Toyotas, Hondas and Fords? According to a study by Experian Automotive, a lot of wealthy folks simply don't drive fancy cars. The study found that for people with household income of more than $250,000, 61 per cent don't drive luxury brands. They drive Toyotas, Fords, and Hondas like the rest of us.
Mark Zuckerberg drives a Honda Fit which is sold as Jazz in Indian market. The car he owns is not even a latest generation one. Other than this, Mark also owns cars like Other than Honda Fit, he owns an Acura TSX which is another humble and regular car.
A report says that after Amazon went public in 1997, Bezos' wealth increased to over $12 billion. After this, Bezos went for a modest Honda Accord swapping his 1987 Chevy Blazer.
Neutral colors like white, black, silver, and gray are consistently associated with luxury and elite social status. They are elegant and often considered “classy,” at least compared to “loud” car colors like yellow and red.
Besides being known for its engineering and automotive heritage, Porsche is also associated with high prices. Historically, there have been several models in the Porsche lineup that are dubbed the “Poor Man's Porsche” by brand purists because they are considered entry-level models to the brand.
A mannequin in a spacesuit, dubbed "Starman", occupies the driver's seat. The car and rocket are products of Tesla and SpaceX, respectively, both companies headed by Elon Musk. The 2010 Roadster is personally owned by and previously used by Musk for commuting to work. It is the first production car launched into space.
Musk is seen around driving Tesla Model S the most.
Mark Zuckerberg – Pagani Huayra, Honda Jazz
The man who founded Facebook has a rather special car in the Italian, twin-turbocharged V12 Pagani Huayra.
Porsche 911 Carrera
Another highlight of the car collection of Keanu Reeves is his 911 Carrera that comes powered by a rear-mounted 3.0-litre twin-turbo flat-six engine producing a decent 379 hp and 449 Nm of peak power and torque in the base trim and 443 hp and 529 Nm in the top S trim.
Buffett prefers driving American cars, and the only foreign cars Buffett has owned are a Volkswagen Beetle and a Rolls Royce, both of which he owned for about a year in the 1960s. He has since primarily driven cars and Ford and General Motors cars, the most popular brand in his stable being the Cadillac.
The second-generation Toyota MR2 was released as a mid-engined affordable sports car. When the MKII Toyota MR2 was launched, it not only offered performance on a budget but drawing styling cues from the Ferrari 348 meant that the second-generation MR2 was dubbed the “poor man's Ferrari”.
Meet the poor man's Lamborghini. The Audi RS Q8 is that rarest of things: an SUV with true sporting pedigree.
Time magazine featured a cover story about the car, and Motor Trend named the Corvair as the 1960 “Car of the Year.” Americans bought them due to their unique style, and affordable price, well under $3,000. They even earned the nickname, “The Poor Man's Porsche.”
Why are there so many wealthy people who drive average cars? Perhaps because driving expensive cars would attract unwanted attention. Many wealthy individuals become wary of showing their worth with a high-end car after becoming the focus of fraud, theft, or frivolous lawsuits.
It's true. When Experian Automotive pondered which cars the wealthy favored, the number-crunchers dug into their massive database of 600 million vehicles and came up with a surprising answer. They found that more than 60% of people who earn $250,000 or more aren't driving luxury cars after all.
BMW was the most popular make driven by the C-level executives on the survey TheLadders.com conducted for USA TODAY. Yet BMWs accounted for only 13% of the total, followed by Ford at 7% and Lexus at 5%. A separate USA TODAY survey of 90 CEOs found 13% drive a BMW, 12% a Mercedes and 10% a Toyota.
Upper middle class - brand-new German or Japanese family cars (BMW 1- or 3-Series, VW Passat or Tiguan, Skoda Superb, Volvo XC60, BMW X3, Honda Accord, etc.). Upper class - luxury German cars: Audi A8, BMW X5, Mercedes S-Class, Porsche Cayenne, etc.
Widowmakers are the cars that don't think that the inherent risks of driving are quite dangerous enough—so they make it harder, in various ways, to make it home safely after the drive. The common misconception is that widowmaker cars are trying to kill you, but they're not.