14. Beyonce: 1959 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II Convertible
The diva needs no introduction and she owns just about every car possible. But this is definitely her most expensive possession. Only 2417 of these were ever produced in its three year run between 1959 and 1962. This behemoth was not built for speed. Its huge 6.2L V8 engine was only able to move this 2.11 ton behemoth from 0-60 in around 11 seconds with a top speed around 114 mph.
The company never ever gave you innovation, high-tech or speed, just the feeling of a solid well built car. Even its advertising slogan, ‘At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock’ states so tediously what people shelled out big money for, in this otherwise dull car. What cost roughly 6000 British Pounds back then, cost her husband around 7 digits when he bought this for her on the singer’s 25th birthday. But man, does she ever add the spice needed to put the edge back into this boring beast.
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