They say wealthy people love their toys , and that is certainly true of car collectors . The super - rich , whether they be royal house , big businessman or entertainer , love to purchase and hoard car . And many have amassed some really awe - inspiring collections — filled with the latest supercars as well as vintage automobiles and rare machine models . Many of the humankind ’s top car collectors have also pass a mountain of money to refurbish , restore and maintain their machine in pristine , museum quality shape . Here ’s a leaning of the top 10 car collectors in the world today .
10. Nick Mason
Nick Mason is the long - time drummer for legendary , and super influential , stone band Pink Floyd . And his time in the band has given him the resources to afford an impressive railway car collection . When Nick Mason is n’t play drums in Pink Floyd , he is busy tend to the more than 40 uncommon and high - end vehicles he have . Nick has a especial fondness for Italian sport cars . Some of the most telling cars in Nick Mason ’s collection admit a Bugatti T35 , an Aston Martin LM18 , a Ferrari 213 T3 , McLaren F1 , Porsche 962 , and the infamous Ferrari 250 GTO that is evaluate at more than $ 20 million . Nick Mason is not shy about point the cars off to other collector or letting people see them at automotive shows around the world .
9. Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren is known as a fashion mogulwho has done wonders for the Marco Polo shirt . However , in his private life , Lauren is an esurient car collector . And he has used his style sense to amass a stunning collection of cars — all of them the color red . Lauren have Ferraris , Alfa Romeo buggy , Bugattis , Mercedes , Bentleys , Jaguars and McLaren F1 mutation car — more than 60 cars in total . And 98 % of the auto in his collection are cerise in colour . In addition , Lauren has had a especial garage made at his New York landed estate where the railcar sit on an all - white political program that is upgrade on a black carpet . This makes for an impressive sight to lay eyes on . Clearly Lauren make love what he likes — especially when it arrive to colour .
8. Jay Kay aka Jamiroquai
Jay Kay is another successful instrumentalist comfortably known as Jamiroquai . And , in addition to an impressive collection of hat , Jay Kay has a wicked car collection — about 70 vehicles in total . disregarding of what you think of his music , you have to respect Jay Kay ’s rides . The British - brook Grammy award win singer counts Porsches , Ferraris , Rolls - Royces , Lamborghinis , Mercedes , Bugattis , Maseratis and Aston Martin auto in his collecting . He also has a Mercedes 600 car that was once excellently have by French mode designer Coco Chanel . There seems to be no limitation to this singer ’s appetite for cars . He says that he is constantly on the hunting for his next big auto purchase . The rarer and more alien , the effective for this medicine promoter .
7. Dmitry Lomakov
Dmitry Lomakov is a businessman and drumhead of a large Russian family . He made his money in mining , notably Potash . But his real cacoethes in lifespan is classic and ex cars . And Dmitry Lomakov has so many elevator car in his collection that he has build up a museum to house them . Lomakov runs the Classic Cars and Motorcycles Museum in Russia , which has a stellar series of antique cars , many of which have historic significance . There are a total of 120 antique cars and motorcycles in the museum , notably a 1914 Peugeot bike , the last of its kind , as well as other Russian - made vehicles that no longer exist such as the 1977 Chayka GAZ-13 . However , the Crown gem in the Dmitry Lomakov collecting is Adolf Hitler ’s infamous Mercedes - Benz convertible that he traveled in during his reign as German Chancellor . Dmitry Lomakov buy Hitler ’s railcar at a private auction , attracting outside media tending in the process .
6. Gerard Lopez
Gerard Lopez is best fuck as a venture capitalist who put his money into educate Skype ( pretty good move there ) . He has since taken his fortune and gotten tortuous in Formula One racing . Today , Gerard Lopez is Chairman of the Lotus F1 Team . And the Luxembourg - carry man of affairs ’s love of gondola also extends to his personal life . The self - made man has a truly awful automobile collection , which has been showcased on self-propelled television programs around the world , like BBC’sTop Gear . The collection admit vintage musculus railroad car and hot rods , as well as classic Porsche , Peugeot , Bugatti and other exotic motorcar . The entire ingathering of more than 80 fomite is estimated to be worth more than $ 100 million . Here ’s to Skype !
5. Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani
Who is Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani , you ask ? Only the richest military man in India . And in plus to sign and private planer , Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani also has an dumfounding collection of European car add up about 170 vehicles in all . These are mostly sporty , yet elegant , cars such as Bentley , Maybach , Bugatti and Mercedes . Worth a reported $ 20 billion , Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani own a Maybach 62 , Benz S - Class , Bentley Flying Spur and Rolls - Royce Phantom , just to name a few . These cars are proudly display in Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani ’s 60 - storey home , which he dearly forebode Attila , and which hap to be the world ’s most expensive private residence at a value of $ 2 billion .
4. Ken Lingenfelter
Ken Lingenfelter is an American business mogul who is the driving force out behind Lingenfelter Performance Engineering . And Ken loves all things that have to do with cars . He currently own more than 150 vehicle , including 20 Lamborghinis . He also owns rarefied Corvettes , Mustangs and Porsches . Ken Lingenfelter has so many machine , in fact , that he had to work up a 40,000 square foot service department in Michigan to house them — ended with particular climate control feature to help keep the cars in pristine flesh during the harsh Michigan winters . Ken Lingenfelter admit that his collection is fairly random and admit a lot of matching vehicles , notably Camaros and Corvettes , but he insists he ca n’t aid himself . When he see a car he wants , he buys it .
3. Jay Leno
Comedian and formerTonight Showhost Jay Leno is a noted auto freak . He currently host his own TV program about car calledJay Leno ’s Garage . But did you know that Jay Leno has one of the world ’s braggy appeal of rare and demode cars ? We ’re talking extremist - rarefied . tiptop vintage . Jay Leno ’s collection of more than 200 vehicles include a dead maintained 1909 Baker Electric , a 1931 eight - liter Bentley , a 1909 Stanley Steamer , a 1934 Phantom II from Rolls - Royce , a 1927 Duesenberg Model X , and a 1925 Hispano - Suiza . Jay Leno also owns 22 steam - powered vehicles and 25 classic race cars . This is indeed a car collection to lay eyes on as it rivals any museum in the world . In fact , museum curator from all over the earth sojourn Jay Leno to view his car collection , which is count on at around $ 350 million . Impressive !
2. The Rainbow Sheikh
His real name is Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan . But nobody can label that , so most multitude call him the “ Rainbow Sheik . ” The important matter to be intimate is that he is a member of Abu Dhabi ’s ruling family and a billionaire . And all his cash has helped him to build one hell of a elevator car collection . The moniker “ Rainbow Sheik ” comes from the fact that he owns seven Mercedes S - Class vehicles , each one in a different color of the rainbow . Additionally , he has also customise Mercedes monster trucks that are beyond enormous , a slew of Jeeps for the largest Bedouin Caravan , a Dodge Power Wagon , and whatever sensational cars he can find to match his larger than life personality . And if all this were n’t telling enough , conceive that he keep back his auto assembling inside a Pyramid . A rattling ancient Pyramid , which he had convert into a garage . I suppose it ’s true that money really can buy anything .
1. Sultan of Brunei
To say that Hassanal Bolkiah , aka the Sultan of Brunei , can buy anything he wants is an understatement . With a net worth of $ 20 billion , the Sultan owns the great royal castle on Earth , sodding with diamond and gold encrusted bathrooms . With that form of money and extravagance , it should not come as a surprisal that the Sultan also has an impressive car accumulation . In fact , by some accounts , his cable car collection numbers 7,000 vehicle and includes more than 250 BMWs , 574 Mercedes - Benz , 452 Ferraris , 179 Jaguars , 382 Bentleys , 134 Koenigseggs , a slew of Lamborghinis , as well as Aston Martin , Cicero BDB Maestro … the inclination survive on . The Sultan also has a number of circumscribed edition concept cars that were made specially for him , such as the Ferrari Mythos , Bentley Java and Porsche Carma . Our only interrogation is : When does he chance the time to drive all these cars ?
