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Top 10 most Expensive Cars owned by Footballers
Top 10 Most Expensive Cars owned by Footballers
Football players do really work hard on the pitch and in return earn so much money and here are the most expensive cars owned by footballers across the world.
Some football players do not hold back when it comes to splashing millions of dollars to own expensive Watches, shoes, real estate and Cars be it Ferrari, Bugatti, Roll Royce among others, not minding the cost.
We take a look at the top 10 most expensive cars owned by footballers in the world.
1. Lionel Messi
Ferrari 335 S spider Scaglietti ($36 million)
It is not only the most expensive car owned by football players but the Ferrari 335D spider Scaglietti is also known as the most expensive car ever sold at auction. At a price tag of £25 million, or about $36 million.
Lionel Messi happens to be among the individual to own one of the only four of the 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti ever made.
Ferrari’s workshop equipped the model with a 4.1-liter V12 engine, giving it a massive 400 horsepower and reaching a top speed of 190 miles per hour.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
Bugatti La Voiture Noire ($18 million)
The Bugatti La Voiture Noire is an ode to Jean Bugatti’s (founder Ettore’s son) iconic all-black Type 57SC Atlantic line from 1934 and comes with the heftiest price tag a production vehicle has ever had €11 million approximately US$18 million.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s BLN is a monstrous 8.0-L Quad Turbocharged W16, that can effortlessly churn out power to match 1500-1600 horses. That 0-60 mph in less than three seconds. The La Voiture Noire won’t be shy of breaking its 261-mph record, making it the world’s fifth-fastest production car too.
3. Cristiano Ronaldo
Bugatti Chiron ($3 million)
Another of Cristiano Ronaldo’s car collections is the Bugatti Chiron valued at 3 million dollars.
The symbolic horseshoe grill, and the distinctive C-bar on the side, still define it as unmistakably BUGATTI, as do its pronounced lines and generous surfaces.
At the heart of the CHIRON is its quad-turbocharged 8 l W16 engine. The Bugatti Chiron generates an incredible 1,500 hp and 1,600 Nm of torque, with an almost linear power output between 2,000 and 6,000 rpm.
4. Son Heung-min
Ferrari LaFerrari ($3.00m)
Tottenham striker, Son Heung-min owns the Ferrari’s exquisite modern beauty, a Ferrari LaFerrari cost him a whopping 3 million dollars and is among the most expensive cars owned by footballers.
There are just 499 Ferrari LaFerrari cars that were built, and each was customized to its owner’s preference, so not one LaFerrari will be quite the same. What all 499 cars share is a 6.3-litre V12 engine and hybrid electric powertrain, which produces a combined 950 hp and 664 lb-ft of torque and will rocket the LaFerrari to a quarter-mile time of just under ten seconds
5. John Terry
Ferrari 275 GTB ($2.2 million)
Former England International, John Terry owns a rare antique Ferrari 275 GTB from the 1960s. The value of the car has risen over the years and it is valued at 2.2 million
dollars today.
The Ferrari 275 is a series of front V12-powered Grand Touring cars with two-seat coupé and spider bodies produced by Ferrari between 1964 and 1968.
The first cars of the 275 series were powered by a 3.3 L (3286 ccs) overhead camshaft Colombo 60° V12 engine producing 260-320 hp (190-240 kW). An updated 275 GTB/4 was introduced in 1966, with a revised four-overhead-cam engine producing 300 hp (220 kW).
6. Cristiano Ronaldo
Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport ($2.25 Million)
The Grand Sport Vitesse had its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show in 2012 and completes the range of Veyron models.
In 2013 Grand Sport Vitesse made a powerful statement that once again demonstrated Bugatti’s supremacy: the supercar set another world speed record for the brand. At 408.84 km/h, the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse was the fastest production roadster in the world at the time.
The Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse is completely sold and as expected Cristiano Ronaldo happens to own one, which he bought for himself after winning the 2016 UEFA Champions League title with Real Madrid.
7. Karim Benzema
Bugatti Veyron pur sang ($1.9 Million)
Bugatti was presented at the special edition of the EB 16.4 Veyron limited to five worldwide – the Pur Sang at the Frankfurt International Auto SW.
Karim Benzema Bugatti Veyron Pur sang boasts of an aluminum body that has a power of 746.5 kW / 1001 bhp @ 6000 rpm and a top speed of 407.2 kph / 253 mph
8. Samuel Eto’o
Aston Martin One77 ($1.87 Million)
Cameroon and African legend own the super luxurious Aston Martin One-77, which only had 77 units ever produced, and cost him 1.8 million dollars.
9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Ferrari Monza SP2 – ($1.70million)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic bought himself a Ferrari Monza SP2 on his 34th birthday, which set his net worth back by a sum of $1.70m. Only 499 cars of this model were produced, which were sold by Ferrari to its most loyal customers.
10. Lionel Messi
Pagani Zonda Tricolore ( $1.70 million)
One of Lionel Messi’s most prized assets is a Pagani Zonda Tricolore, which is worth a massive $1.70m. The Argentinian player owns one of the three units of this model ever produced.
It comes with a power of 6200 RPM and a top speed of 220mph.
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