Four of the Most Extreme Celebrity Car Collections
Four of the Most Extreme Celebrity Car Collections
Few subjects attract the general public’s interest
quite like famous people and their fabulous car collections. Luxury
homes and exotic travel serve as visible baubles of wealth and success, but for
many celebrities, nothing says “I’ve made it big” quite like owning a fleet of
high-end performance cars.
Car
brands
and models speak to the celebrities’ style and tastes, but sometimes the sheer
number of cars a person owns says even more about them. Celebrity cars often
tell a visual tale of a lifelong obsession. Here are a few of the most
interesting stories of celebrity car
collections.
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Jerry Seinfeld – The comedian has had a thing for German-made cars since he was a kid growing up on Long Island. From his first car, a 1977 Volkswagen Beetle, to his current collection of nearly 50 Porches, look no further than Seinfeld’s garage to capture the essence of his success. Speaking of his garage, for years Seinfeld rented an airport hangar in California to shelter his car collection. Now that he’s married and living back in New York, most of his collection is housed in his 20-car garage in Manhattan.
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Kobe Bryant – As the NBA’s highest-paid player (and third-highest in its history), the Los Angeles Lakers’ shooting guard has some nice wheels to go along with his five championship rings. He owns a Ferrari, a Lamborghini, a Rolls Royce Bentley and a Range Rover. [Full story]
