The life of the rich and famous is like a freak show. They buy strange things that are still strange because most of the world cannot buy or afford them and can probably only dream about them in their wildest fantasies. Of course, all celebrities have different options when it comes to cars, but when they get out they pull out all the stops.
Especially when it comes to paying exorbitant amounts of money for very expensive cars. But what are a few million but loose change for most of these people, right?
But that’s how the penny falls, and you have to admit, these celebrities worked hard to get where they were. So when you’ve made enough money, it’s only fair that you can spend it on the things that you like best.
So here are ten celebrities and their ten most expensive car purchases that make us look at them in awe and a lot of envy.
10 Nick Mason’s unique Ferrari 250 GTO
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There were only 36 of these cars ever made in the world, and Pink Floyd’s drummer Nick Mason only had to fend for himself once in 1977 after making the dark side of the moon. At the time, he put a princely sum of £ 37,000 on it, even though people told him not to waste his money.
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And in 2010, he turned down a $ 30 million offer for his car, making him a very wealthy man who loved his rare rarity immensely and was an absolute hero to all Ferrari fans.
9 Birdman’s Fly Red Bugatti Veyron
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Birdman, aka Bryan Williams, aka music mogul, has expensive tastes. So in 2011 he bought a Bugatti Veyron and had it customized in red to match his red helicopter, of course. And to let fly, as in the adjective, not the verb.
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On the other hand, at around $ 2 million, the Veyron is hardly the most expensive purchase when you consider that it spent a whopping $ 8 million on a Maybach Exelero in 2010. Today he’s worth around $ 100 million, so his cars are just a minor flaw on his radar.
8th Ralph Lauren’s Bugatti Atlantic is worth millions
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The man is a fashion legend, and his empire is so great that he is now valued at more than $ 7 billion. A man can buy a small piece of land if he finds it fashionable enough. He spent part of his change on a Bugatti, which is so rare that only two exist in the world.
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The Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic was a 1930s model, and Lauren bought it back in 1988 and now for an astonishing $ 40 million. Talk about expensive!
7th Beyonce Knowles’ birthday Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud
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Not all incredible auto expenses have to be made on new cars, or even cars for yourself. When it comes to celebrities and their better halves, sometimes they really run out of everything. When the singer and diva Beyoncé turned 25, she got a tailor-made classic from her amorous husband, Jay-Z.
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The 1959 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud cost a cool million dollars and was made for the wife in her favorite colors. The world stood up and sighed at the cool, cool husband Jay-Z. Sure nothing but the best for Queen Bey, right?
6th Simon Cowell’s rarely driven Bugatti Veyron
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When Cowell isn’t busy settling down and sometimes building candidates in America’s Got Talent, he’s busy buying and selling cars. Simon Cowell got a Bugatti Veyron for the first time in 2008 and later sold it for a cool $ 1.6 million. Sure, another expensive car collector.
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He also owns a Jaguar E-Type Eagle Speedster, and this car is so rare that there are only three in the world. Cowell managed to get it for less than $ 1 million, to be precise, $ 863,005.
5 Steven Tyler’s non-profit Hennessey Venom GT Spyder
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For those who didn’t know, Steven Tyler is the front man of Aerosmith and the father of the once delicious Liv Tyler. He’s also a man who loves cars, and the faster and more expensive they are, the better. The reason he was overwhelmed by the capabilities of the Hennessey Venom GT Spyder and spent around $ 1.2 million to get the first.
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The man also loves to donate to charity, and later he auctioned the car and the proceeds from it went on to help.
4th Jay-Z’s forgiving Maybach Exelero
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The aforementioned Maybach Exelero, first bought by Birdman Bryan Williams, never really became his, mostly because he never really paid for it. Either he forgot, or he changed his mind, or $ 8 million out of less than $ 100 million seemed like a bit much, no?
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So this very Exelero, who “owned” Birdman for a very short time, went to Jay-Z, who paid upfront for it, with a cool $ 7 million. If his wife can have a $ 1 million classic roll, why can’t the man indulge in the best too?
3 Jay Leno’s breathtakingly super McLaren F1
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Jay Leno is known for his joke, yes, but best known today for his over $ 50 million garage, $ 1.8 million of which goes to his 1955 Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing Coupe that most people have an arm and would give a leg.
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But that’s hardly the most expensive car in his very expensive garage, as he also owns a 1994 McLaren F1 that cost him a whopping $ 12 million to buy. Nothing but the best for Leno. Period. Especially since he commits a murder and talks about cars …
2 Floyd Mayweather ‘Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita
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The man in the golden gloves, Floyd Mayweather, is an exceptional boxing champion. So it wouldn’t be enough for him to just drive someone else. Because of this, one of his cars is a Koenigsegg and not just any Koenigsegg, but a CCXR Trevita, and there are only two such cars in the world.
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And that’s one of the reasons it cost him a cool $ 4.6 million and why he keeps driving it around with pizzazz. Obviously, the man keeps his cars much better than he seems to keep his girlfriends.
1 Cristiano Ronaldo’s Ooh-La-La Ferrari LaFerrari
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The man may be Portuguese, but his love for the Italian stallion, and by that we mean the car and not Sly Stallone, is well known. Considering that he is a very successful footballer, the world is his oyster. So if Ronaldo wants a Ferrari, he’s decided to buy one of the best there is, the LaFerrari.
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It carries a 6.3 liter 12 engine and can go 0-60 mph in a flat 2.5 seconds. The car is an absolute gem, but hardly the only supercar or even Ferrari that Ronaldo owns. Guys and their toys, right?
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Arun Singh Pundir
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Arun Singh Pundir was a longtime media crackerjack and spent most of his life in sales and marketing. In 2018 he officially switched and switched sides to editorial. He lives with his wife, two mischievous sons, and in his spare time is a car and motorcycle mother. Not that he has too much free time. He currently writes for HotCars on anything that has any number or type of wheels. He also writes pop culture, lifestyle, and anything that is rich for TheRichest. He currently considers his Isuzu D-Max V-Cross, Suzuki Ciaz and Royal Enfield Classic 500 to be the three current flames of his life. His dream is to drive around the world; even if it takes more than eighty days.
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