All-Terrain Hybrid Racer - my Bricklink Designer Program entry

[Alex Ilea]

Hello everyone,

Today I would like to talk about my latest model, one which I built for Bricklink Designer Program series 10. And here I'm talking about the All-Terrain Hybrid Racer, which is a model I wanted to make for some time now, but being busy with alternates for official sets, I just didnt't get a chance to build it. And by "I wanted to make for some time now", I don't mean this particular vehicle, but the combination of features inside, of which I'll describe now.

My main focus with this build is to make it attractive to as many people as possible, so I really tried to make it as a mix between cool functions and looks. The looks are very important for shelf display, and functions for Technic enthusiasts and building experience. I also tried my best to make sure the functions are as visible as possible, without compromising the bodywork. 

Therefore, I will first talk about the gearbox, which is a 4 speeds (YET ANOTHER ONE?) and is controlled with a 90 deg shift lever on the roof. The shifter itself was quite interesting to make, as there are no rubber bands allowed, so I used rubber liftarms, and a "square" brick built to keep the fixed positions. Now regarding the box itself, it is connected to the 4 wheels by 3 differentials. I have used the center diferential as the drive gear itself (I've seen it first in @Didumos69 Hammerhead car) and used the rather new 24 and 20 cluch gears to get the following  ratios:

The gearbox drives the V6 engine, that yeah yeah, of course it spins, but this time I also added spinning twin-turbochargers! They are driven by some 16T gears, and I am happy to report everything works extremely smoothly in every gear. The guidelines of the program mentioned "a sustainable future" therefore I added a dummy electric motor to simulate hydrid assist. Please see the internals below:

Next I will talk about the adjustable suspension height, which is controlled by the black 20T gear on the roof. I used a bigger gear (than the regular 12T) because it makes the actuation easier on the user, to lift the whole car. The system is worm gear based, and I used knob gears for the perpendicular drive, to make sure nothing would skip. Basically the top mounting point of the shocks changes place. I don't need to say which set it was inspired from, you all know it ;) The height change itself is not massive, but it's around 1.5 studs difference between MIN and MAX.

The steering was straight forward, but you see I had to run the steering axle throught the gearbox. There is a small perpendicular drive that also connects to the steering wheel. The link to hubs connection is made in such a way to allow room for the steering rack to move under the engine, and to allow room for the shock absorbers.

Other than that I want to give credit to DailyDrivenExotics, for the inspiration of the engine bay and rear mounted radiator. They built this crazy Ferrari F12 drift car, and I had to borrow some design cues. The other main thing I borrowed was the hood having a cutout for the turbos. Here is their insane build, and then mine:

We can talk about openanbles, of which you have seen the hood, but I also added butterfly doors (honestly, just because I can ;) A pillar mounted hinge, and by using the #3 connector in the door contruction, they actually fit nicely with the side of the car when closed:

Last but not least, the interior. It is based on some Dakar racers that I have seen online, and therefore it has bucket seats, and a bunch of gauges and simulated buttons. It's not supposed to be a Bentley really. Plus, I made some stickers to show how functions work:

Finally, I have built the model in real life, and I must say I am extremly pleased with it. It's rock solid (can be picked up by the roof with no problem, or even the hood), besides the system parts on the door mirrors, which do their own thing:

I really think this can be the first Technic model to make it in this program, and if you think so too, please vote for it with "Love it!" here: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-10/4283/All-Terrain-Hybrid-Racer

All you need is a Bricklink account and then it takes 10 seconds to vote (more seconds than to read this post ).

**An extended photo gallery of the model can be found -> here

I want to give a special shoutout to @kbalage for the review of my model that you can see below:

 

I want to thank you for your time reading my post, and I hope we can have a Technic model in production soon ;)

Sincerely,

Alex

Edited February 11 by Alex Ilea

[Thirdwigg]

Thanks for sharing the writeup. There are lots of interesting features with this MOC.

I supported all three Technic builds, including this one. Good luck through the process.

[gyenesvi]

Neat idea, looks cool and packed with functions :) Let's see how far a technic car can get in the program, you got my vote!

[Eric Munsters]

On 2/11/2026 at 2:56 PM, Thirdwigg said:

Thanks for sharing the writeup. There are lots of interesting features with this MOC.

I supported all three Technic builds, including this one. Good luck through the process.

"I supported all three Technic builds, including this one" ; thank you very much for your help !!!