By Robert Emslie
Whether it’s Will.i.am’s Delorean debacle, or Shaquille O’Neal’s custom Ferrari, cars and celebrities go together like bacon and eggs, or bacon and. . . well, everything. Part and parcel with celebrity often comes the onus of wealth, and as celebrities need to maintain the uniqueness of their carefully cultured personas, that mans that a lot of money goes into ensuring that when seen on the street, fans are left with no doubt that that’s how the stars roll.
That means the existence of Gucci Mane’s black over yellow 612, Paris Hilton’s Pepto pink Connie GT, and the Beib’s chrome-wrapped Fisker Karma. Especially here in LA, which is both the car and entertainment capital of the world, what a celebrity drives is of the utmost importance. After all, could you imagine Larry David in anything other than a Prius?
But with so many celebrities clogging the highways and byways it’s a difficult task to decide just which star’s car delivers the most awesomeness. Of course I know that you have it in you to pick a winner. What do you think, which celebrity has had the coolest car?
Image source: CarLife
Jeff Glucker
Let me get this thing rolling in earnest so you all be safe.
Ingvar Kamprad (founder of IKEA).
<img src="http://blog.cargurus.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ingvard-kamprad-png_140455.png">
IIRC he swapped the Volvo for a white Skoda Octavia a few years ago.
Thanks for the update.
This is exactly what Piech planned when he gave Skoda new life. I remember everyone laughing back then, but just look at who's driving Skoda now…
McQueen's 250 Lusso is BROWN!
<img src="http://stylecrave.frsucrave.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/steve-mcqueens-ferrari-250-gt-berlinetta-lusso-1.jpg" />
Anything McQueen drove is automatically cooler becuase he drove it. That man could have made a KV Mini look cool.
I like to think I've amply demonstrated that a KV needs no help from its driver for that.
Anything Steve McQueen owned was cool… http://www.amazon.com/McQueens-Machines-Cars-Bike…
Cheap book- $10 new, $5 used.
Found. Sums it up really…
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So he's not much of a celeb in the states, but surely the random Suadi sheik that bought this is quite the dude in his neck of the desert.
<img src="http://blogs-images.forbes.com/jimgorzelany/files/2013/03/G-Class_6x6_top.jpg" width=500>
Leno certainly has some cool iron in his garage, with plenty of choices to pick from, but I'll say the EcoJet.
It's not my favorite in terms of styling, or performance, or engineering. I picked it because Leno helped design it and a Big-3 manufacturer (GM) partnered with him to get it done. How many other celebrities have the clout to turn their vanity project into a SEMA-worthy show car, or to pry such a car away from the manufacturer instead of having it crushed when the circuit is over?
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/at-the-garage/custo…
<img src="http://foreverdriven.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/leno-ecojet-7.jpg" width="500">
I think we could go on a while with Leno answers:
<img src="http://stumbler.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Jay-Leno-tank-engine-car.jpg" width=500>
WhathehellisthatIwantitwaitnevermindcantaffordit.
Blastolene
Oh, you think you want it now?
[youtube 2Lu9Nm25G1c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lu9Nm25G1c youtube]
Also it has turbos now.
(you can see the left one in the picture)
Only two Duesenberg SSJs were made. Once for Clark Gable and one for Garry Cooper.
<img src="http://dummidumbwit.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/clark_gable_and_his_1935_duesenberg1.jpg"width=500>
The regular Duesenberg SJ had 320HP. These special lightweight shortened versions had closer to 400hp in 1935!
Patrick Dempsey *drool* has/had a Ford GT *drool*. Other celebrities who has/had one include Nicholas Cage, Jeff Dunham, NBA Ben Wallace, John Mayer and Jeremy Clarkson. Those are the ones I know of.
<img src="http://www.concierge.com/images/cnt/articles/September05/gospeedracer/cnt_feat_001p.jpg"width="500"/>
Jesse James had one.
<img src="http://www.gtspirit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Jesse-James-Ford-GT-Crash.jpg" width=400>
Jesse "The Jerk" James………I forgot that one.
Wait – Jeff Dunham has one? That guy is funny, but now he's cool, too!
I don't remember where I got the info that he had one, but this pic is in my Ford GT/GT40 folder with Jeff Dunham's name on it.
<img src="http://i.usatoday.net/tech/gallery/2012/t120305jeffdunham/11-pg-horizontal.jpg"width="500"/>
I think that Prowler on the right negates a lot of the GT cool.
Not the best picture for sure. You know what? I think that's a Ford GTX1.
<img src="http://www.listofcar.com/wallpapers/2012/11/Ford-Gtx1-Concept-4-600×600.jpg"width="500"/>
I still don't know where I got the image, but it's mentioned in the last paragraph here: http://metro.co.uk/2010/04/12/ventriloquist-jeff-…
Say what?
<img src="http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/download/Number/24877/filename/450261-JamesGarnerOlds.jpg">
He didn't just own it. He didn't just drive it. He didn't just race it. He drove it to a second-place finish (I believe that's in class, not overall) in the 1969 Mexican 1000*.
*it was not called the Baja 1000 until later.
WINNER!!!
Another shot of him, discussing the build with (I assume) Vic Hickey, who put it together, although the engine was actually built by Dale Smith.
<img src="http://www.tanshanomi.com/temp/garner-garage.jpg">
Rowan Atkinson's Honda NSX (yeah, I know he has a McLaren F1 – that would be my other choice).
<img src="http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/D2/D3D3D7B1F922E13C7713CB805DA0_h498_w598_m2.jpg" width="500" />
Brain Johnson's Bentley is serious cool.
<img src="http://www.topgear.com/uk/assets/cms/17bd7117-8cea-449d-b0a3-883b1526b41c/Thumbnail.JPG?p=120411_02:41" width="600">
I love that he daily drives this beast.
Mr Johnson also suits his Bently in look and attitude. Again very awesome(and I dont usually like to use that word) that he uses it almost daily.
Jo(h)n Voight's Lebaron!
<img src="http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j129/hoopd87/seinfeld_chrysler_lebaron_zpsbd9e38ec.jpg" width=500>
<img src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQcjXOaHKvv6t-khFjJUbgZb0zUeXB_bcggf8MF-atKJv7OLvE_">
Vector counts, right? Andre Agassi probably doesn't, though.
Of course Vector counts!
Somewhat related side note, when I was 5 or so I got quoted in the local newspaper saying that "The doors are cool" about the new Vector. They were built about an hour away from where I grew up, so the paper was running an article about the whole outfit.
Some oddballs:
David Spade has a Grand National:
<img src="http://images.myride.com/images/non-vehicle/People/Celebrity/April%2008/David_Spade_(544×408).jpg">
Adrian Brody has a Starquest:
<img src="http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Chrysler-Conquest-Adrien-Brody-Mitsubishi-Starion.png">
Frank Ocean is building a badass E30:
<img src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18e1dhsh5godhjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg">
That explains why he's holding his tool.
I'll put this up against Will.I.Am's car:
<img src="http://onscreencars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/TheHomer.jpg">
"I want a horn here, here, and here! You can never find a good horn when you are mad! And they should all play La Cucaracha!"
That's not a fair comparison. The Homer was designed by someone with taste. The Delor.I.Am, not so much…
Laughed so hard it make my humps hurt.
Conan. Taurus.
<img src="http://www.autoloandaily.com/images/stories/conan%20obriens%20taurus%20sho.jpg">
Paul Newman. Mid-engine Ford 351. VW Bug.
<img src="http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/wp-content/uploads//2011/05/vdub.jpg" width="600">
Obligatory
<img src="http://cdn.buzznet.com/media-cdn/jj1/headlines/2007/04/eric-bana-car-crash.jpg">
That car was his dream and the documentary showed that he took the wreck in stride and disapointment. He did say he was rebuilding it I wonder if it was ever complete.
According to this, it has been completed:
http://www.xfalcon.com/forums/index.php?/topic/26…
Love the Beast is one of the coolest documentaries I've ever seen.
Italian-Americans.
<img src="http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Dual-Ghia.jpg" width="600">
The King had some taste:
<img src="http://ericpetersautos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/elvis-pantera.jpg" width="600">
Er, wait a sec…
<img src="http://www.lifeofelvis.com/USERIMAGES/Red%20car.jpg" >
Bordering on dirty old man, but it's The King. The ladies loved The King.
<img src="http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pictures/img/elvis/70s/72/1972_june_30_large.jpg" width="600">
I love the sign in the background: "MAGIC PLASTIC FURNITURE COVERS" now you know where grandma got them.
I don't know about dirty old man, but I'll go ahead and say he definitely looks like a dbag in this picture. Not that she cares.
Also, Magic Plastic. Nice.
Tim Allen has had some sweet rides. Some even sponsored by BINFORD. My lack of skills and being easy to anger are my excuses for not posting pics.
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Stephen Fry's London Taxi.
Some really great responses here. Here's my two.
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<img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/ferrarip45_37_opt.jpg">
Miles Davis doing it right.
<img src="http://www.puffofsmokeracing.com/Cars/lamborghini/history/images/miura/Miles_Davis-1.jpg" width="500">
Amazing. I wonder if it was this colour:
<img src="http://www.supercarsmania.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/miuraroadsterpb_01.jpg" width="500" />
First time seeing that color combo, me likey.
Kinda blue…am I rite?
Exactly! A Kind of Blue reference popped into my head during the commute home, pleased to have been beaten to it.
I see what you did there. Nice.
<img src="http://cdn.cutestpaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/l-I-see-what-you-did-there..jpg" width=400>
Pro ‘rassler John Cena has a few cars.
<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qT5V-eAZakg/USmlQTicRDI/AAAAAAAAC3Y/RUvG-BD5XrU/s1600/112_0903_12z+john_cena_celebrity_drive+driveway_of_cars.jpg" width="600">
<img src="http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/93/ca6be3472c764fafa1e8270a80d85881/l.jpg" width="600">
Typhoon Clint!
<img src="http://www.syty.org/old/imagelibrary/clint.jpg" width="600">
The truck so nice, he bought it twice. He had a green one, too.
<img src="http://www.stanceiseverything.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/clint_eastwood_bauer.jpg" width=500>
Nice! I forgot they came in anything other than black. I'm really digging the red one… and the chopper.
Jim Rome and his XR4Ti, obviously, wins this topic. Possibly wins the internet.
<img src="http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/xvvNf52atdk/mqdefault.jpg">
How do you know about that? Are you a spy?
I know everything about XR4s. And I'm a spy.
He's a clone.
Dax Shepard's Lincoln Continental is pretty righteous.
<img src="http://mysticnegro.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DaxLincoln.jpg" width="500" />
Daryl Hannah's biodiesel El Camino.
<img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2007/12/dhannahcamino.jpg">
Yeah, I know she doesn't own it anymore.
Just recently revisited Kill Bill Vol.2, Daryl + Trans Am = Win!
<img src="http://www.imcdb.org/i007903.jpg" width="600">
Tim Allen has some cool rides, but the one that stands out the most is is 1100 HP (yes, one thousand one hundred) 1956 Ford F-100 Custom Pickup. Coolest ever? Probably not, but still pretty damn cool
<img src="http://www.timallen.com/interests/img/kumo/56ford.jpg">
Jack Benny's Maxwell.
My grandparents loved Jack Benny … as did an entire generation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Benny
<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/02/article-2108756-120151BD000005DC-597_634x290.jpg" width=500 /img>
He was in a huge film franchise, he's presumably doing pretty alright for himself, and he chooses to buy an ice cream truck. Respect.
Neil Young's LincVolt is pretty awesome.
<img src="http://mimg.ugo.com/201105/7/8/1/189187/cuts/young_786_poster.jpg" width=600>
Billy Gibbons (guitarist for ZZ Top for you young'uns) comissioned some of my favorite custom cars ever.
Cadzilla, maybe the greatest custom Caddy ever.
<img src="http://www.imagenesygraficos.com/fondos-escritorio/data/media/30/1948-cadillac-club-coupe-cadzilla-frt-2.jpg" width="600">
Copperhead, one of the most beautiful shoebox Fords ever.
<img src="http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy208/FADED1313/781large1950_ford_five_windowfront_right_view.jpg" width="600">
And he has one of the best looking '58 T-Birds ever.
<img src="http://www.speedhunters.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_1214_Billy_Gibbons_ZZ_top_thunderbird_Socal_copy.jpg" width="600">__