You Are What You Drive — or Don’t Drive!

What you drive says a lot about your personal brand, what you value or what you don’t!

James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 and later models of the same marque became the most famous cars in movie history. Steve McQueen’s Mustang chase in the movie Bullet tripled that model’s resale value. George Best’s Jaguar XKE roadster was perfect for his playboy image. Rod Stewart’s Lamborghini, Wayne Rooney’s Range Rover, Tiger Wood’s Porsche Turbo or Kim Kardashian Ferrari — fast cars have always been a symbol of fame, wealth, success and power.

John Lennon’s 1965 Phantom V Rolls Royce. It contains a telephone, television, refrigerator and the rear seat has been converted into a bed. Engine is a 6.2l V8 Top Speed 110mph.

While a luxurious Rolls or Bentley is the car of choice for rap stars of today, none has one quite so iconic as or controversial as John Lennon’s. “You swine! How dare you do that to a Rolls Royce!” So screamed an outraged Englishwoman as Lennon cruised down a posh London street. The Rolls was sprayed an electric yellow and decorated with colorful floral tendrils, Romany scrolls and zodiac symbols, like a hallucinatory gypsy caravan. It so offended her…