As the founder of Lotus, Chapman (1928–1982) is usually associated with sports cars, but in 1966 he became the owner of a decidedly non-sporty Renault 4. Apparently influenced by French motorsport journalist Gerard 'Jabby' Cronbach (1929–2005), this was 'thanks' to Chapman using Renault engines in the Europa. The distribution systems were extremely complex. In response to Chapman's very late phone call, Ian Scott-Watson (born 1930) flew to Paris with a friend, Colin Clark, and met Crombach, who took them to Renault. Scott-Watson and Clarke spent the next two days driving the four to Chapman's holiday home in Ibiza. Chapman arrived a day later and drove them back to the UK via the German Grand Prix.
Jim Clark: Sunbeam-Talbot 90
Clark Snr decided to buy something else, his father gave him the first car he owned (1936–1968). Under the new ownership, it was driven around Berwickshire and surrounding counties before meeting on the way to or near the Hawick and District Young Farmers Dance. Clark replaced it with a later version of the same car known as the Sunbeam MkIII.
Beyoncé: Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud
Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z own several examples of cars that can be expected to appeal to extremely wealthy people. Perhaps the most unexpected is the 1959 Silver Cloud II convertible the latter gave as a 25th birthday gift in 2006. The same year, the pair collaborated on the single Upgrade You. The video for this song featured another Rolls-Royce from the same era, but this was a Silver Cloud III saloon.
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Janis Joplin: Porsche 356
Three days before her death in October 1970, Joplin recorded the song Mercedes-Benz, the lyrics of which include the phrase, "All my friends drive Porsches". In fact, Joplin herself owned a Porsche – a 356 convertible that was originally light gray but was later given a psychedelic paint job. In 2015, the car (pictured) was sold at auction for $1.76 million, a price that no other 356 has ever reached.
King Charles III: MGC
The MGC was a derivative of the MGB equipped with a 2.9-litre straight-six engine. It was produced for only two years in the late 1960s, and was criticized in the press for its poor handling. However, some people loved it, including the current King of the UK, known as Prince Charles, who was given a GT (coupe version) shortly after his 18th birthday, and has spoken highly of it ever since.
Leonardo DiCaprio: Toyota Prius
DiCaprio has long been a fan of Toyota's first and most famous hybrid, production of which originally began 25 years ago. "It's a step in the right direction," he once said. "We have the technology to make every car produced in America today clean, cheap and efficient."
Clint Eastwood: Mini Countryman
Eastwood – who was born in 1930 – has owned many cars in his long life, including sports models, muscle cars and – somewhat paradoxically – a Fiat 500e. His collection also includes what he describes as a 'Morris Mini Countryman', although it is more likely to have been sold as an Austin Countryman or Morris Traveller. Anyhow, the little 1960s estate car was modified with full Cooper S running gear, making it much faster than it was when it left the factory.
Bryan Ferry: Studebaker Champion
While studying Fine Arts at Newcastle University, Ferry (born 1945) spent most of his grant money on a Studebaker Champion coupe, largely because of its looks. Six years younger than Joe Biden's example, it was built in 1957, at the end of the nameplate's third generation. The car is mentioned in Ferry's lyrics to Roxy Music's 1972 debut single, Virginia Plains: "Somewhere near the desert coast, where my Studebaker takes me, that's where I'll lay my ground." However, in practice, this rarely took him very far: "I think I spent more time pushing it than driving it because it was always going haywire."
John Lennon: Austin Maxi
The shortest-lived member of the Beatles, Lennon (1940–1980) did not actually own a Maxi, but it may not have been the most unlikely of the few cars he drove. In the summer of 1969, when Lennon, one of the world's most famous people, borrowed an almost new example from the Apple Records car pool to take his new wife Yoko Ono (born 1933), his son Julian and her daughter Kyoko (both born 1963) on a trip to Durness in the far north-west of Scotland, where he had relatives and where he had often holidayed as a child.
They never made it, as notorious driver Lennon drove the car into a ditch about 70 miles short, injuring everyone except Julian, and it was never repaired – the wreck was later returned to the garden of Lennon's Berkshire mansion, Tittenhurst Park. Lennon remained a chauffeur for the rest of his life.
Groucho Marx: Scripps-Booth
Scripps-Booth was one of several American car companies that briefly became part of General Motors before being shut down. A young man who wanted a car to impress the ladies, Julius Henry 'Groucho' Marx (1890–1977) bought a car that is now unrecognizable because its door can be opened by pressing a button. He did not know at the time that Scripps-Booth engines had a habit of losing their pushrods, but he discovered this before completing the drive home. After spending only $150 on the car, he had to spend another $50 to get it fixed.
