LEGO Technic 8448 Super Street Sensation

LEGO Technic 8448, “Super Street Sensation”, is a sports car model released in 1999 within the Technic theme.

Set 8448 depicts a sports car in the tradition of larger road vehicle models from Technic.

The build uses 1406 pieces and follows the Technic approach to shaping a vehicle through structural elements and bodywork details.

This set suits builders interested in Technic cars for building, display, or collection. Within the theme, 8448 sits among substantial road vehicle models because of its piece count and subject, a complete sports car rather than a utility machine or a model tied to a stated real world brand.

Inventory of set 8448

The inventory of set 8448 lists 1,406 pieces, spare parts excluded: 176 different lots (one shape in one color) for 133 part shapes. The box also contains 31 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 8448

Main color: black, making up 61% of the parts, followed by light gray (20%) and red (9.5%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 8448

121 of the 133 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 8448

5 part shapes in set 8448 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 7 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 8448 from another set

Share of the parts of set 8448 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 8458 Silver Champion supplies 62% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 8448 within its line

With 1,406 pieces, set 8448 ranks #52 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. It is also the largest of the 186 sets released in 1999. That is 2.1 times the average Technic set size.