I bought this right after I got #8677 Ultimate Build Mater...he seems kinda lonely without his red racecar friend LOL. I'll give my brief impression of this set.

Post build impression
Compared to the smaller McQueen, this one is huge, but in scale favorably with the Ultimate Build Mater.The overall proportion is spot on, much like Mater, you can tell it's McQueen. This set depicts McQueen's form in the World Grand Prix, so he's no longer an American NASCAR racer, but more of a European GT racer with that huge GT 'wing/ironing board' spoiler, ultra low-profile tires and large wheels. Just Google "FIA GT2", you'll know what I mean. The designer even added detail such as the rear diffuser beneath the rear bumper. Due to its size the, designer had done a pretty good job around the frontal are too, such as 'dimples' around McQueen's mouth, so he has a slight 3D facial expression too instead of just a printed 'smile'.

Due to the printed parts being only the eyes and mouth, the fancy flame graphic is done with stickers...LOTS of them. But stickers don't bother me, especially on a racecar! LOL

Ouch almost forgot about GUIDO!! He comes as a bonus in this set, sadly of a smaller scale similar to regular Cars 2 sets, so he's merely a flag holder, and won't be able to change McQueen's ultimate sized tires. But, he looks good as a display piece next to his giant friend, so no big deal here. Lego should make ultimate build Guido...really soon, before I MOC-ed my own LOL!

Building tips:
-It's best to lineup the stickers, so the lightning and flame graphics appear 'contiguous' across each tiles/parts, and try to minimize the gaps between them for a neater look.
-For display purposes, it's good idea to press the wheels firmly against the 1/2 Technic bushes. This will add a slight rolling resistance and prevent McQueen wandering off the shelf. No joke!

Verdict
Kids : younger crowd may find it tough to apply those stickers. It's more of a display piece, and less resilient to bumps and crashes. But it offers an interesting challenge to the 'easy' smaller sized McQueen, a good way to practice your brick building skills without breaking your parents' bank. :D

AFOLs:This set is a true old fashioned brick building masterpiece. All the parts are regular bricks and plates, which is 'sculpted' to form McQueen's overall body shape. No fancy 'specialized' parts found on the smaller McQueen. Despite its lack of curves due to brick limitations, coincidently that's also what makes this set SO good, and sets it apart to other newer sets. For once in quite a while, I feel like building a 'true' LEGO set which upholds LEGO's principal classic brick building method, I'll give it 5/5!

Subject of this review is another set Delux Series of LEGO Cars . Even in this case (as Francesco Bernulli Delux ) is a set aimed at an audience slightly more 'bigger than the other sets in the series, it is aimed at children aged seven to twelve years old, has within it some pieces of LEGO Tecnic and also in this case, I find that has a charm and beauty that go beyond the film.
The set is sold in a box of medium size, inside we find an instruction manual and two envelopes containing, respectively, how to build brick Guido (the trusty mechanic change tires in the series) and the bottom of Lightning McQueen .
The assembly process starts from Guido , its construction is simple and proceeds without any particular hostility, returning a character faithful to the movie and well done.
It then goes to the assembly of Lightning Mcqueeen, as announced in this case, the bottom is used for a brick LEGO Tecnic joined by pins to make the car frame, and the holes in the tip of the brick technique, you go to put the wheel axles.
Another special feature of this first part of the assembly, is the insertion of two vertical brick technique to "L" to support the passenger compartment. Completed the first bag of bricks you pass to the second, which begins with the realization of the top for the wheels and aerodynamic spoiler, then continue with the assembly of the cockpit and windshield that makes the eyes of Lightning McQueen . In this case I really don't like the choice of the usage of orange for the top of the rear wheel to resume the trail of fire drawn by decals on the flat tile 2x2 and 4x4 on the sides, also the choice to leave the side windows of color Black leaves me very puzzled (even if there was the need to use a single color, I prefer to chose the gray).
The assembly ended with the assembly of the bonnet, front bumper and the addition of wheels in this case are created especially for this set.
With the assembly finished the set returns a Lightning McQueen well made ??and studied in detail (as traditional LEGO ) but, in my opinion, not very faithful to the original film, or at least not so true as it is not Francesco Bernulli Delux , or the same Lightning McQueen present in the sets 8200 , 8423 , 8486 .

After assembly I believe are worth noting:

PRO
Very solid and durable

• Aerodynamic appendages made with extensive use of flat tiles of various types
• Important dimension
• " Guido "very well done

• Color used for both the passenger side (black).
• Rear wheel of orange