Stars & their Cars: David Beckham
David Beckham is off to the USA, having accepted an offer of around $1m a week from Major League Soccer team Los Angeles Galaxy – so it’s high time to look at David Beckham’s gargantuan car collection.
The star likes to park his fleet in restricted, valeted parking bays. One of his more recent acquisitions was a £110,000 Lamborghini Gallardo. He does keep a few sensible cars though, including a 
Mercedes S500 and a Bentley Arnage, which he used to pick up his OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2004. The car comes complete with leather baby-seats. Neither David nor his wife Victoria want the children to be left out, and for Christmas last year their son Brooklyn, five, was given a £22,000 Hummer H2 car for Christmas. They snapped up a scaled-down version of the vast US 4×4 owned by his father, apparently because the boy loves to imitate his dad.
Beckham bought a £55,000 H2 only recently, and added £18,000 of luxury extras. Victoria apparently s
potted the scaled-down version while Christmas shopping in Harrods and thought it would be perfect for the five-year-old. A source said: "Brooklyn loves being like his dad. If David gets a new haircut he wants the same style. And having the same car is another way to be as cool as dad. He gets really excited when his dad buys a new car and always wants to copy him. David and Victoria love treating the boys. As soon as Victoria saw the Hummer she knew it would be the perfect gift for Brooklyn." The scaled-down H2 joins a scaled-down BMW Z4, Ferrari and a Porsche in Brooklyn’s bedroom. He has had his fair share of car trouble too; following a reputed kidnap attempt, he purchased an armoured BMW X5 SUV in Madrid, but it was promptly stolen. He bought another one, and it was nicked as well; it was recovered recently in Macedonia, apparently being driven by Bulgarian people-traffickers; he’ll certainly be hoping his motoring goes more smoothly out in LA.
* What do you think of David Beckham’s car collection? Has he got it right or could you do better? L
