Zac Efron channels his inner speed demon and drives 100+ MPH in an Audi R8 (retail price: $112,500.00) during the “Audi Driving Experience” at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
The 20-year-old High School Musical star, who currently drives an S6, said the driving experience was “a huge adrenaline rush. I’ve never been on a race track before — never once — and we were going pretty fast by the end of this.”
Soccer stud David Beckham just blogged about how lucky he was to participated in the Olympics handover ceremony. He also took out the time to debunk rumors that he and wife Victoria were in a car crash. Here’s what Becks had to say via his blog:
“Hi everyone, I was really honored to be part of the handover ceremony on Sunday in Beijing. I’m a keen supporter of the Olympics coming to London; it will have an incredible impact on the East End of London and the British will embrace the event and show how much passion they have for sport. As I’ve said many times, we deserve a global event on this scale in our country.
“The Beijing Olympics were about the great sporting moments and the Great Britain team exceeded all expectations. To finish fourth in the medal table and take home so many medals was amazing and they can all be very proud of themselves. This sort of success always encourages kids to take up sport and do well and many are already getting ready for 2012 and want to be involved in it. I was also lucky to see the US play Spain in the basketball final, I’m pleased for my friend Kobe [Bryant] who wanted so much to win gold for his country. I was impressed with Spain, they never gave up, but the US probably deserved to win over the length of the tournament.
“On another note, I know many of you would have been concerned to read about a supposed car crash involving me and Victoria. I want to assure everyone there never was any crash at any time; our car had been dented many days before whilst vacant in a car park.”
George Clooney bought a $28,000 car for a motorist whose vehicle he hit in a road accident. The “Ocean’s Thirteen” actor shunted a female driver’s Lancia Ypsilon from behind with his large sedan while out in Pennabilli, Italy. He accepted full blame for the accident and left the surprised woman a replacement vehicle with a note of apology attached to the windscreen. It read: “I’m so sorry. Hope you’ll forgive me. George Clooney.” This is not the first car accident for the 47-year-old heartthrob. Last September, Clooney was rushed to hospital after a car knocked him and then-girlfriend Sarah Larson off his motorcycle. The star suffered a fractured rib and burns, while Larson broke her foot. A spokesman for the actor insisted it was the fault of the Mazda driver involved while the accused claims the “Syriana” actor was attempting to overtake him on the right, a maneuver banned in New Jersey where the accident happened.
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When you are rich, it shows. This midfield Los Angeles Galaxy footballer needs no introduction. His lavish lifestyle has photographers staying up until all hours to grab that one last shot and in this latest picture, he is found cruising around in his fully customized Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead in the streets of Beverly hills accompanied by his three sons.
This Drophead stands on custom-built 24-inch Savini Forged wheels, color-matched exterior trim and Beckham’s “23” seamed onto the seats.
Q: How do you get more people to pay attention to your alternative fuel car? A: Star power.
BMW sold the first hydrogen powered 7-Series to Will Ferrell, General Motors got a photo with any person of note willing to suffer time in the little EV1, and now the second delivery Honda FCX Clarity hydrogen powered car went to Jamie Lee Curtis.
But if Honda feels that it needs celebrities to get people to take notice of the car, then remember to make sure they sell the car for you. "I really wasn’t expecting it to be so luxurious," said Curtis. "It’s luxurious, luxurious, luxurious! I love the interior layout, design and access to controls. It is user-friendly and very modern." Sell it Jamie, sell it.
After the story aired, Lil Kim’s rep [she has a representative? Ah, cute little allusions of grandeur] responded to the story by explaining that the $250,000 Bentley was in fact a gift bequeathed to her four years ago by hip-hop music producer Scotty Storch. It was Storch who apparently defaulted on the payments [guess that Brooke Hogan and Paul Wall collabo didn’t hit as big as he thought it would…tough break, kid], prompting Tracy Nguyen [Kim’s rep] to explain to E! news that the matter was “completely out of Kim’s hands.”
Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has forked out a reported £350,000 on a Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe.
There are those "Top Gear" purists who feel the show is Clarkson, Hammond, and May and that any other host would border on blasphemy. Then there are enthusiasts who just can’t get enough and are eager to see NBC’s U.S. permutation of this worldwide juggernaut with comedian Adam Carolla at the helm.
A few days ago, Michael Lohan claimed his daughter was in an accident with a motorcycle which caused the actress to seek treatment at Beth Israel in NYC. Lindsay’s rep was interviewed by Entertainment Tonight and denies the validity of the story.
"I spoke to Lindsay and she said this didn’t happen."
But that isn’t stopping the actress’ father. He still insists the incident, which happened outside a club on 32nd Street still occurred.
"She’s not hurt. That’s all I really care about."
Quick Stats: Shelby Lynne Grammy award winner
Daily Driver: 2005 Jeep Wrangler (Shelby’s rating 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10)
Favorite road trip: Los Angeles to Vegas
Car she learned to drive in: 1969 Nova
First car bought: 1967 Chevrolet Camaro
"They’re kind of like guitars to me – you just enjoy them," she said. "I have friends that have cool guitar collections and they go, "I’m not going to play it.’ I’m going, ‘Well, why the hell do you have it? You want to look at it?’ I’m the same way about cars – drive them, have fun, when you get tired of them, turn them in. They’re not some precious jewels. They’re cars and guitars. Have fun with them and then get something else."
She starts to list them and realizes how many cars she owned. "I just realized that talking to you, I’m going damn! If I had to count them all I bet I couldn’t. I’ve had a car since I was old enough to drive."
Her past cars include an old 1979 Jeep CJ, which she paid $3,000 for and felt she got ripped off, since she sold it six months later for $1,500. She’s had both a BMW 3 series and 7 series, which she says, "it’s heavy, it’s a big car, but it still drives a little bit like a sports car. It’s just got that tight to the ground feel."
The best car Lynne has owned was when she has 18 she had a 1984 two-toned black and gold Pontiac Grand Prix, which "would just fly," she said. "I loved it, loved it. It was in my wild time of driving. I would drive that thing pedal to the medal all day long. Just bad ass. I would drive from Monroe to Jackson, Alabama in 45 minutes. Just hauling. You know, being a stupid young ‘un. Never ever did she hiccup once."
Lynne’s worst car was a maroon 1984 Mazda 626 she bought in 1987, which was reliable, but she said, "I just felt like an idiot driving it, I thought, this is not me."
Lynne says she doesn’t buy a car unless she has cash. "I like paying cash for my cars," she says. "You never get your money out of the vehicle. Ever. Ever, ever, ever."
Growing up in rural south Alabama, Lynne learned to drive on her dad’s 1976 Ford pick up with a "three on the tree" gear shifter, when she could barely touch the clutch.
"I’ve been driving since I was nine years old. I grew up in the country so we had plenty of places to drive without having to get on the road," Lynne explains. "I wanted to drive so bad. I was driving cars on the road way before I got my driver’s license, that’s what you do when you’re from the South. You put it off as long as you can and then finally you have to break down and get a license because you need to go get a job. It’s just a pain in the ass, who wants to go to DMV?"
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