In 2022 we have seen the release of the fourth 1:8 scale Technic set: the 42143 Ferrari Daytona SP3. A terrific set with incredible detail that is only realised during the build. Once the set is finished, it looks great, but it just sits there. The engine and extremely intricate gearbox cannot be easily "worked"

Compare that set with this 8070 Super Car...

• hand of god steering (fairly well concealed)
• motorised hood/bonnet
• motorised left and right scissor doors (operated independently of each other)
• motorised spoiler (rear wing thing)
• visible working V8 engine (the same style pistons that have been used since Moses was a boy and also used in the 2022 Ferrari Daytona)

As an AFOL, I don't regularly "play" with my sets, but I do like to give them a work-out from time to time (usually when I take them off the shelf to destroy LEGO's number one enemy... dust!).

The four 1:8 scale Technic cars are the pinnacle of Technic engineering and I adore them for that. However, when compared with this set, I just feel that the simple motorised functions make this set more of a true Technic set, and the 1:8 scale sets would be better suited to the theme Creator Expert / Icons.

In my collection I also have the 8880 Super Car (from 1994!) which had a very simple gearbox and the very short-lived (in the real world) four wheel steering. I feel that it was this 8880 Super Car that really kicked off the Technic Super Car love affair!

In conclusion, the 8070 Super Car is absolutely fantastic from a display and playability point of view. Both the 8070 and 8880 cars are both generic LEGO designed cars and not licenced sets. Later Technic sets are of course recreations of actual car brands/models and thus were/are much much much more expensive.

The 8070 Super Car is a bundle of Technic joy and a must-have for every Technic fan.

This car was awesome to see built up from a bunch of pieces and now that it's done it's great. I love the power functions in the set but I would have loved to see a remote control function in it, but still, it's an awesome model, especially for how much it costed.

To start, I ordered this set a while back and was very eager to see the power functions in action. I knew already that this was going to have a ton of pieces before even buying it. When I got my hands on the set for the first time, I was blown away by the sheer size of the box. It weighed a lot too. The bags weren't numbered, which made building a little longer which was fine to me at least. I prefer enjoying my time watching a set unfold as I build it. The beginning of the model was a little bit tricky since that's where the gearbox was placed and a lot of gears were being meshed. Be careful where you put the gears. I almost put a gear in the wrong spot while building the gearbox. During the build, most of the assemblies weren't too repetitive, which was nice. The suspension and new CV joints were cool parts I haven't seen yet, but am glad to now own them. During the build, I was surprised to see just how large the length of the set was, close to 18 inches. There are also a lot of exterior panels which cover up the sides, top, back, and other portions of the car. I like the general aesthetics of the car. It looks appropriate for the type of muscle car it should be. The one thing I felt missing out of the set was dash steering. The steering wheel was there, but it didn't turn the wheels up front like some of the older sets like 8466 as an example. The main inner part of the car is mostly made up of beams to hold everything together. It is quite durable, except for the front which can be a bit flimsy when you leave the motor running too long after the hood has opened. Basically, it won't break apart in your hands if you hold it. The V8 engine is a nice touch to the set--it is sort of concealed by the hood and you can see the pistons moving in and out like a real car engine does. There are a total of four motorized features: the hood, rear spoiler, and both side gull doors which open at an angle. Because this car is so large, this set will take up some space when you are finished building it. But it is a great set to display and play with. To conclude, this set is an awesome set and I recommend it for all the red beams, panels and gears, etc. The price of around $120 is suitable since it comes with 1281 pieces. You will have hours of fun assembling the set and what it has to offer.

As others have already pointed out and described most features of this set, I might just make my review shorter by making a concise pro & con list.

Pros

• 1. Instruction guides came with a cardboard in a bag: hopefully from now on, all instruction guides will be crumple-free!
• 2. Wide range of pieces: This set comes with many different pieces, and obviously, a lot of them are red. A motor and a battery box are included (you might start thinking and working it out already where to install them other then n to this set...)
• 3. Motor function! : As explained above.
• 4. Great building experience: Very few repeated building and steps, it makes you impossible to get tired of building whether or not you want to finish building the whole thing in one go.
• 5. Being concrete and strong: In general, most parts do stick together firmly. Lots of pin-to-hole work makes it very concrete.
• 6. High complexity: I believe most Technic fans would love complex building experience, the more complex the better. The gear work in this set is very complicated, and very packed. Some pieces are hard to set into their place because space is very limited for you to put your finger there to hold it tightly.
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Cons

• 1. Bags are not numbered: I had had the impression that sets of recent years have their bags numbered for easy building and sorting. I was surprised that they didn't this time. Having some 1200-ish pieces all in this box at the same time was a little inconvenient, especially there are quite a number of big red panels and gear-related pieces.
• 2. Appearance: As others have pointed out (and other critiques out there on the internet) that the look of this set is a little "skeletal", especially at the front in my opinion. Probably the V8 engine should be hided from view first, then the motor function can raise the hood to reveal the engine. I guess it would be more appealing that way (for example, when you are showing off your set to other people). However, Model B does not have this issue.
• 3. Hard to remove battery box: In the Main Model, the batter box is placed in a rather "difficult" location: You will have to pull 2 red pins out in order to take the battery box out, and the 2 pins are half-hidden by panels. But in Model B, I can see the placing of battery box is better planned, as in, not stuffing it to the back in the last minute of the build.
• 4. Another minor issue is that a particular group of pieces was near impossible to deconstruct! You will need a lot of strength for it and it nearly broke my nail. You will need to deconstruct those pieces if you want to build Model B after the Main one.
• 5. A little disappointed that the motor function does not include running the car forward @_@ . It was only meant for the doors, hood and the spoiler.
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To conclude:

A great set with a reasonable price and a great set in your collection :)

This set is, I believe, a misnomer. Super cars, such as the Ferrari Enzo, Lamborghini Aventador, and Mercedes CLK all have their engines mid-mount (or what I call rear-mount, as it's behind the passenger area). This car is more of a sports car, or, if you really want to get technical, a Chevy Corvette. Sports cars, such as the Chevy Corvette, Ferrari California, Dodge Viper, and BMW Z4 all have front-mount engines. There are exceptions to this, since Porches have rear-mounts and the more common ones are sports cars.
The cost averaging I've figured out is that 1 brick is anywhere from five cents to a dime in US dollars. Now, some bricks cost even less (I think the lowest is three cents) and some are more (the NXT CPU is about $100, since it's a computer processor), but a minimum of 100 bricks is about $10 in the US.
The reason I said Playability was a 3 was because it's more of a display model.