| Jack Osbourne / BMW X5 – Son of the legendary Ozzie
Osbourne, Jack’s 2004 BMW X5 sports a custom paint job featuring the
Osbourne family painted as zombies on the hood. Additional custom paint
includes skulls airbrushed along the sides of the car. Inside, the car
features an Xbox as well as a mechanical skull inside the stereo. Jack
Osbourne shot to fame when he starred with the rest of his family in the
MTV reality series
“The
Osbournes ”. Jack suffered from drug addiction, even during the show, and
finally admitted himself to rehabilitation. After rehab, Jack has stayed clean
and even went on to get in shape and lose fifty pounds. When “The Osbournes”
finally ended, Jack first starred in his own show,
“Union
Jack ” then later in another show of his own,
“Adrenaline
Junkie.” |
| Tina
Turner / Lamborghini LM002 – World famous singer Tina
Turner’s Lamborghini
LM002 features various aesthetic touches including lights and mirrors, but
most impressive of all are its 1500-watt Blaupunkt stereo as well as its Mercedes-Benz
E500 V8 and Mercedes - Benz automatic transmission. The LM002, also known
as “Rambo’s Lambo” was evolved from Lamborghini’s attempts to build a jeep
like vehicle for the US military. The initial designs involved a rear mounted
engine, but when this proved to be a problem, the engine was moved to the
front and even replaced with the V12 from the Countach. The civilian version
was marketed frequently to Saudi sheiks, because the car performed marvelously
in the desert. The Saudi Arabian army is said to have ordered forty of these
vehicles and the Libyan army one hundred. |
| Marc
Ecko / Nissan Armada & Pathfinder – Fashion designer Marc
Ecko put his own talent into designing his Nissan
Armada and Pathfinder.
The Armada exterior was customized with an ivory colored roof and bright
orange sides. The inside was decorated with tan and ivory calf skin leather
covering every possible inch. The Pathfinder has a modified grill, black &
gray paint, and smoothed wheel wells. The interior features an orange center
console, black leather, and dark wood seat backs. Marc Ecko was born in 1972
and formed his own clothing brand in 1993. He is considered one of the most
successful “people under 40” in the United States. |
| Arnold
Schwarzenegger / Jeep Grand Wagoneer, H2, H1 – What sets Schwarzenegger’s
cars apart from the other on this list is they haven’t even been completed
yet. That in itself, however, is impressive as few cars generate as much buzz
while they’re still on the drawing board as Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s have. The first in his line up will be a 1987 Jeep
Grand Wagoneer that Schwarzenegger is having converted to run on bio-diesel by
diesel engine specialist Jonathan
Goodwin. Strange choice of model, but apparently that Wagoneer is one of
his favorite daily driver cars. GM is also talking with Goodwin about making
the Governator a Bio/Hydrogen H2. In other words, the H2 would be able to run
on both bio-diesel and hydrogen. There is also talk of doing this to one of
Schwarzenegger’s own H1 military vehicles. |
| Stephon
Marbury / SLV 365 – Stephon
Marbury plays guard for the New York Nicks and his Viant SLV 365 is a
heavily customized hybrid between a Cadillac
Escalade and a Rolls Royce Phantom. The SLV stands for “Sports Lifestyle
Vehicle.” Appearing at first like an Escalade with a Phantom grill, the SLV
365 also features suicide doors, exterior effects lighting, and twenty-four
inch rims. Inside, the car features a retractable thirty inch high-definition
TV along with DVD players, DSS Satellite, Ipod interface, and a limited
edition bottle of Martell XO (along with crystal glasses to drink it with).
Additional SLV 365’s will be built and available for purchase through Stephon
Marbury’s own luxury vehicle company,
“Star
Motoring.” |
| Tony
Clark – Professional baseball player Tony
Clark is also the owner of a custom automobile shop. Suffice to say, he
has a substantial collection within his own stable at home. He owns several
trucks and SUV’s, one of which is a Range Rover that was customized for his
wife, Frances who is a big fan of hot-pink. The Range Rover is entirely black
with pink accents inside and out. It also sports twenty-four inch wheels,
custom audio, televisions, and lowered suspension. Tony Clark also owns at
least two Cadillac Escalades, one being the open truck model and the other
enclosed. The two Escalades sport twenty-six inch rims, custom grills,
televisions and custom audio, as well as smoked glass. |
| Busta
Rhymes / H2 – As a famous rapper, Busta
Rhymes, of course, needs a pimped out SUV. One of his best known is his
recently sold H2, known as
“The Bee”. The Bee was customized to be a show car, traveling from car show to
car show. The exterior of the H2 is almost entirely yellow, while the inside
is back and yellow. The interior is also entirely suede leather. It sports a
high-end sound system as well as a large TV along with all the necessary
peripherals such as video game consoles and DVD. The Bee rolls on twenty-five
inch rims and lowered suspension. Suffice it to say, it is easily recognizable in
a crowd. |
| Whether it’s extra large rims or a custom vehicle built from the ground up,
the job of a celebrity's go-to car is to stand out from the group as much as
its owner. Some may shake their heads and dismiss this as modern vanity, but
remember, even the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were buried with their customized
chariots. Perhaps they didn’t have spinners, but even back then the driver was
defined by his ride. |
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