Garages of the Rich and Famous

GARAGES of the RICH AND FÁMOUS From classic convertibles to customized concept cars, celebrities' love affair with automobiles has given the world more than a few amazing collections to admire. Here are some of the most mind-blowing garages of celebrities with a serious addiction to speed and style. Try not to get too jealous! The Chin Makes the Car: Jay Leno's Cars JAY LENO'S GARAGE IS The garage also has a 17,000 SQUARE FEET A quarter of that space is given over to the machine shop, which has specialty equipment like a water-jet cutter, sheet metal machines, and a welding apparatus. 2 GOURMET KITCHEN Leno has cars ranglng from the most modern to some of the oldest - yet classlest! - cars of the 20th century. Some of them Include: ON THE OLD SIDE: ON THE NEWER SIDE: LUXURY CARS LIKE: CLASSIC CARS LIKE: • VPG MV-1 • A 1906 Stanley Steamer • A 1911 Packard Model 18 • 2013 Aston Martin Vanquish • Lamborghini Reventón • Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand • 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB • Persu Mobility Three-Wheeler Competizione • 1955 Mercedes-Benz • He even has 19th century . ... and more higher-end steam engines like the hybrids like the Porsche 918 Sport 300SL Gullwing Coupe Ericsson Hot-Air Pumping Spyder • 1963 Jaguar XKE Engine. A Sultan's Insatiable Appetite for Speed: The Sultan of Brunei's Cars THERE ARE ANYWHERE FROM HIS COLLECTION IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE WORLD, COSTING OVER MOST EXPENSIVE CAR: A custom Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Limousine, clocking in at $14 million dollars. 3,000-6,000 MORE EXOTIC CARS ON THE LIST, BUT NOBODY KNOWS HOW MANY $300 MILLION It's practically solid 14k gold! The Sultan's collection sports other incredibly rare cars, Including: > EIGHT MCLAREN F1S >A FERRARI EX >A MERCEDES-BENZ CLK GTR >A BUGATTI VEYRON 16.4 The Massive Exotic Car Collection in Small-Town Michigan: Ken Lingenfelter The son of a successful GM executive, Ken made his fortune in real estate and purchased his cousin's high-performance, aftermarket parts company, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering. After Jay Leno, he has the largest exotic car collection in America. The public can come and view his cars; he donates the admission proceeds to charity. FORD SHELBY GT PONTIAC GTO MUSTANG 2000 COBRA R HIs collection has older, classic cars such as: 4 > 1953 SUPERCHARGED CORVETTE > 1954 STYLING CORVETTE > FERRARI 288 GTO > PORSCHE 935 911 TURBO SLANTNOSE THE AVERAGE TWO-CAR GARAGE IS THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD OWNS 24 AA0 85% 74% 29% FEET SQUARE | 2.28 CARS' OF NEW HOMES HAVE A OF ALL SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES 7 IN THE U.S. HAVE A GARAGE OF HOMEOWNERS WITH A GARAGE USE IT TO PARK THEIR CARS THREE-CAR OR LARGER GARAGE The King of Comedy... and Cars: Jerry Seinfeld "ADMITTED PORSCHEPHILE" SEE HIS CARS ON HIS HIT PORSCHE COLLECTION ESTIMATED WORTH: $115 HIS GARAGE MEASURES owns at least ONLINE SHOW, 844 46 COMEDIANS IN CARS MILLION GETTING COFFEE Mlk SQUARE FEET PORSCHES His garage has its own living space, with a kitchen, bathroom, flat screen TVs, white terrazzo floors, custom industrial elevators, and even touchscreen panels on the walls to control the garage's electronics. 9 HIs Porsche collection Includes: > SEVERAL PORSCHE 911S > 10 PORSCHE BOXSTERS > PORSCHE 964 > PORSCHE 550 SPYDER > PORSCHE 959 Barbie Grows Up: Paris Hilton "Every woman should have four pets in her life: a mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything." - Paris Hilton Her reason for buying a custom Bentley? PARIS HILTON DRIVES A COST OF THE CUSTOM BENTLEY? I think when you're a little girl and you have the Barbie Corvette you're like, I wish I had a car like this one.' So / think [it's] just being a fan of Barbie for so long. PINK BENTLEY GT $285,000 CONTINENTAL WITH A DIAMOND-ENCRUSTED DASHBOARD. It has monogrammed seats, her glittery initials for a hood ornament, and of course, tinted windows She drives a number of other cars, Including: > ROLLS-ROYCE GHOST > FERRARI CALIFORNIA > LEXUS LFA > MERCEDES SLR > CADILLAC ESCALADE > YUKON HYBRID 12 The Man's Car Collection: Adam Carolla Adam Carolla's garage is smaller compared to other other celebrity collections, housing less than a dozen cars. It tincludes Lamborghinis, BMWS, Ferraris, and more than a few Datsuns, a brand phased out by Nissan in the 1980s. Some notable cars in his collection: 13 275 The original Newman Sharp car driven by Paul Newman A Lightweight 2000 Datsun Roadster Datsun Camel GT, built by Datsun racer Bob Sharp Unlike other celeb collectors like Jay Leno, Adam Carolla doesn't take his collection to the streets - he doesn't want to attract attention, or risk one of his prized possessions breaking! 14 The Cars Across the Pond: Rowan Atkinson Atkinson's collection is modest compared to Seinfeld or Leno, but he does like to race his Aston Martin V8 Zagato, or on another occasion, a Renault 5 GT Turbo. 15 Atkinson "[has] a PROBLEM WITH PORSCHES. IN 2011, HE CRASHED HIS MCLAREN F1 SUPERCAR BUT IT HAS SINCE BEEN FULLY REPAIRED BY THE MANUFACTURER and refuses to ever own one. His collection started in 1981 with the Aston Martin V8, and has at times included: DKOS HYW L707 APH LANCIA DELTA INTEGRALE BENTLEY MULSANNE MG X-POWER SV SOURCES 1. http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/the-garage/ 2. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-top-five-car-collections-by-businessmen-in-the-usa-2011-2 3. http://www.zeroto60times.com/blog/2012/07/1largest-most-expensive-private-car-collection/ 4. http://www.thelingenfeltercollection.com/ 5. http://www.ehow.com/info_10068499_average-garage-sizes.html 6. http://www.autospies.com/news/Study-Finds-Americans-Own-2-28-Vehicles-Per-Household-26437/ 7. http://onlinewsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323550604578410843538119034.html 8. http://www.complex.com/rides/2010/07/motor-mansions-the-7-coolest-celebrity-garages/jerry-seinfeld 9. http://www.autoinsurancenow.com/jerry-seinfelds-car-collection/ 10. http://www.complex.com/rides/2013/04/inside-jerry-seinfelds-super-secret-manhattan-garage 11. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/arts/television/seinfeld-to-continue-comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee.html?_r=O 12. http://www.celebritycarsblog.com/celebrity/paris-hilton/ 13. http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/06/autoblog-gets-a-peek-inside-adam-carollas-private-garage/ 14. http://www.autoblog.com/2013/05/26/why-adam-carolla-doesnt-drive-his-fancy-cars-on-the-street/ 15. http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=147861295 COPYRIGHT 2013 HORIZONSTRUCTURES.COM | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED