Who Drives What In Hollywood

In Los Angeles, a automobile completes the look. It’s the final article of clothes that we placed on earlier than heading out, an adjunct, like sneakers, that’s without delay intensely private and a purposeful necessity. Our vehicles are supposed to telegraph our achievements, our sense of self, even our political and social beliefs — witness all of the Teslas within the Netflix lot plastered with “Elon Sucks”-style bumper stickers. However they’re additionally our Wakanda, a protecting sanctuary, armoring and enriching us in our voyage between residence, work, conferences and social engagements.

L.A.’s streets and highways thus grow to be a catwalk, and practically everybody — from the valet at Musso & Frank to the man ready on the bus cease bench to 1’s boss — is an Anna Wintour-level critic: deeply conscious of the context and class and able to difficulty a withering opinion.

Nowhere is that this more true than within the leisure trade, the place all the pieces in L.A. is distilled to its essence. Contemplate the prominence of classic vehicles within the Apple TV+ satire The Studio, during which Seth Rogen’s peacocking studio head parades round in an MG, a Corvette and a Studebaker, amongst different assertion whips.

So what do A-listers and prime execs in Hollywood drive? Whereas car decisions shift often amongst this set, present preferences are inclined to revolve round acquainted and upstart luxurious manufacturers, principally up to date however some classic, together with a smattering of gorgeous outliers.

SUVs dominate, as they do in the remainder of America, however sports activities vehicles and luxurious sedans have an outsize and anticipated place. As a result of that is L.A., electrified autos abound. And an rising pattern is represented in a few of the exceptions: stealth wealth. Some celebrities are seeing the good thing about driving a normcore car that gained’t entice the eye of followers, paparazzi and potential stalkers.

After all, a majority of those choices are simply one among many autos these individuals could personal and drive, or be pushed in. In spite of everything, all vehicles are basically drag: equipment we don and doff to create a persona, to embrace or problem norms (typically concurrently). And that ought to be celebrated.

Sports activities Vehicles

FERRARI 296 GTB

Michael B. Jordan
Not the identical Ferrari he crashed right into a parked Kia on Sundown.

FERRARI SF90

Kevin Hart
Bought the primary one delivered to America.

MASERATI GRANCABRIO

Katy Perry
Barely much less attention-seeking than going into area.

MERCEDES SL 550

Pedro Pascal
For wet days, he has a Benz G-Wagon SUV.

LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR S ROADSTER

Cardi B
Purchased a pair for her and hubby.

LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR SV

Rihanna
Is not going to accommodate a toddler seat.

FERRARI 250 GTO

George Lucas
A $50 million-plus terrestrial X-wing.

PORSCHE 911 GT3

Selena Gomez
“Calm Down”? Hardly.

PORSCHE 911

Keanu Reeves
Had it personalized after his classic 911 was stolen.

Extremely Luxurious

BENTLEY MULSANNE

Diane von Furstenberg
Pure class.

ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM

Drake
Pumping Kendrick Lamar on the $11,400 manufacturing unit stereo.

Stealth Wealth

GEO METRO

Tyler Perry
Owned a Geo Metro when he was housing insecure. Purchased this to maintain himself humble.

SUBARU OUTBACK

Nicole Kidman
Keith City gave her a Lambo SUV. She prefers this.

2003 TOYOTA COROLLA

Dangerous Bunny
Traded in his Bugatti when he uninterested in followers and paparazzi.

SUVs

AUDI Q3

Jenna Ortega
Entry-level luxurious in a compact bundle.

LAND ROVER DEFENDER

Justin Bieber
Resilient and able to plowing via any muck.

AUDI RS Q8

Austin Butler
An actual sizzling rod, however the reverse of Elvis’ pink Cadillac.

RANGE ROVER

David Zaslav
A basic mogul car because the ’80s.

RANGE ROVER SPORT

Hugh Jackman
Like Jackman, a triple menace: quick, luxurious, all-terrain.

LAMBORGHINI URUS

Kim Kardashian
Extroverted, costly and controversially styled.

PORSCHE CAYENNE

Ted Sarandos
An upscale alternative for his long-owned Acura SUV.

ROLLS-ROYCE CULLINAN

Trevor Noah
Styled, and priced, like a financial institution vault.

BMW XM

Timothée Chalamet
Confounding, compelling, avant-garde, bro-friendly and inexperienced.

FORD F-150 LIGHTNING

Kelly Clarkson

Individuals Like Us … drive vehicles?

CADILLAC LYRIQ

Jamie Lee Curtis
All-American with distinctive styling and broad vary.

RIVIAN R1S

Ben Affleck
Wait, severely, is that this a Batman factor?

Classic

1966 CADILLAC “SNOOP DEVILLE”

Snoop Dogg
Laid-back.

2000s ASTON MARTIN DB9 VOLANTE

Steven Spielberg
Catch him if you happen to can.

1969 FORD BRONCO

Sydney Sweeney
The actress was hands-on in restoring this basic SUV.

1967 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL

Dax Shepard
A basic Conti with a sizzling rod motor and racing seats.

1972 MERCEDES BENZ 280SL

RuPaul
As seen in Ru’s social media put up about altering tires.

1966 FORD MUSTANG

Tom Rothman
Pushed on “Mustang Mondays” after massive field workplace wins.

1965 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL

Girl Gaga
The Ga-Storage additionally incorporates a classic Chevy, Ford and Rolls.

Electrical Automobiles

RIVIAN R1T

Christian Bale
Extra eco-friendly than the Batmobile.

TESLA CYBERTRUCK

Ari Emanuel
Combative, contentious, uninhibited, reviled.

This story appeared within the Could 21 difficulty of The Hollywood Reporter journal. Click here to subscribe.