LEGO Technic 42098 Car Transporter

LEGO Technic set 42098, Car Transporter, depicts a car carrier truck with a vehicle to load.

Car Transporter 42098 is part of LEGO Technic, a theme built around beams, axles, gears and panels rather than traditional brick façades. Its subject is a specialized road vehicle used for moving cars, which fits the theme’s emphasis on mechanical structures and functional vehicle forms.

The build uses 2493 pieces to create the main truck structure and the accompanying vehicle. The set focuses on the chassis, loading areas, cab and overall shape of a transporter, with the Technic system defining the construction approach and visual language.

This set suits Technic builders who want a road transport model with display presence and play potential alongside other vehicle sets. In a Technic collection, it sits among utility and transport vehicles rather than sports cars or competition subjects, giving it a practical automotive role within the theme.

Inventory of set 42098

The inventory of set 42098 lists 2,493 pieces, spare parts excluded: 191 different lots (one shape in one color) for 144 part shapes. The box also contains 20 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42098

Main color: black, making up 40% of the parts, followed by red (15%) and blue (15%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42098

141 of the 144 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 42098

One part shape in set 42098 appears in no other set in the catalog, most often a printed element, a sticker or a mold specific to the model. If it gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set.

Rebuilding set 42098 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42098 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 58%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 42098 within its line

With 2,493 pieces, set 42098 ranks #17 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 459 sets released in 2019, it ranks #10. That is 3.8 times the average Technic set size.