This was the hardest thing I have tried to assemble. It would be most helpful if told to have a hairdryer handy when starting. My daughter and I worked on this item for 2 1/2 hours-the front pillars were the worst. My grandson loves this toy but it was very trying to assemble. I believe more of this car could have come assembled and as previously stated, you need to memtion the hair dryer trick-it would have never gone together without it.