Oldsmobile 442 Cutlass $255K Now here’s a flashy guy. Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is a Super Bowl MVP and a Heisman Trophy winner. Though he whiffed on clinching the title, he celebrated his great season by hiring the crew at Monster Customs in Atlanta to style up his 1970 Oldsmobile 442 Cutlass. They redid the entire car and finished it with gold stitching in diamond patterns. Forty-five-thousand dollars later, it was transformed into the strapping brute pictured here. The motor was fixed. Bigger wheels, new carpet, and a thumping new sound system were added.
The ridiculously large wheels are capped by gold-plated rims. Black bodywork with glossy-gold trim spruced up the vintage muscle car. Oldsmobile called it a 442 because of its 4-barrel carburetor, 4-speed manual transmission, and dual exhaust. Details like a 24-karat gold plated panther head crowning the grill next to his initials and jersey number, “C1N” could not be omitted. Next, he plans to have Monster snazz-up his Rolls. That should be interesting.
Samuel Jackson
Maybach 57S $500K Post-Marvel, it might be hard to remember Samuel Jackson was already a Hollywood legend. His iconic work with Quentin Tarantino is also something to appreciate. But now, it’s only Nick Fury we see when we look at his face. For ordinary-life class, Jackson steps into his ultra-luxury line Maybach by Mercedes-Benz. Jackson traveled to the vehicle’s native Germany to pick out his glossy-white 2007 Maybach 57S.
The car that has everything, including in-cabin refrigeration, champagne glasses and folding tables has a price tag of $500,000. The Maybach houses speed and performance, but it only gets 10-16 mpg. The rooftop solar panels are a luxury feature that power the vehicle’s indoor climate control and other off-engine features. His customized model has all the available tech plus bullet-proof windows. Perfect for action-movie filmmaking flashbacks! On conventional days he sports a Toyota Camry.
Denzel Washington
Chrysler 300 $40K Denzel Washington is known for subverting our assumptions about American history with iconic films like Malcolm X and The Hurricane, but at heart, he’s a family guy who’s in love with his wife of 30-plus years. “She puts up with me,” he says. Sharply contrasting many of his rap and hip-hop brethren, Washington owns only a few sensibly luxurious rides and doesn’t like to flaunt his hefty $220 net worth. He lives like a role model, with intention. Though he’s known to be low-key, dressing in clothing given out on the sets of the films he makes, for his 50th birthday in 2004, he treated himself to a Rolls Royce Phantom.
The $300,000 ultra-luxury machine is a first-class inside and out. When Denzel got in one, he had to have it. “I took a Phantom on a test drive and I thought, ‘Why not? Stop cheating yourself. This is your life. Get what you want,’” he said. This according to the Irish Examiner. Prior to the Phantom, he picked up his black Chrysler 300 for about $40,000. This modest luxury vehicle had been his main ride for the bulk of his years in Hollywood.
Alessandra Ambrosio
Range Rover SUV $100K Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio is actually of Polish and Italian descent, but no matter, she’s amazingly beautiful. The Victoria Secrets Angel modeled for the lingerie company for years. She ranked six on Forbes list of highest-paid fashion models. Her best year raked in $6.6 million. With all that wealth, of course, we wonder about what car she drives.
She’s partial to the Range Rover, especially now that she has children to shuttle around. The SUV is considered safer. And look at the size! It approximates the dimension of a light military tank. At 38, the Amazonian model is as busy as ever with films, TV and, of course, posing in her bikini. She’s active on Instagram.
Guy Fieri
Chevrolet Chevelle $70K Guy Fieri, the face of The Food Network, has a passion for gourmet culinary. The famous TV chef also has a passion for cars, and a show for that too. It’s no secret. Fieri’s a self-proclaimed Chevy guy, and he’s got quite a collection of American muscle cars. In Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, he road-trips to uncover hidden mom-and-pop gems. The co-star of his show is a fully restored, red with black trim, 1968 Chevy Camaro Super Sport convertible. He loves that car. The SS bowtie wasn’t the first. When he was just starting, newly signed with the network, he nearly mortgaged his house to acquire his 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS.
The stunning yellow with black racing stripes road beast grabbed his attention, even after having professed he hates yellow cars! Having secretly saved $12,000, Fieri used that to wrangle a deal. Great investment. The show is an amazing success. A fully restored 1971 Chevelle SS can go for $70,000. With his show and celebrity-added value, who knows how much that muscle car is worth!