Celebreties and their cars

Alfasudcrazy

I am always trying to find out what cars celebreties drive as it gives me a bit more insight into what type of people they are. I am of the school of thought that says the car you drive says a lot about you - so its one of the first things I look for in anyone - but celebreties are so coy about what they drive :mad: (excluding of course Posh & Becks) :rolleyes:

Gay Byrne I know is into cars but only always drove a Vectra - why?

Do you know the cars any celebs drive - Irish celebs are always more interesting - cars here are more expensive than anywhere else - If I was in Spain I would have a nice Merc SL for myself right now - its not such a big deal there to own such cars :rolleyes:

Dr.Pain

Hi I know this is slightly unrelated but does anyone know the name of the car that Alex Zane had on MTV Cribs, I always really wanted to find out, i want that car.
Thanks

ds20prefecture

Alfasudcrazy wrote:

Do you know the cars any celebs drive - Irish celebs are always more interesting - cars here are more expensive than anywhere else

Bono was given a Quattroporte by Maserati to test (for 6 months) I don't know if he kept it.
Edge drives a Mercedes 280 SEC 3.5
Adam Clayton drives a Citroën SM
Larry Mullen rides a Harley
Ronan Keating drives a Continental GT (I think)
Roy Keane drives a Continental GT
Eddie Irvine tools around in a 550M and a 360 Spyder when he's home.
Lisa Stansfield owns an XJ6

I know it is sad (that I have gone to great lengths to research this), but the following celebrities drive or have driven a Citroën DS
Francis McDormand (of Fargo fame)
John Wayne
Carlos Santana
Leonard Cohen
Jay Leno
Billy Joel (he drives a 2CV now)
Jules Holland (I think he uses a Rover P5 Coupé now)
Adam Clayton

impr0v

Drico drives a D4D Toyota Land Cruiser, or at least he did at the time I read the interview in which he said he did, which was some time ago.

bazz26

Cameron Diaz drives a Toyota Prius.

shagman

I know it is sad (that I have gone to great lengths to research this), but the following celebrities drive or have driven a Citroën DS
Francis McDormand (of Fargo fame)
John Wayne
Carlos Santana
Leonard Cohen
Jay Leno
Billy Joel (he drives a 2CV now)
Jules Holland (I think he uses a Rover P5 Coupé now)
Adam Clayton

Jay Leno drives a quite a few different cars I'd imagine he is a total car nut and has a huge collection of classics, customs and hot rods. Including a hot rod powered by a tank engine.


One of broadsheets does a stars and their cars piece from it I found out that Nick Moran (the bloke from Lock Stock) has a reliant scimitar and his comments on it helped me decide to get one.

peasant

One of the Sligo branch of Westlife (dunno which one ...and don't really care either) used to have a black Hummer. Probably didn't find it convenient on Sligo roads, as I haven't seen it in a while. There also was a black Ferrari and a yellow TVR (not sure on specific models, sorry) to be seen for a while. All on GB regs though.

528i

Eddie Irvine had an Audi TT there for a while (before they became gay)

I'd imagine alot of these celebs have bling'd out 22' chrome wheel'd range rovers with tinted windows.

bazz26

528i wrote:

I'd imagine alot of these celebs have bling'd out 22' chrome wheel'd range rovers with tinted windows.

In drug dealer black of course.

Alfasudcrazy

Searching through google and saw this - I assumed he was talking about his car

http://www.news24.com/News24/Backpage/HotGossip/0,5583,2-1343-1344_1584388,00.html

magpie

Bono mainly gets driven around in his Misses' 93 golf 1.4cl.

Unless he's with one of this other bits of fluff i.e. Andrea Corr, in which case its limos and marching powder all the way I suspect.

Apparently The Hedge owns a DS that's been retrofitted with a Maserati engine. You can spot it by the twin exhausts. But he's still a bald twat.

ds20prefecture

magpie wrote:

Apparently The Hedge owns a DS that's been retrofitted with a Maserati engine. You can spot it by the twin exhausts. But he's still a bald twat.

I'd be surprised. Clayton is the Citroën fan, by all accounts.

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I know of only 1 DS that has the Maserati V6 fitted, and it is in the UK. It is attractive to use this engine as a upgrade to a D because it is smooth and powerful, but also because it spins the right way for the DS gearbox. Very few other engines do. However the amount of structural cutting required to fit the V6, together with even greater cabin intrusion makes it unattractive overall. Not to mention that the DS 4cyl is an incredibly robust unit whereas the Maserati v6, ehhh, isn't. </off topic>

I was almost t-boned by the Edge in his Merc. It is a very beautiful car.

I wouldn't call him a twat. Seems like a decent, unassuming kind of chap. He is bald, but we probably shouldn't hold that against him. It happens to the best of us.

Santa Claus

Alfasudcrazy wrote:

Gay Byrne I know is into cars but only always drove a Vectra - why?

Becuase he was paid to. He had a deal with Opel Ireland when Arnold O'Byrne was in charge.

sharkman

Enya has a Maybach .
The Citreon seems to be a pool car for U2 as I've seen both Larry and Edge in it , Larry also has a land Rover Defender , RK has Bentley GT (J444 CKS) The reg was also used on his BMW Z8 and a RangRover .

Dades

ds20prefecture wrote:

I was almost t-boned by the Edge in his Merc. It is a very beautiful car.

I wouldn't call him a twat. Seems like a decent, unassuming kind of chap. He is bald, but we probably shouldn't hold that against him. It happens to the best of us.

I've seen him in that merc too.

He gets my respect because unlike other people with more money than they'll ever spend, he or his bandmates aren't driving around in gold-plated stretched hummers.

Gatster

John Rocha, celeb-designer type did have an ML55 AMG in Black, but so does the bloke who owns the video shop near me. I've seen the freakishly long eyebrowed one from Westlife in the UK Reg 360 near Sandyford

^whitey^

Arnie has a hummer, wouldnt mind one myself .... with a faster engine under the hood.

IrishRover

About 10 years ago now, I saw Ronan Keating driving a silver Peugeot 406 coupe


Also around the same time I saw Mike Murphy with an early 80's Mercedes 280 or 300 like this one as far as I remember.


Gerry Ryan used to have a dark Xedos 6 around the same time


Of course Bono had that classic silver Jaguar (MK II I think), don't know if he still has it or not.


About The Edge, I would definitely say that in my experience he is the least "showbiz" of any celebrity I have encountered. He seems to be a genuinely decent chap. Unassuming is definitely the right word.

sharkman

Bono's Jag was BRG .

IrishRover

Was it? Just shows how my memory is going now lol! Could have sworn it was silver.

$Leon$

gordon darcy drives an X5 black
mal o kelly drives a mondeo
andy from 6 drives a new beetle

sharkman

Yeah , I nearly took his door ( and his arm) off outside Roly's Bistro .

Louis Walsh has a Maybach also .. Jason Byrne drives a Golf and Brian mc Fatten has a BMW B3 on UK plates .

Dades

Gatster wrote:

John Rocha, celeb-designer type did have an ML55 AMG in Black, but so does the bloke who owns the video shop near me. I've seen the freakishly long eyebrowed one from Westlife in the UK Reg 360 near Sandyford

I saw him parking that on Sunday in Donnybrook - squeezed beside a parked car and halfway up a kerb beside a tree.

No wonder he bought a 4x4.

Gatster

Who on earth is Andy from 6? Who (and why) on earth are 6?