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.