878 set was retired.

Achim Anscheidt

DESIGN DIRECTOR, BUGATTI (2004-2024)

Anscheidt joined Bugatti from Volkswagen Group's advanced design and led exterior design for the Veyron's facelifts, the Chiron, the Divo, and the Centodieci. His brief for the Chiron was to evolve the Veyron's shape rather than break from it — keeping the horseshoe grille, the dorsal centre line, and the C-line that wraps from the side intake into the door. He stepped down in 2024 as Bugatti merged with Rimac. The C-line is one of the printed details preserved in LEGO® 75878 and visible in Brickset's set photography.

The build

Scale and era

75878 is a 6-stud LEGO® Speed Champions set from 2017. The 6-stud era ran from 2015 to 2019, after which Speed Champions widened to 8-stud.

Build highlights

Notable on the build are the printed two-tone body split (light blue / dark blue on the original colourway), the C-line element along the side, and the horseshoe grille — all printed rather than stickered. The driver minifigure is unique to 75878.

What the 181 pieces buys you

At 181 pieces, 75878 is a brisk 20–30 minute build. The compact piece count reflects the Chiron's simple, low-canopy silhouette and the 6-stud era's minimal interior detailing.

FAQ

Common questions about the LEGO® Bugatti Chiron 75878.

Is LEGO® set 75878 still available?

No. 75878 launched on 1 March 2017 and was retired on 31 July 2018 according to Brickset. Secondary-market sealed copies are available on BrickLink at meaningful premiums above original RRP.

How big is the LEGO® Bugatti Chiron?

Approximately 12 cm long and 6 cm wide — the standard 6-stud Speed Champions footprint of its era. See the LEGO.com listing for archived dimensions.

How many pieces does LEGO® set 75878 have?

181 pieces and one driver minifigure unique to this set, per Brickset. (Rebrickable lists 188 — the difference is likely the inclusion of spares.)

Is this a 6-stud or 8-stud LEGO® Speed Champions set?

6-stud. 75878 is from the original LEGO® Speed Champions scale that ran from 2015 through to the end of 2019, per Brickset.

Are there other LEGO® Bugatti sets?

Yes. The Speed Champions line also includes 77240 Bugatti Centodieci (2023), 77253 Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo (2024), and 76915 Pagani Utopia. Outside Speed Champions, LEGO® Technic released 42083 Bugatti Chiron in 2018 — a much larger 3,599-piece model.

What is the real Bugatti Chiron like to drive?

Period reviews from Top Gear and Car and Driver describe the Chiron as physically calm at low speed despite its 1,500 PS — a result of the quad-turbo W16 staging. Acceleration past 200 km/h is what reviewers consistently called out as singular: the Chiron pulls hard where most supercars are tapering off. The same body proportions are visible in miniature on LEGO® 75878.