Celebrities and their vehicles

What do Tom Cruise, Viggo Mortenson, Julia Roberts, Mark Cuban and Leonard Dicaprio have in common? Other than being stars and having a good chunk of change, that’s about it. I had the pleasure once to meet up with Tom Cruise, Christian Slater and Penelope Cruz. He introduced himself to me, as if I didn’t know who he was, but that was beside the point. Nice guy, Christian too. So, what does one of the most famous people in the world drive? For Tom it was a tinted out Land Rover; Viggo Mortenson a small Toyota pick up (older); Julia an older Forerunner, Pathfinder; it was a couple of years ago, Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Infiniti G35, and finally Leonardo Dicaprio (Toyota Prius).



The point I was going to make is that if you are rich or famous, the vehicle doesn’t always reflect that.



I’m working with one of the Hosts from Wired magazine and she is green conscientious and wants to do her part for the environment. Also another associate of mine who is on the new James Bond flick claims the James Bond’s Aston Martin was not to wise on his part (environmentally speaking). He too drives a Prius. That’s coming from a guy who actually drove THE James Bond car. His version of the Sports car is the Tesla, the Host of Wired too, if she had the choice.



What about the hip-hop/music scene…here anything goes. It’s probably where Bling Bling came from. What do you think Kanye West or 50 cents drive? I don’t think are too overly concerned about the environment. Whatever floats their boat, but they obviously worked hard or got shot in the process.



Athletes. I saw a special on Teemu Selanne (Stanley cup winner-Anaheim ducks) at his place. The guys garage was filled with Exotics (Lamborghini, Ferrari, etc.)



Then the infamous Garage King, Jay Leno. I would start off with what he doesn’t have. If there ever was an aficionado, it would be Jay. The word around the campfire is that he has a Hangar at the Burbank airport. Must be nice.



There is a saying in L.A. “You are what you drive”. Apparently not. That comes from people who don’t have any idea of who they are, mainly.

If that was the case what does that mean about Viggo and his older Toyota pick up? Sure, a car can enhance your image - good or bad.

Showing up at an appointment as a plumber and driving a Porsche or a “big time” producer showing up in a Pinto with four different colors of paint on it is definitely not good for P.R. (Public Relations). You want to match the car to the respective fields.

 Celebrities and their vehicles

What do Tom Cruise, Viggo Mortenson, Julia Roberts, Mark Cuban and Leonard Dicaprio have in common? Other than being stars and having a good chunk of change, that’s about it. I had the pleasure once to meet up with Tom Cruise, Christian Slater and Penelope Cruz. He introduced himself to me, as if I didn’t know who he was, but that was beside the point. Nice guy, Christian too. So, what does one of the most famous people in the world drive? For Tom it was a tinted out Land Rover; Viggo Mortenson a small Toyota pick up (older); Julia an older Forerunner, Pathfinder; it was a couple of years ago, Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Infiniti G35, and finally Leonardo Dicaprio (Toyota Prius).



The point I was going to make is that if you are rich or famous, the vehicle doesn’t always reflect that.



I’m working with one of the Hosts from Wired magazine and she is green conscientious and wants to do her part for the environment. Also another associate of mine who is on the new James Bond flick claims the James Bond’s Aston Martin was not to wise on his part (environmentally speaking). He too drives a Prius. That’s coming from a guy who actually drove THE James Bond car. His version of the Sports car is the Tesla, the Host of Wired too, if she had the choice.



What about the hip-hop/music scene…here anything goes. It’s probably where Bling Bling came from. What do you think Kanye West or 50 cents drive? I don’t think are too overly concerned about the environment. Whatever floats their boat, but they obviously worked hard or got shot in the process.



Athletes. I saw a special on Teemu Selanne (Stanley cup winner-Anaheim ducks) at his place. The guys garage was filled with Exotics (Lamborghini, Ferrari, etc.)



Then the infamous Garage King, Jay Leno. I would start off with what he doesn’t have. If there ever was an aficionado, it would be Jay. The word around the campfire is that he has a Hangar at the Burbank airport. Must be nice.



There is a saying in L.A. “You are what you drive”. Apparently not. That comes from people who don’t have any idea of who they are, mainly.

If that was the case what does that mean about Viggo and his older Toyota pick up? Sure, a car can enhance your image - good or bad.

Showing up at an appointment as a plumber and driving a Porsche or a “big time” producer showing up in a Pinto with four different colors of paint on it is definitely not good for P.R. (Public Relations). You want to match the car to the respective fields.